More pics from Grace's bday

Grace was stunned (a little shocked) to see so many folks signing Happy BD to her. Tia Amanda in the background.


I like Grace's reaction in this pic.


Primo Jaiden in the background

Grace's BDay pachanga

We had a birthday pachanga for Grace. She turned two this week. Thanks to some primos, tias and abuelos...we had a great time! Here are the pics:










This last pic has sister, Genevieve!

Grace is a drummer!

Check it out...we've got out own drummer. Dad plays strings (guitar, bass, etc). If Genna picks up a horn, we'll have our own Conjunto!

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Thanks to Uncle Corey!

A few more pics of Monterrey

Here are some pics of the last night in MTY -- we had a great time!!


Here's a great pic of Gene and Juanita


The drive back to Tejas:

Why we visited Monterrey in the 1st place

The real reason...aside from all the nice tourism and the great cabrito -- the real reason we went to Monterrey, was to visit our Tio and Tia...Don Cesario and the loveley Juanita...her are some pics of us visiting El Paseo Santa Lucía and a few other pics later that night.

Later that night...we visited my primo Pancho at his business -- here's a good pic of his wife and his two girls, as well as Tio y Tia.


This last pic was taken with "El Cerro de la Silla" in the backgroud (yup...and Gene made an appaernce :)

Monterrey Pics - 2nd round

Check out the view we had...it was a gorgeous day to be out

After Christmas - visit to Monterrey Mexico!

Yup...we went from Corpus Christi, to Jacksboro...back to Corpus Christi, did a quick visit in Alice, then back to Corpus Christi...next day headed down to Monterrey, Mexico -- let's just say, I've got the "Dora the Explorer" DVD memorized! (we've got a DVD player in the Suburban...and that's ALL Grace wants to watch -- and we've got about 4 other DVDs).

Here are some pics of an awesome zoo like park named Bioparque Estrella --

Neil and Syda - day 3

Neil and Syda's last day we visited Palmetto Park down the street - it's great place to take OZO for a walk/swim -- Ozo loves swimming!

At night...nothing goes better than some good ol smoked BBQ, Tejano style

Thanks again to Grandma for babysitting two nights in a row! Neil and Syda - we had a great time...we'll see ya soon!! To the rest of ya'll out there...mi casa es su casa...Drop us a line and we'll do a que :)

Neil and Syda - 2nd night...

The 2nd night, thanks to Grandma (Nelda), we went out for a few beers and a game of shuffleboard

Neil and Syda came from SEA to visit!

Neil and Syda some ol skewl friends of ours came to visit for a few days...of course, coming from Seattle...they NEEDED to hit Whataburger ASAP -- here are some pics: