BUSY WEEKEND

Ryan and Manny

Last weekend we had a bunch going on. First off, Manny baptized my nephew Ryan( my older sister's son). Ryan was so excited. Manny had to dunk him in the water a total of three times because he kept having a foot or a knee pop up. It was pretty funny, but I felt bad for them because the water was freezing cold.

My family NEVER takes any pictures together, so we decided that after the baptism would be a good time to take a bunch of pictures.

For some reason, all the grandkids wanted to take a picture with Manny. The tall redhead, and the kid in the white shirt on the far right actually aren't part of our family.

From far left: my Mom, Michaela, Paul (holding Solomon), Me, Joseph, my Dad, Colleen, Tim, and Julie. I'm actually missing my brother Stephen.

my sister's Julie, Colleen, me, Michaela, and my niece Ashlyn just happen to get in the shot.

This is my nephew Xander, I don't know what he was crying about.

My brother Paul and his son Solomon.

Later that night, we had a Christmas party at Manny's parents' house. We ate some good food and Santa visited us later. The grandkids were excited to get presents from Santa early this year.

Here we are enjoying the Christmas party. I cant' get Manny to ever take a normal picture. He always has to make some sort of face.

On Sunday, we had a dinner for my younger brother, Tim. He left for the Marines on Monday. It was really sad to say goodbye. I'm glad that he will be serving our country, but it makes me nervous. Manny and I went over to my parents' house while they were at church so we could put a new dishwasher in for them. Theirs broke a little while ago, so me and all my siblings decided to chip in and give them on for Christmas. And then Manny was volunteered to put it in since he's the plumber.

Then on Monday night, my brother Paul, his wife gave birth to their 4th child. They were expecting a boy, but when it came out, it was a girl! Everyone was absolutely shocked! They had to hurry and think of a new name for her. She is such a little doll. She has tons of dark hair. They ended up naming her Chelsea Bryce Gonzalez. Bryce is my brother Tim's(the one who just left for the Marines) middle name. They were going to name the baby after him, but when it came out a girl, they had to do some rearranging. I wish I had gotten a picture, she is beautiful.