My Favorite Musician

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Jordan Dale was accepted into the Orchestra at school at the beginning of the school year!! (proud MoM moment)

Now his Viola comes home with him and he's started practicing at home. 

I'm very proud of his ability to never come across any problem he can't conquer!! 

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

-

Billy Joel

Good luck Jordan!! 

I know you will do great!!

YUMMY

Whats for dinner? Feel free to share any recipe you have!
Simple easy recipes for a dinner that will bring all sorts of warmth and satisfaction!

 GiGi's

 Cabbage Stew

• 1 head of Cabbage
• 3 Zucchini cut in pieces
• 1/2 medium Onion diced
• 1 8oz can Tomato Paste
• 1 carton Chicken Broth
• 1 bag small Carrots cut in half
• 1 tsp Garlic cut up and cubed
• 1 lb fresh Green Beans

1. Spray bottom of large Pot with Pam, saute Onion and Carrot pieces in Garlic
2. Add Tomato Paste, Chicken Broth, Zucchini, Cabbage and Green Beans.
3. Boil for 10 minutes (add water if needed)
4. Simmer for 20 minutes Salt and Pepper to taste!

Sebrina's 

"Snakes Killing Chickens"

• Raw Chicken Tenders
• Canned Sliced Jalapenos
• Cream Cheese
• Bacon

1. Cut a slit in Chicken and stuff with Cream Cheese and Jalapeno slice.
2. Then wrap them in bacon.
3. Grill on da Pit till done. 

Gold Medal 

Best-Ever Banana Bread

• 1 1/4 cup Sugar 
• 1/2 cup Butter softened
• 2 Eggs
• 1 1/2 cups mashed very ripe Bananas ( 3 to 4)
• 1/2 cup Buttermilk
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 cup chopped Nuts

1. Heat over to 350. Grease bottoms only of 1 9inX5in loaf pan.
2. In large bowl, mix Sugar and Butter. Add Eggs, Bananas, Buttermilk, and Vanilla; beat with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Stir Flour, Baking Soda, Salt, and Nuts just until moistened. Pour batter into pan.
3. Bake 1 1/4 hours, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes.  Loosen sides of loaves from pan; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool about 1 hour before slicing.

Bon Appetit 

Jordan Dale

My Sunshine

My favorite person in this whole entire world!! He makes my life have much more meaning than anything!! Always making people smile and helping others out any way he can!!  Thank you God for every day with Jordan!

 Building sand castles at the beach and making all sorts of creative castles! Very talented little squirt!

Definitively an animal lover. I'm pretty sure most of that comes from his Dad then it does Me. 

Jordan's latest read!! I'm deffinetly a lucky Mom to have such a great student as a child! He's reader like non-other!  Such a reader I have been tempted to take books away when he has his bad moments at school!  He didn't have a new book to read, and of course has already read the hundreds he owns, so GiGi and I suggested "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. He ended up watching the video too. He says his favorite part of the lecture was at the end when he said "The talk wasn't for those in the room. It was for my kids."  Jordan took out of the book exactly what I believe Randy would of wanted. He says he learned from "The Last Lecture" to treat everyday like it is your last! Thanks Randy

   

Sometime a little help goes a long way! Thanks to Patrico for letting Jordan get down and dirty fixing things in the shop with you! 

• Pure Handsome
• Smart
• Funny
• Creative
• Giving
• Kind
• Gifted
• Handy
• Strong Willed
• Great Student
• Respectful
• Talented
• Crafty
• Lovable
• Sweet
• Caring
• Goofy
• Mine!

I Love You

Love Personalized License Plates!!

Nothing about being on the road makes me happier than seeing Personal Plates!! 

Call me weird if you want, (you probably already do) but I will even stop in a parking lot and take a picture of a P.P. Its your vehicle why not make it say what you want it to say! I have had window decals made with "Coastal Crys", but thinking P.P.'s is the way to go FOR SURE

One of those "parking lot" stops I was talking about! "Texas Grit" <3

Someone is very proud that their mother named them Norma Jean!!  I'm absolutely sure I would not have that same enthusiasm! Sorry to all the "Norma Jean"s out there!

Where are you? (HA) Mother Dearest captured this one! 

Of course...my ALL time favorite!! These are the awesome P.P.'s Chelette Star got Mother Dearest for Christmas! I love them to death and the meaning of those 3 letters and 2 numbers! GIGI you are loved back!! BY SO MANY!!!

Awesome Sebrina sent this one!! I Love L. GAGA

I LOVE C.C.

(Crystal) Coastal Lee Austin

Summer is clearly on its way in South Texas, and I can't wait! It's my favorite time of the year to sit back, pop open something cold and enjoy a nice long day on the beach! Until then wishing and  hoping is all I do. Nothing beats having Brochacho on the Coast dancing and singing and loving life with me. Jordan and I love taking Stinky D (Dalton) out too. I hope this summer all by siblings make their way to C.C. (including you Sebrina, Caitlin, ChaCha, and well anyone else who wants to make the drive) 

 It is always relaxing and plenty of people watching to do, who doesn't love people watching!! Nice waves, beautiful water, amazing sand dunes, kite-surfing, and hot surfers in wet suits will make you never wanna leave a town! Here's to a Summer full of family, friends, sunny days, cold drinks, flip-flops, bucket loads of fun and sand between your toes!

From the mouths of the ones I love

Star - "You never seize to amaze me."

Sebrina - "If your'e gonna complain about something, do something about it."

