Pictures of Katy and Mommy, December 2009

various photos of Katy posing (cute, isn't she?) and of Katy and Mommy, posing.

Our Christmas Tree

Our Christmas Tree, December, 2009! Presents under the tree, too.

December 4, 2009

These are photos of our back yard, front yard and across the street of our neighborhood showing our BIG SNOW in Missouri City! LOL

Summer, 2009

two pics, one of Papi and Cody and Papi and Katy. These were taken this past summer.

Tunica Mississippi Visit

Beautiful place. Beautiful golf course, but a bit chilly to play. Plus, I was "just a tad under the weather (no pun intended) with a runny nose, which began the minute I got off the plane when it landed in Mississippi. I just didn't want it to get worse, and thankfully, it didn't. Below is a sample of the sites you can see...occasionally. Guy's big win, 10 minutes before we left! "Ain't that purty?"

King's Inn Adventure

We're going to King's Inn in Kingsville this Saturday, October 17th. We'll be celebrating my birthday, Katy's birthday, Denise's birthday, Elda's birthday, and Teresita's birthday. Great fun shall be had by all! I, on the other hand, shall partake of a steak for dinner while everyone digs into their favorites: orange ruffy, some other kind of dry fish with some spicy-looking breaded stuff surrounding it, and some pretty good-looking giant shrimp, golden brown. And some pretty awesome sized avocado in their great-tasting avocado salad. And some okay tasting thinly peeled and breaded onion rings. Oh, don't forget the french fries. 'Nuff said. ;) Happy Birthday everybody!

My Birthday, September 28, 2009

A little birthday gift from my honey.


I had to share my birthday with my loved ones. I had a Tres Leches cake from my suite mates, which tasted FANTASTIC! I hope you like the way I dress: casual, yet elegant, whimsical, cheery, very in line with the fashion times. BULL! LOL
The sign I hold on my lap reads "YaYa" and will be proudly displayed at home.

Mitzcli and Bella

This is Bella.


This is Mitzcli (pronounced Mitts Kli). Do they look alike or what?

Maria Munguia - New headstone

Mom's new headstone


Dad's headstone

Bella

I had to share this picture of little Bella Gentry Munguia, the beloved little girl of Kat and Israel Munguia. She is the cutest pill! And, she is the splitting image of little Mitzcli. If only I had a picture of Mitzcli to post! More to come!

Astro asleep

Had to share this special picture of little Astro, asleep. Isn't she cute?

BIRTHDAYS, birthdays and more birthdays

in the interest of saving time: I want to wish the following people a very happy birthday. Wrapped up all at once. ;)

Cody Michael Davis; Jr. Munguia, Mike Davis - January; Rosie Munguia, March; Cortez, Laura, Chuck Munguia, Guy Davis, Pinky Davis - April; Jennifer Davis - May; Emily and Geno Munguia - June; Cesar, Edmundo, Israel, Christina Munguia - July; Nora Munguia - August; Me, of course, in September :P ; Teresita, Elda, Esther, Denise & Katy Davis - October; Benjamin - November; Ruth Davis, Efrain - December

WHO DID I FORGET! I KNOW I FORGOT SOMEBODY. Katriana, I can't remember where I wrote down your birthday! Petra, I'm missing your birthday, too! And Fred! And Gabriel. Sorry guys. the brain has been through so much...it's fried. I think it's because I have to remember so many birthdays. LOL LOL

Draw Me Close To You

draw me close to you, never let me go
i lay it all down again, to hear you say that i'm your friend
you are my desire, no one else will do
'cause no one else can take your place
to feel the warmth of your embrace
help me find the way, bring me back to you
(chorus )
you're all i want, you're all i've ever needed
you're all i want, help me know you are near

The following lyrics are by the Katinas, a Christian group (of five brothers from American Samoa.) This morning as I was driving in to work, I prayed for peace and for being able to do my work and not cry every 15 minutes, as I wanted to do. Immediately after my prayer, this song came on, and I knew that God had heard my prayer. God is wonderful in so many ways, even in the times that we think we are devastated by bad news, a love one passing on, etc. Just know that He feels ALL our pain and He knows just how much we can handle. I promise. He knows.

Maria Munguia - We love you!

My mother, Mary passed away very unexpectedly. She was 86 years old.

It seems she had a heart attack on Sunday night (2-1-09), around 10 p.m. and was rushed to the hospital. She never regained consciousness and the doctor suggested we remove her from life support. My brother and I were on the phone while this decision was being made, along with my other older brother and my sister. She passed away at 12:20 a.m.

