A few random Wedding photos...

I stayed up a bit too late last night but I so wanted to get the photos from the wedding ceremony loaded....I think I got the 500+ photos down to 200+ on flickr...

Below are a few random ones...the rest are on my flickr site...

Ahh the life of the Party has arrived!

He's smiling!! I love him, especially when he smiles and laughs!

Just a few family members standing around b.sing while we wait for the ceremony to begin...

Trey taking it all with a grain of salt...

A Father ~ Son moment...

Trey and Cindy during the ceremony

I love this photo...Trey and Michael are having silent words between them...I just wonder what the brothers were thinking?

~ Bride and Groom ~

First Dance together...

Trey with his Mother, Angie.

Here is a group...Fred, Ray, Erica, Wendy, Cindy, Trey, Angie, Kathy and Jeremy....Michael was left out...But this is all of us and I am so thankful we all get along so well!!

Me with a few drinks under my belt and squashing my husband but look he's smiling!!

John (nephew) with his Mother Diana...

Trey with Grandma (Mom - Criste)

Well we can tell John was having a goodtime...I was laughing at the way Shauna was looking at him....Hmmm?

another Dance...

Trey and Cindy

Like I said I picked a few random photos...just too many to choose from but if you are interested in seeing more check out my flickr site....Thanks for looking :o)

Ramblings regarding Trey's wedding

This was the strangest wedding I had ever been too. We never received an invite but knew the invites said the wedding ceremony was to start at 4pm. We and most of the Naranjo family arrived at 4pm or earlier. There was no one there, the place was empty? So we started calling around to see if we were at the right place and what was going on. Come to find out the Brides family had changed the time of the ceremony. We were told 5pm. So considering there were coolers full of beer in the back of some of the vehicles, the beer was brought out and the celebration for the Naranjo’s started early, lol…At 5pm still no bride so the celebration continued…I was having fun taking photos of everyone. As always the Naranjo family adapts and goes with the flow…
The religious ceremony finally took place at 6pm. The brides family was in my opinion very rude to the Grooms family. Out of all the front tables and chairs they had only reserved a table with 6 chairs for the Naranjo family. That was NOT going to work so we took over several tables towards the back of the hall and enjoyed ourselves. Basically this was just a show put on by the brides family, Trey and Cindy will be married by the justice of the peace on Tuesday August 19th. I have to say we all had fun and the Naranjos do know how to enjoy themselves! I was watching Trey and Cindy as I was taking photos and I believe they love each other and pray they have a long-happy marriage! Hopefully the brides family will let them?
I took over 900 photos, ugh!! I have that down to 534 photos. Over the days I will break those down and edit a few for the blog. I am a bit hung-over at the moment. For the first-time in a very long time I decided to join the party goers and drink some Jack Daniels and coke, Ekkk…I enjoyed myself! Maybe a little to much, lol…So stay tuned for photos…

My stepson Trey and his soon to be bride, Cindy!

Cousin Tommy

I received an email today from a family member with a photo of my cousin Tommy who is serving in Iraq right now...

Hello to All :)

Hope all is going well? Attached is a photo from Iraq. This is the Ziggarat Temple which is the oldest known civilization to man kind. I have a picture from the top of it where Abraham was born and his house is near the base........pretty cool stuff!

All is going well. I hear the weather has cooled off a bit.

The temp is still staying steady in the mid 120's right now.

I am very anxious to see everyone when I get home!

Take Care,Tommy

May God bless him and keep him!!

We are proud of you Tommy come home safely!

Ahh what are you doing?

Here I sit email chatting to Helen about O'scraps and how I just uploaded my first layout challenge to the O'scraps gallery and designer spotlight when I hear quiet a LOUD racket from the kitchen...Fred has gone to bed and since Michael and I had a late nap we'll both be up for awhile...I ask Michael if he can make anymore noise? No reply! I tell him his father is sleeping and he needs to be quiet! No reply! It sounds like there is an elephant in the bowl cupboard, Ekk...Michael stop whatever you are doing, please!!

I then hear him behind me and turn to look and this is what I see...He has nabbed the LARGEST bowl we have and is dumping the WHOLE bag of potato chips into it, UGH!!

Are you going to eat all those chips Michael?

YEP!

Boys!!!!

Photo Challenge ~ Morning, Noon & Night

Yikes!! What a challenge!! But I finally managed to finish my photos this evening and here they are....

8 am

3:30pm

7 pm

7:30 am

Noon

7 pm

Birthday Party Boy!!

Oh MY what a SUNDAY we had!

We had a birthday pool party at Aunt Diana's and Uncle Larry's for Michael's 5th Birthday and he had an absolute BLAST!!

Of course his birthday isn't until the 20th but due to some other happenings this month we had to have the party a bit early and it was a beautiful day for it!!

All of Michael's library friends showed up, thank you ladies for coming and bringing the kiddos! Then some of Michaels cousins showed up, a few of Mommy and Daddy's friends with their kiddos, and Michael's big brother Jeremy came too...So many kids (15 in all) and people made it all the better!!

Helen R. took photos and I am so thankful she did...as I was a bit to0 wet to handle the camera!

Kaden and Michael with Jordan in the background!

We had so much fun in the pool and it was so much fun watching all the children enjoy themselves!

We managed to get everyone out of the pool to enjoy cheeseburgers and hotdogs and then the Pinata! Michael tried his best to bust it open but he just wasn't strong enough. We let all the children have a turn and then finally...

Jordan had a shot and yes he did it...Busted that Pinata right open, YEA!!

Then Michael had his choice between cake and presents and of course you all know what a soon to be 5 yr old is going to want to do...OPEN presents!! He loved everything and I think was a bit over whelmed by all the fantastic gifts! Thank you everyone!

Then it was time for the cake, YEA!! Blow out the candles Michael and make a wish!

After cake we all headed back to the pool and swam until 5pm...Boy oh Boy what a day!! You would think after a day like that someone would take a nice long nap, NOT!! The minute we got home he was ready to go...So Fred and I took turns helping Michael to open his packages and playing with him and his toys!!

A giant Sucker from Grammie Criste and Grandpocka and it is Mmmm Mmmm good!! You have to love that cheesy grin!

Oh NO our home has been invaded by a Starship Trooper, Ekkk....

Then the Knight came and slayed the Starship trooper along with all the dragons in the house, Yikes!!

There are tons more photos at my flickr site (click here)...just had too many to share on the blog! I was so happy for my son! I'm not a party person and his last party was when he turned 1 yrs old and I am so glad I waited to have another one as I think it meant more to him!! I think the next one will be when he is 16, lol...

What to do when you are stuck in a...

Dealerships cramped waiting room....You take photos!!

Now did you even need me to tell you! LOL...

We set at the dealership this morning while they did a bit of detail work to the "Beast", 3 hours of waiting to be exact...Thank goodness for Cameras!

Michaels eyes were brown today, does that mean he was full of you know what? lol...His eyes change from green to brown...and I think it is cool!

He's my sweet little sunshine and I love that smile!

There it is again...Now the reason for the smile he was playing with the video and camera on my mobile phone...ugh!! I haven't had time to hook the mobile phone up to the computer yet but I will just to see his photos! Yikes!! Maybe I don't want to see them, lol!!

Uh Oh "It's the look!" He's concentrating hard, very hard!!

At&t should pay me for this photo and bit of advertisement, lol....so easy even a child can use it!

Everytime I see this photo I laugh...he takes his photography skills so seriously!!

And just a hint of a smile...can you believe this little guy is almost 5 and starting school, ugh!! Time to change the subject before I get teary eyed....