Girls weekend @ Cheryls

What a wonderful time we had a few weeks ago @ Cheryls house. Aunt Judy, my mom and myself headed over to the east coast ( Aunt Eileen and Steph went with us  in our thoughts they stayed behind to be with Uncle Dave and they were greatly missed) for a weekend full of relaxation and food. Cheryl had a Portugueese themed weekend planned where all the meals  had a hint of our heritage in them. We played triominos and told stories and laughed the whole weekend. Saturday we headed out to the local portugeese corner store that was really neat to see so much of the things i have heard about growing up in one place... mom and Aunt Judy were retelling childhood memories as we shopped it was really fun, then we went to the pottery barn where we spent what seemed like hours going up and down the aisles looking for bargins ( and we found quite a few of them too) SUnday morning started with breakfast and gifts for all then off to Cheryls church for sunday morning service..... then to lunch at a deli then we drove back to the west coast to share our story with everyone. Jeff made ribs for dinner and it was the perfect ending to a well needed restful weekend heres a few pics i took to share with you all.... hope to do this again soon it was so much fun! Thanks to Cheryl for all you did it was awesome!!

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Rachels bday

Well there ya have it my baby girl has turned 13! We had a small family party for her here at the house and Saturday she is having a few friends over to my mom and dads for a pool party. 
What a pretty smile she has!! you dont get to see it often enough though

Watch out world here i come!

Springtime update

Well i guess its time that i update  a bit, things here at the frist house have been busy. For starters Dacoda moved in with us about 3 weeks ago, he and Brandon are sharing a room and we have enrolled him in Tarpon High. He seems to be liking it so far, he has 1 year left of school and is still talking about joining the marines when he graduates. Jeff is enjoying having ALL his kids in the same house, it has been a bit of an adjustment for Rachel who is not liking having to share computer time but other than that she likes having her big brother here and Brandon is on cloud nine!

 Speaking of rachel she s about to turn 13 this Thursday! I cant believe my baby girl is now officially a teenager, seems like only yesterday i was cuddling her in my arms now shes grown up and no longer fits in my lap..... Jeffs  just had his 40th birthday last month we bought him a 78 ford pick up baby blue ( ugliest truck i have ever seen) but he likes it so thats all that matters! He is still deciding what he wants to be when he grows up but for now he still works in St.pete for Fidelity but i think hes getting tired of the commute everyday..... my job is well a job, i dont like working and im not afraid to let everyone know that but right now i have to so i guess its a good job! We hired some new people so hopefully things will settle down a bit and not be so stressfull but then again i do work in the medical field so stress goes hand in hand i guess......thats about all thats going on for now i will update again as things change