Sara's family, the Garcia's (Uncle Rain, Jeannie, Angel, Ryan, and Grandma Ramona), came by en route home to Lubbock. They drove to Pecos to pick up Sara's grandma so she could spend some time with them over there. We decided to have a potluck dinner for them last night so they could stop over in Midland and spend the night with us and mainly to visit with them. Rain and Jeannie spent a weekend with us two weeks ago so it was nice seeing them again and especially seeing the others.
Sara and I even drove to Big Spring to pick up my Mom so she could come over to visit and to partake of the dinner festivities; we are taking her back this Sunday noon. She (Mama) was a bit disappointed in not being able to take vacation to New Braunfels - Schlitterbahn Waterpark (German = slippery road) with my other two sisters and their respective families so Josie and I tried to make things extra nice for her as well last night. She seemed to have had a good time as we all did. Mama and Sara's grandma caught up on some "friend time" as they hadn't seen one another in years. It's always good when our families can get together as they always mingle with each other and not break away into groups - none of that "their family over there" and "our family over here" stuff. Everyone talks one-on-one, it's actually pretty cool and awesome.
The food was delish, the company very entertaining. Sara made arroz, refried beans, and an enchilada casserole, and Josie made her famous "King Ranch Chicken". Man it was all good. Thanks Josie and Sara for making that awesome food. I made pico de gallo (the serranos must have been angry) it was spicy, hot! Thanks as well to Jeannie and Rain who brought all the drinks and chips. A very good evening indeed. I just love, love, love being with family and entertaining- we should have a catering biz...ha, ha! We ate dessert as well, it was also kinda potluck (ha,ha) you had to be here to appreciate what I mean.
It was indeed a nice evening with family, aside from all the eating we had some good discussions and talked well into the evening. Lot's of banter, anecdotes, witty remarks and at times some serious moments which we all can handle and move on from to another topic. It's nice to be able to have conversations like that. It ended on a good note. We were all tired and went to bed at a decent time. Mama stayed with the Hernandez's so I took them home and spent a few minutes there viewing my sister's hallway and how she placed family pix along the wall; it looked nice. She had also made Mama's guest room so cozy. When I returned Sara, cousin Angel and I stayed up a little longer and had more laughs, but we eventually were hit by the "tired bug" too and bid our good nights.
We all woke up extremely early this morning. They (the Garcia's) just left and Sara and I are getting ready for Mama to come back to our home so we can take her with us to run some errands before we take her back to Big Spring (and to Lucky) later this day.
Thanks to everyone who made this weekend so special. Without planning it so far in advance the events just came together within a couple of days and everything worked out so well. I miss it when everyone leaves, but we still have time with Mama later today (yay).
Sara and I even drove to Big Spring to pick up my Mom so she could come over to visit and to partake of the dinner festivities; we are taking her back this Sunday noon. She (Mama) was a bit disappointed in not being able to take vacation to New Braunfels - Schlitterbahn Waterpark (German = slippery road) with my other two sisters and their respective families so Josie and I tried to make things extra nice for her as well last night. She seemed to have had a good time as we all did. Mama and Sara's grandma caught up on some "friend time" as they hadn't seen one another in years. It's always good when our families can get together as they always mingle with each other and not break away into groups - none of that "their family over there" and "our family over here" stuff. Everyone talks one-on-one, it's actually pretty cool and awesome.
The food was delish, the company very entertaining. Sara made arroz, refried beans, and an enchilada casserole, and Josie made her famous "King Ranch Chicken". Man it was all good. Thanks Josie and Sara for making that awesome food. I made pico de gallo (the serranos must have been angry) it was spicy, hot! Thanks as well to Jeannie and Rain who brought all the drinks and chips. A very good evening indeed. I just love, love, love being with family and entertaining- we should have a catering biz...ha, ha! We ate dessert as well, it was also kinda potluck (ha,ha) you had to be here to appreciate what I mean.
It was indeed a nice evening with family, aside from all the eating we had some good discussions and talked well into the evening. Lot's of banter, anecdotes, witty remarks and at times some serious moments which we all can handle and move on from to another topic. It's nice to be able to have conversations like that. It ended on a good note. We were all tired and went to bed at a decent time. Mama stayed with the Hernandez's so I took them home and spent a few minutes there viewing my sister's hallway and how she placed family pix along the wall; it looked nice. She had also made Mama's guest room so cozy. When I returned Sara, cousin Angel and I stayed up a little longer and had more laughs, but we eventually were hit by the "tired bug" too and bid our good nights.
We all woke up extremely early this morning. They (the Garcia's) just left and Sara and I are getting ready for Mama to come back to our home so we can take her with us to run some errands before we take her back to Big Spring (and to Lucky) later this day.
Thanks to everyone who made this weekend so special. Without planning it so far in advance the events just came together within a couple of days and everything worked out so well. I miss it when everyone leaves, but we still have time with Mama later today (yay).
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We Love MAMA!
BTW, I (we) love spending time with Mama and just catering to her needs. No work to be had for her when she is with Josie and/or with me. We're at her beckoning call as well it should be. She's our "queen". One day we will miss our time with her so we take advantage of whatever time we can share with her now. It'll be peaceful for us that way in knowing we did what we could for her. She does so much for this family and sacrifices so much for each of her children, in-laws, grand-kids, great-grand-kids, etc. that it should come naturally and easily for us all to return the favor without having a building fall on us or for Mama to have to ask of us. Each time Mama stays with us (Josie and/or me) or we take her with us on trips, we learn more about her and it fills our heart with so much that words fail to describe. For those who haven't tried it - having her spend time at your home so you can cater to her or to have her vacation with you or just take day-long trips with you - you really should try it. Make some time just for Mama, make it about her and no one else. I mean that with all sincerity because our Mama (our Matriarch) is truly a very, very special and interesting lady. One day in the end, you'll be glad you did. Mama rocks! WE LOVE MAMA!We Love MAMA!
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Clinton-Mezvinsky Wedding
Going back to last night's topics of conversation, we touched upon several things...the Chelsea Clinton wedding was on our minds and we commented on how the media needs to leave it alone and stop speculating on what was bought, how much was spent, etc. At least her wedding occurred post presidential assignment unlike "W's" daughter who married during her daddy's reign over the presidency which more than likely cost us (the tax payers) some of our hard-earned money. The Clinton-Mezvinsky wedding was paid for with their own money and not public money. Get over it, media mongrels, who cares what they spent - their prerogative not ours to interfere.Clinton-Mezvinsky Wedding
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