Feliz Cinco de Mayo

I am so grateful to have grown up with a Large, Loving Mexican Family! I am so proud to be part Mexican. Although all my extended family lives in California, my immediate family will be celebrating together with homemade Mexican food (my absolute *favorite) and cervezas!
Disfrutar!

it's been a while...

i know. i've been absent.

the temps reached above 100 degrees this week = meaning = my phone rang off-the-hook with people needing cool air. we've worked long, hard hours this week... this week one of many this hot arizona summer. Day & Night (Carrier)... the product we are committed dealers to. Keeping us busy... and more importantly these days... employed! i am grateful every single day that i have such a necessity of a career/industry.

since we've been back from Kauai, i haven't had much time (or energy) to do any*thing creative.
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EASTER------->
Oh, the holidays have such a different taste in your mouth when divorce is into play.
The family came over to our house. It was somewhat small and quiet... never knew how much one person could affect the extended-family unit. We missed Joe, but still wished him a Happy Easter.





























Oh... what else.
I upload some new pics from Kauai (that were on *my camera)... I think I'll upload more of those in a seperate post.

Got totally addicted to Green Spot (a game on MySpace)...


That's my Garden! (I'm so proud!!)













And... believe this!!!... I SCRAPBOOKED! Yeah!

TWO Layout!! in one night! Heck Yeah!
I actually felt really good doing it.. I wanted to do it. I wanted my kids to have the pages of their books filled with their lives. I went back to the reason we all begin scrapbooking... to preserve our memories for generations to come. And that felt really, Really good!!

LAME


LAME.JPG, originally uploaded by flickrbrain.

Yes, I realize I totally bite when it comes to keeping up with this blog. I promise you I have the best of intentions. I will do better. I am sure you have been worried sick with what is going on in my tiny little insignificant life... oh who am I kidding... no one reads this blog. teehee!
be back soon...
i promise.

please read...

The post below helps to explain the rollercoaster pace I've been on the past month.
*Paul and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary (not to mention this June will be 14 years we've actually been together).
*March 15 (coincidentally my parent's 29 year wedding anniversary) we left for a surpise-to-the-kids and fun-filled week to the island of Kauai'i, Hawai'i.
*March 22 (coincidentally my sister and soon-to-be-ex-brother-in-law Joe's 6 year wedding anniversary) we return to the "real-world.
*Previous to the above mentioned, Paul and I ran the business for two weeks on a 24/7 schedule (quite stressful, to say the very least)

Don't mean to sound so stressful... but, this vacation has been planned for over 5 years... it was well deserved, and much anticipated by Paul and I.

...So without futher a'do... here are some photos...

(The kids so excited to be in a limo... at 545am... they had NO IDEA we were going to Hawai'i)

(Our place-of-stay, the Bali Hai in Princeville, Kauai'i, Hawai'i)

(at the Kilewheia Lighthouse)


the beginning of the Na'Pali Coast... this doesn't even BEGIN to describe it!! It is truly God's amazing creation!

The taro fields where they made poi.Aloha!












friday the 13th anniversary...

Once upon a time... approximately 10 years ago, these two kids got married.






Fast forward 1o years to today... and those kids are still married (just a little older).



So much has happened in the past 10 years, and yet, it flew by so incredibly quick. In the days before our wedding, I wondered where we would be in 10 years. How will we have changed. I must say, we've taken some unexpected turns in life, but most of it we planned. Today, I am grateful to say (like our wedding song suggests) "Looks Like We Made It". Ten years is a milestone that most marriages just don't reach.











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Maira Gall