As my brother talked to me over the phone, I asked him to whisper in her ear that I loved her, which he did.

I got to talk to her on Friday, Jan. 30, as I was driving home from work. We chit-chatted, she was in great spirits and before we hung up -- as she always did -- she said, "I love you Momma, God bless you." And she repeated it again.

Little Katy's missing tooth

Just had to get a picture of the Happy Birthday Girl! She's 7 years old! Missing tooth...looks very "mature." :) Love that girl!

I'm baaaacck!!!!!!!!!!! Senor Pepi La Pew is back and if you recall the cartoon: he was always in love with some cat. Remember? Well, Pepi must have seen Astro (my female Siamese) and fallen in love...because he sprayed her. Yikes. I was pretty sure (at the time) that Astro must have hidden herself underneath a step stool I put in her "cage" so she can sit atop it and view the backyard. I found her hiding underneath it. Poor baby. And, how do you bathe a cat? Very carefully.

Happy 4th Birthday Mitzcli!

Right now Mitzcli weighs about 9 lbs...a bit too much for a Chihuahua. too much cake.

Cody and Katy

Here's a new picture of Miss Katy and Master Cody. I pray they will look back at this picture someday and know that what's so important in this life is how we treat our own family...to always love each other and help each other out BEFORE ANYONE ELSE!, meaning that our family comes first -- which we tend to forget once we get out in the world and meet others.

Here's a picture of little Cortez before he left for Germany with his parents. He's playing with Grandma Mary's little back scratcher...while she sits back and pulls her hair out! LOLOL Seriously, I'm sure they're both having a grand time. He and his parents will be soooo missed. We pray they'll hurry back for a visit.

Hurricane Ike

We got home on Tuesday, September 16 and found our home intact. I will send pictures later of what our yard looks like. We lost one branch in our front yard. Thank God we had trimmed that tree considerably...it fell on a cactus we needed to get rid of anyway!

The backyard is a mess. We lost a tree that was in a corner...it fell over the elephant ears we had growing right in front of it. It narrowly missed another tree in front of it, which if it had brought it along, would have landed on our sunroom or maybe the kitchen. We lost the entire back yard fence...pulled right out along with the concrete that was poured to hold the main posts. Wow. The side fence that separates the next door neighbor fell. The other neighbor's fence (separating our houses) was okay.

We had some leakage in our sunroom. Our ficus plant, which we planted when we first moved into this house, was uprooted -- laying across the length of the sunroom. Guy thinks we can replant since some of the roots were still attached. But this is the weird thing: I had a small statue of St. Francis of Assisi, about 15 inches high, standing a top of a slab of tile (to keep it straight). In his hands he holds 2 small doves, which DO NOT EVER stay in place. I have to keep propping them into his hands. Right behind him is a pretty cross -- one that's supposed to go in gardens (I bought it at Hobby Lobby.) I think Elda gave me St. Francis. Anyway, here's the kicker: Ficus is down by the roots. St. Francis is left standing, hold doves, with cross still intact! Is that not unbelievable?

Reminds me also of when Hurricane Rita hit our home in Lake Charles, too. Took out all of our back yard fence but kept the side fence, with a large cross stuck to the fence, intact. Wow.

More news to follow I guess. Love ya'll.

Deon Robinson

We wish to send condolences to Jennifer Davis-Robinson on the passing of her husband, Deon. Deon was 45 years old and passed away on Saturday, September 13. He was to have celebrated a birthday on September 21st. Deon was a good husband and father to Cody and Katy. We know he is sitting in the presence of the Almighty and raising his arms to praise Him.

Happy Birthday to Israel!!

Shown here with Mrs. Munguia! Hope you have a grand day! Love you!

Happy Belated Birthday and Current Birthday!

to my brothers: Geno, June 27th (Sorry, I forgot to send you a birthday card) and Mundo, whose birthday is today. Hope everyone has/had a great day! Love you!

Mitzcli Davis' double

Oh, my gosh. This could be my baby, Mitzcli. At least when he was one year old. I had to share this picture because it is so like him! Love that dog. :)

Israel and Katriana's wedding

Here we have Elda, Me, my sister-in-law, Petra, and Teresita. We attended Israel and Kat's wedding on Sunday, June 27th. And what a great wedding it was! Bride and groom were awesome (I was going to say radiant, but that would only be the bride and not exactly how the groom looked...how about handsome?) Here's wishing the best to them: may they always find happiness in everything they do with each other; may they always look to each other and to God for any help; and may they never forget the love they have for each other -- always remember the first time you fell in love.

GrandKids Visiting!