Cha Cha - "Breastfeeding is the hardest part of motherhood so far." (geez doesn't she have awhile to go)

Stacey Moe- "Mom would be so proud of me, I washed and folded 32 loads of laundry in 2 hours." (true story)

Mother Dearest - "You have a weeny horn."

Oh Stephy you so fine, you so fine you blow my mind......

OH Princess Di, where for art though?

To make sure all my siblings have a spot on the blog to go look at and remind themselves that I'm always thinking of them and missing them! Usually I can stay in pretty good contact with all of them, but Princess Di and I never really have phone time or Skype time anymore. Which really bites butt because she has the majority of my Precious Auntie Babies. I do believe Steph and I were definitively the closes sisters in the world when we were younger! Even through all our rants we were always the best of friends!  There is no doubt in my mind Steph always has every one's back. She is a very defensive older sister!! I love you and miss you Steph.

Meet M.J.

Jordans new ride!! Torro the lil red convertible just wasnt cutting it anymore. J.D. is just way to big for that litte back seat. So we know drive "a mom car", as Star likes to call it. Is a beautiful Saturn Vue.

On this day in history

Don Juan is gone.
Quit wanting what you can't have . It only makes you desperate.
«sorry the picture SUCKS,  FYI- Its a dead lizard»

When all else fails call your Sister

 Thank you big sister for being so awesome!! I love you to Mexico and back and back again!!

C is for Caring. Any of my tramautic moments in life I always remember you right by my side, Yes you might of always been a little more frantic than I was but you always cared for me like Mother would.
H is for Hero. I can think back to any memory and know you fought for the important things. I call on you and you always come thru for me.
E is for Energetic. I love that your'e always up moving around. You always find the funniest things to do.
L is for Lady. You are a woman who is polite, kind, well loved, and beautiful.
E is for Elegance. You have class and a great sense of fashion. I only wish we wore the same sizes.
T is for Tough. It took me years to realize exactly how tough you are, but trust me, there is no doubt in my mind you are the TOUGHEST ever! My Warrior
T is for Titanic.  Which by definition means "of great size, strength, or power."  I call you Titanic because of your love for your family. No ones love is as powerful or as strong as yours!! <3 you
E is for Economical. Always someone who never waste money or time. Very thrifty! I have never known you to use no more of something than is necessary!

Say what you want. Just dont always say it out loud!

The crazy game you like to play,

It has no sense, it points you in no way.

Forgiving sins is for the Lord.

Get with it, even your dramas bored.

The hate you talk and the love you trash,

Has got you nothing but a mouth with a rash!

Live and Smile and Love One and All,

But keep in mind, even the strong fall.

Yours Truly

Crys

My Moe

One of my favorite things to do before heading to work is SKYPE with Moe!

Our conversations vary from gossip to world news, to playing games together online.

Its always nice to see her smiling face, and for a little while it feels like we are together!

Nothing beats feeling like you're with someone, when you're actually hundreds of miles away!

 My favorite days are when we SKYPE before Abigail heads off to school and how sweet she always looks. I absolutely adore the way she says "Auntie" all her spunk and attitude cracks me up and are two of the million things I miss about Lil Moe.  Little Sisters are the best (ask any of my other sisters) and Moe will always forever and ever be my FAVORITE Little Sister!

Count your blessings

GIG' EM

Thanking God everyday for what you are thankful for ain't never killed anyone. If I were you I would go ahead and give it a try! 

Everyday of my life I am thankful for the amazing, beautiful, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind love everyone of my siblings has for each other. If not for our Mother Dearest we would stand alone and weak, but thanks is given because the love of a woman has taught us all how to love beyond words!

I'm thankful everyday for a supporting family who never fails! 

Thank you Chelette, Stephanie, Josh, and Stacey for never allowing anything to stand between us.

With every trial we have had, we always came out "thumbs-up"!

A laugh a day keeps the Prozac away!!

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

#9

Hello #9!!

Cant wait to welcome in my newest NIECE or NEPHEW!

Little Brochacho and Ashley I love you and cant wait for "our" new bundle of joy!!

Personally this Auntie is hoping for a lil girl!! I wont mind either way just as long as he/she is well and healthy. But wont it be fun in 18 years when she is able to date and the rule is you have to arm wrestle her dad and win to take her out!

Houston Texans For Life

To my fellow Texans Fans:

    God bless 10 years of fight and pain to be welcomed into the NFL playoffs!!!

CHEERS TO NEXT YEAR!!

 

Welcome to Motherhood Cha-Cha

Welcome to Motherhood Cha-Cha, Im so excited for you and the journey ahead! Congratulations, took ya long enough!

6lbs 15oz

18 in

Ryleigh Leeann is here and her and Mom are doing great! Things started rolling at 10:30am and at 1:15pm Miss Ryleigh made her debut! Happy "Birth"day sweet girl!

Single White Female

For good laughs, fast rides, sweet kisses, and nights youre not gonna forget....Meet Sebrina!!

 You can't help but love that face!

So long farewell....

What happens when you deny yourself access to Faceworld!

Enjoy the rants and joys.

This is my attempt to still massively share my life and loves with the world without a Facebook page. No hate for Faceworld (as i like to call it). Its just not always fun finding "personal news" from family and close friends the same time every one else does. I love being able to see everyone little worlds but not at the cost of losing some sort of privacy. I tried mass text messaging but it seemed to be a little harder to keep up with all the text than I thought it might be.

"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." - George W. Bush 2002

*Random comments and questions are welcomed!