May has been busy!

First it was my Moms birthday:

 

Then I went off to Washington DC with the nurses union for a conference, where I did some picketing at a local hospital, marched on Washington to the capitol in a rally for nurses and healthcare reform. We were then treated and various stages in the three days I was there to speakers like the U.S. Secretary of Labor, the president of the ALFO-CIO, Barbara Boxer, Al Franken, and Bernie Sanders (the socialist.) Wow did I ever feel like a fish out of water.

Then my little brother-in-law had his First Communion. It was mostly in Spanish and I had to keep asking Adrian what was going on. He said "I don't know. I haven't been Catholic in a really long time!" One of Adrian's uncles came up from Mexico and he made 50 llbs of Carnitas in the traditional way.

Ryan turned 10 months:

Then Scott and Aunt Pat had Birthdays. Grandpa had a birthday, and finally William graduated High school from my old Alma Mater CHS. TEN YEARS after I did. Oh and he graduated in the top 10% of his class and received a four year $32,000 scholarship to Southern Virginia University. Awesome! Well that about sums it up!

Happy Mother's Day

It's been a busy weekend. My mom turned the big 5-0 and it was also mothers day weekend. I have to say that I love my mom. We sometimes have our differences, (like all mothers and daughters do) but I have learned everything I know about faith,honesty,perseverance, love and most of all how to be a Mother. Thanks Mom for all that you do.

Disneyland!

We to snuck away to the magical Kingdom on a family adventure. I have to say the kids were real troopers. They did amazing even when we spent all day in the Park and they napped in their strollers. We had so much fun! The best part was watching Lily meet the charchters . She thought they were so real. She had an autograph book that had all the princessess on it. She would show each princess her picture! It was really cute. The parades were amazing too. Lily and Ryan would wave at all of their "friends!" We are ready to go back again already!