Yes, folks, we got 'em! Two of 'em. How they have grown! One has freckles stretching across his nose...cute as a button, plays a mean video game, loves baseball and good at it too; and the other one! Cute smile, expressive eyes, quick wit (or so I think) great mimic (like her YaYa ;) and questions everything! Cody and Katy are here! And boy, am I tired! I got to work this morning...thank God Guy took them to school for me, but when I walked in to work, I plopped down on my chair and said, "Whew. I'm so glad to be at work so I can rest." Just kidding folks. Seriously, they are the reasons one stays so young at heart and sometimes (not always) in body. They give us our exercise. They keep our heart pumping. They teach us again, but in my case...a very difficult lesson!...to be more patient and more diplomatic. Thank God for Guy, who is really the one who does that part. Me, I just yell. I wouldn't be YaYa if I didn't! Love those kids. Welcome Cody and Katy. We love you. I shall post pictures in the coming weeks of these tykes.

In Memory of Little Jasmine

My sweet, dear Jasmine passed away on Monday, April 28. I came home and found her gone. She was approx. 13 or 14 years old. She leaves behind her terrible brother, Mitzcli, the Aztec czar, who lived only to bother her constantly, but she thrived on that. She also leaves behind little Astro. Mitzcli will miss her terribly, as he has already showed us...he wonders where Jasmine is when he goes outside, he looks behind him to see if she is there. When we drop him treats, he looks around to see if she is there so he can grab hers. She joins her beloved (okay, that is stretching it a bit) Boomer in Heaven. Will miss her lots. Goodbye my sweet angel.

The Face of an Angel

Little Katy...Wow.

Rude Awakening

Okay, don't know what happened here, but at about 2:30 a.m. Guy and I were awakened by the screamings of little Astro, little quiet Astro, the perfect little lady. And I could hear her "hitting" something while she was screaming! I jumped out of bed (my whole life seems to be me jumping out of bed, etc.)and saw her standing in front of the door leading outside to our backyard. Looking out the window...(it's our sunroom. I couldn't imagine what could have happened! I was shaking like a leaf it was such a horrible scream! Okay, I'm over it. :) This is a small pic of what she probably looked like as she was screaming.

Lots of Happenings - some sad, some not!

Well, where shall I start? Perhaps with the fun. Mitzcli was, again, sprayed. This time we were armed and ready! Immediately grab a towel; immediately open can (this time it took cans :) ) of tomato sauce (by the way, I went out and bought a can of tomato soup...this works best); and we were able to keep the pesky smell away. We're getting to be quite good at this!





Now for some sad news. We had to put little Oreo to sleep...on a Saturday, March 8. She had woken us up on Friday morning (about 4 am.) with a scream of pain. When I went to check on her, she was lying on her side in bed...I gently picked up her head and she did not respond. She was breathing very shallowly. I told Guy she would probably not last the next few hours. We went back to bed. In the morning when we woke up, she was up and eating. We were sitting watching TV when we heard the scream again. This time she was lying on the some newspapers and I gently picked her up and knew this had to be the time. We called the VET and were able to bring her in at 10. I handed her to the Doctor, and immediately broke down in tears. Guy had to lead me out. I was able to come in and kiss her little head and knew that she was finally not in pain. She was a good dog. It was extremely hard to tell my mom-in-law, but we had to.

My Other Big Brother - Jr.

I just realized that I let my brother Jr's birthday slip by...a bit late I might add. So sorry. If memory serves me right, I did send you a birthday, card, didn't I? January 20th was Jr.'s birthday and I didn't visit my site to announce it. My bad. By the way, he is doing a great job of handling the taking care of my mother. He takes her to doctor's appts., out to dinner, etc. THX for everything you, Rosie, and your kids do.

Mitzcli's Recent happening!

Word to the wise, thank God for tomato sauce!!! And the fact that I had bought those little suckers and happened to have them.

