I made a New Year's resolution at the beginning of this year to try and update this blog more often...I have obviously failed at that. I try my best but sometimes I fall so far behind that I think it's easier to just stop writing. But then I remind myself that I started this blog for myself - so that I could look back and remember the things that I did and the thoughts running through my head so for my own sake, I have to keep this going.

As always, I've been busy. In the last month, I have:

- walked at the March of Dimes in memory of my baby nephew Diego

- at that event, Gerric and Henry were so excited to meet Michael Cooper (they both bleed purple and gold). - Celebrated my husband's 33rd birthday with friends, food and...ROCK BAND! One of Gerric's good friends/co-workers is an apprentice at a bakery on the weekends so offered to make Gerric his birthday cake as his gift. She made one for everyone and made him a personal one. I thought it was so cute I HAD to take a picture with it!

- Celebrated his actual birthday with my family and his

- was sponsor to my nephew/godson Erik for his 1st Holy Communion

- was my niece's sponsor at her Confirmation

- Celebrated my sister Emma's birthday with a great BBQ surrounded by the people she loves

- had a great LONG Memorial Day weekend that started on Thursday with lunch at Disneyland and ended with a massage at Burke Williams (BLISS!)

- prayed that the small earthquakes we had in Southern California weren't the beginning of more to come

- bought myself an SLR camera (I actually bought it a couple months ago) and started taking some pictures around the house. I can't wait to get better at using it. I'm in love with it.


- saw From Monument to Masses, one of Gerric's best friend's bands. They were touring and they happened to be playing at a small venue close to our home. I really enjoyed the show.

- went to a Dodger game this weekend with our friends Alyssa and Rob...Dodgers won!

- decided to take on a somewhat more challenging position at work. I was made to choose between the two jobs I currently handle. I'm hoping I made the right decision. My heart tells me I did. It will require a little more travel which I don't like at all but I had to choose based on what I thought was best for my career.

- treated my parents out to lunch today. I had a really nice time with them and it made me realize that I'm so grateful to have both of them in my life. I left in such a great mood.

I think that's about it. Other than the usual day to day routine, this really sums up the past few weekends.

On another note, my brother-in-law Henry has one (ONE!) more round of chemo to go before he takes a break for a while...hopefully for good. I must admit, I am really, really scared. I keep thinking, what if the damn tumor in his brain comes back since he's not going to be on chemo anymore? What if this allows it to grow back, and this time with a vengeance? I know Henry needs a break. This stupid chemo takes a toll on his body. He gets tired. He can't wait to go off of it himself and I am incredibly grateful that we are at this point in his journey. I just pray to God that Henry is a LONG term survivor and that 20 years from now, I am smiling at the thought that I was nervous because it was all for nothing. Please pray that my fears never, ever come true. I'm so proud of Henry for getting to this point. I hope he can celebrate his new found remission for the rest of his LONG life.

Thanks for reading everyone. Thank you for being patient in between my updates. I know sometimes they're not worth the wait but I do appreciate all of my readers (all 5 of them...HA!).

Until the next time...