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.