I had gotten up because the Mitzcli woke me up. As I groggly walked towards the living room to let him out, I noticed the front door wide open; a siloutte of a pretty dark cat in front of the door...just staring at the open door. Dog heads straight for door, probably thinking: "Oooh, what's out there?" I yell, "Stop!" He does. Cat skeedaddles in opposite direction. I shut and lock door. Climb back in bad (and quite forgetting why I had originally gotten up in the first place!) telling Guy, "You forgot to lock the door." Dog immediately jumps off bed...again. Wants out. Okay by me; I'm awake anyway! Open door, see him immediately (yes, this all happens immediately!; not in slow motion.) growls at something just to the right of the door, which I always close becuase the cat will want to wander out, too. Oh, my! He's seen a cat in our back yard and has it surrounded...but the poor cat is not "skeedaddling." (I love that word) I open door and yell, "No, Mitzcli, stop!" and notice that this beautiful, sleek, black "cat" also has a cute little black and white striped tail! (think: Pepi LaPew) Of course, my dashing, tough, I-will-save-you Mommy cutie is yes, immediately, sprayed. He skeedaddles away from the cutie-pie: I yell "Guy! Mitzcli has a skunk cornered!" Poor Guy is brought back to life from a very deep sleep! I open door, tell Mitzcli to come in; he runs in (and here I will add, not smelling too pretty :) ) IMMEDIATELY runs to the couch and starts rubbing around on the couch and my sweater! I yell no! He runs into bedroom (could this possibly get any funnier?) and begins to roll around the bed -- my side! Guy yells, "what do we do?" I say, "wait a minute...tomato soup" but then I wanted to bash my brains in. I didn't want to use my coveted La Madeleine tomato soup (put your own choice Spanish words here!) then I remembered: tomato sauce is almost the same thing! Guy cannot believe he is hearing this: keeps asking me, "are you sure?" I say yes, I am sure. We open can...(after I tell him what do we have to lose?) he starts (to the tune of New York, New York!) spreading the goo...rinses him off, sprays a little (and let me warn you now folks, do not try this at home!) Euphoria (Patricia, you know what this is! :) and man, does he smell semi-good. I will never wear Euphoria again.
All's well that ends well! Mitzcli then crawled in right next to me and stayed there the whole night. Needless to say, I slept very little...I even thought about getting up to write this or visiting The Hobbit on PS2 and starting from the very beginning. Well, that's it folks. I just had to share the good times Guy and I have here in Missouri City,,,where the dogs are dogs and the skunks come right up to your house and look in. I really think that skunk must have seen Astro (the cat) looking out the window beckening it towards the house. It could happen! Have a wonderful Monday...I know I will!

Welcome Home Israel!

Welcome Home Israel. Israel arrived in Fort Hood, Texas Sunday, Jan. 6. I wish I could have been there, but couldn't make it. We're hoping he and someone special may come for a short visit to our home soon! If he can stand dogs and cats. We're looking forward to seeing what the future brings him. Love you! (I couldn't have posted a cute picture of you when you were a baby, but decided not to. :o)

Happy Birthday Cody Davis Robinson!

January 4, 2008. Happy Birthday to Cody, who is 8 years old today. What a great smile the boy has! Sorry the pics are a bit too dark (I didn't take them, sorry!) but they do give a glimpse of a fine young man growing up fast. Love that boy!

It's December - Merry Christmas!

Just want to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. I hope your holidays are spent with your loved ones and that you get everything you want/need!
Guy got me a vaccuum cleaner for Christmas. We are the type of people that when we need something, well, we buy it! Okay, so the vaccuum cleaner will not be wrapped or put under the tree, but that's because I'll probably have to start using it immediately! Guy will be getting a 42 inch plasma TV and it's TV holder. Of course, we will most definitely not wrap it or put it under the tree seeing as how he will immediately want to start hooking it up. And, of course, he will have paid for it himself (okay, with my help, too.)so, no surprise there. I also got him a coffee table book on the pictures taken by some photographer while the made-for-TV movie was being made: Lonesome Dove. Just one of his all-time favorites. That's no surprise either since he accidently saw where I hid it and knows it's there. Well, I'll try and get some photos for you guys as soon as I can.
We've sort of moved in, but still have a lot of boxes that we need to unpack. At least the kitchen and the bedroom are set up! We also now have buyer for our house in Lake Charles. So, that is really coming out great now. Gonna miss Old Lake Charles, that's for sure. I'll keep you posted. Mitzcli and Jasmine and Astro and Oreo say hello to all.

I'm BACK!!!!

Greetings! So much has happened, first in line is the fact that I could't remember my sign in name and password...darn it. But I happened to notice that I had this filed away (thank God!) so, I didn't have to long to look.
Well, Guy and I are living in Houston, in a condo thanks to the generosity of a fine friend and the work of God in our lives. It's too amazing. Guy has started work and he loves it. Looks like he's going to be a bit busy for a while, until he settles down to a routine.
We should be moving to our own house (1542 Hilton Head) prayerfully, by the end of October or beginning of November. I MISS MY LITTLE PUMPKINS! Man, I miss their yapping and their licking my face and their cute little looks and their meowing and following me around and all sorts of other things. LOL
We will be putting our home up for sale in Lake Charles. Man, good memories there. Great neighbors, great location, etc. But we really can't keep two houses (I wish!) So, now that I'm back, I'm here to stay.
Oh, by the way, I did also begin working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, again (two years ago I left after five years with them) in the exact same spot I was in when I left. WOW. Is God gracious or what? AND, I had my 52nd birthday in September. Whew. I'm tired. So much has happened in the span of one month. Later troops!

Happy Birthday to Mundo!

Just wanted to wish one of my big brothers a very happy birthday...tomorrow, July 17th. Hope he has a great day!

Happy 4th of July!

I want to take this time to wish Cesar a very happy birthday. I wish he was here to celebrate with his loved ones...especially that cute little boy of his and his beautiful and foxy wife! Hope to see you soon darling! Love you.

Rolling Victory Fast -2007

I am fasting today in honor of the Rolling Victory Fast, which will be coming on its one year on July 9th. Wow. One whole year. I dedicated my fast today to my two nephews and my older brother, Geno, who is celebrating his birthday today. So, go get 'em!

Here are various pics of the kids while they're visiting. First is of Katy and Astro, both asleep. The second is Katy, posing, in her sleeping tent. cute tent? Pink and girly! the last is of Cody, excuse his "dress." He was being lazy. He's sharing his tent space with little Mitzcli.

16th Wedding Anniversary

Guy and I took a great 16th Wedding Anniversary to New Orleans. Guy explains:

We received 3 blessings on Saturday in New Orleans. We went to Jackson Square for café au lait and beignets at Café du Monde. We parked in back on the Mississippi River and as we walked to Café we heard beautiful voices singing hymns! Mennonite choir singing a capella. We stood and listened to the music filling the square. They were part of a permanent contingency to help with Katrina recovery. You should have seen some of the looks from the people passing on the street.

After breakfast we walked toward the French Market and stopped at a bookstore that had a beautifully illustrated Brer Rabbit book. We talked to the owner, a very nice soft spoken Nawlins' drawl. Later, after shopping in the French Market we came back to the bookstore to buy the book, he said, "I knew you would come back and I have something extra for you." He showed me a small metal box with a Papal insignia on top and 2 wafers inside. "You know what this is?" I said "no." He said "I am ordained as a deacon in the Catholic Church and I would like to bless you." He made the sign of the cross in a blessing in front of us and then touched my forehead making a cross, which he recited in Latin! (This was just so awesome, it brought tears to my eyes!! - Meli)

After leaving the bookstore we walked in front of Café du Monde where the little 3-piece band was playing. Feeling generous and blessed we dropped a $5 in the bucket. The leader of the band said "Hey, come here." I got something for you. "For a $20 donation to rebuilding our church destroyed by Katrina, I will give you this CD." Hack Bartholomew (hackb.com) blessed us with some great jazz gospel music on our way back home.

We had a wonderful weekend. We were able to come back home on Saturday, really quick trip! By the by, we inadvertantly left Astro locked in our bedroom. Needless to say, she tried desperately to get out! Poor baby. She was so pissed at us that she pooped on my side of the bed! I didn't notice (NO, I DID NOT GET IN BED WHEN I FOUND IT!) until I pulled the sheets back, getting ready to crawl in bed when I noticed. I had to sleep in another room :)

I never published this; I guess I had forgotten I had it. This is Cody and Astro, trying to pose.

Picture of Little Katy and her friend, Astro.

Me and Papi

Here is Katy and her Papi. Cute couple. :)

spring has sprung

Here are some photos of the front part of our house. New wreath on the door and petunias in hanging baskets. Makes the yard and the house look so springy! today was a beautiful 75 degrees and Guy and I were able to get some sun out in the back yard. It was wonderful!

Various awesome pics.

Here's a picture of me and my mom on my visit to the Rio Grande Valley in January.

Spring is in the air

Along with all the crud coming off the trees! Yikes! I had to "sprinkle" my car this morning just to get the yellow stuff that's been sitting on it from the weekend! I don't get it: are the trees getting rid of the old leaves to make way for the new? Becuz there is so much junk coming down from them! Guy (God love him!) has been needling me to take pics of the outside of the house...we've hung some pretty baskets of flowers in the front and I made a wreath in celebration of Easter coming up! So, I will try and follow up with pics in the next week or so.

Katy's Broken Arm!

Little Katy broke her arm. She fell off a trampoline that didn't have the "cage" that is supposed to go around it. 'Nuff said. :) Anyway, she's fine, had some pins put in her little left arm, around the elbow area. As we all know, lots of kids are really resilient, so let's pray she'll be up and around soon.