Halloween 2009

My brother Alfredo is the most amazing and creative human being I know and he decorated the house for Halloween, ENJOY!!! I did not participate because I just had major surgery and was just not in the mode!!

Lilliana Jae Hernandez, 7/16/2009

Remember the wedding I went to, Jacob and Rebekah, well they were pregnant and their little angel was born 7/16/2009 and then they called and asked me to be her God-Mother, I was so overcome with emotion I cried for about two days, I know, I'm a freek. It's just such and incredible honor and I will live up to being the best God-Mother on earth. Here's my little angel, she's sooooooo beautiful, just like her momma.

My 25th Anniversary

So we got back from our Chicago road trip and my friend Sharon got a few good friends together to celebrate my big day on 9/3/2009, WOW, had fun.

Chicago, 2009

My father used to work in a steel mill when we lived in Indiana, at Inland Steel. He was forced to retire when he suffered is first massive heart attack and after a quadruple bypass, he earned his high school diploma then moved the family to Texas. So, ever since he retired, very Summer he attends a retiree picnic in Indiana and this time, I drove my parents to Indiana from Houston. The weather was awesome and he had a great time. They saw many lifelong family friends, nephews and I got to hang with my two lifelong friends Frank and Stephanie.

Arturo and the family visit our new home

Arturo brought the brood to visit, we had fun and played games and stay up late and had a great time.

Missy's Pregnant and here's the brood

Besides loving my little daughter Cachi, I'd kill for Missy. You just don't understand, she's sooooooo YUMMY. Missy is my sister Cecy's daughter. She's sooooo precious. So my brother Alfredo has a Pomeranian also, so we breaded Sparky and Missy, they are both AKC children and then she have birth to the sweetest little boy and girl, but sadly the little boy named Sparkling King George, died before he was birthed, but he was precious and the little girl is just PERFECT. She loves to chase after her father, it's hysterical. Missy is such a good mother too and they are both incredibly spoiled. However, my sister is selling her. She's my little Kolache, she was tiny when she was born and the was smaller than a Kolache so I call her my little Kolache.

Antonio Jose Oliva, my beautiful nephew, that would be my brother Arturo's son

My brother has a little boy. I was overwhelmed when I found out about him and it took a little while to finally meet it him, but here he is. He's just like his poppa. Having him here is like seeing Arturo when he was a baby. Homie's got a temper on him and dang, stubborn, but he's sooooo loved. He loves hugging and kissing and just everything. Here he is.......

Jacob and Rebekah's Wedding 2/21/2009

So my darling Jacob and Rebekah get married. I met Jacob Hernandez while I was TDY in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December, 2001. We instantly connected, he's just an amazing human being. Then I left, then in April, 2002 I came back for a three month TDY and Jaob was still in Riyadh. He's my little brother and I absolutely adore him. Then he and Rebekah met, then I met Rebekah and she's a hair stylist and we became quick friends. Then Jacob left and Rebekah stayed behind and I told her, if God wills this it will last a lifetime, so to make a long story short, they got married, YAY!!!! Jacob's family is the best. We bonded like crazy glue and I had the best time. They are an amazing family, loving, caring, funny, crazy, alcoholics, just like me, YAY. Just kidding people, just good good people. I had so much fun at the wedding. Enjoy the pics.

New house "during"

Ok, so I'm posting, before, during and after. The before is already here somewhere, the day we actually received the keys to the new house. These are during pics, it looks like a disaster but we're getting there, PATIENCE YAGO, PATIENCE!!!!

Snowing in Houston, 2008

So wait wait, the Houston - Baltimore story continues. So Joanne and Kenny asked us to stay with the for a few days and that night we decided, ok, we'd stay. Once I got to bed I started thinking, for whatever reason, that we should continue and get home. Just a feeling, we need to get home so we left. Well, thank God for "that feeling". We left and arrived in Houston at around 4P and for the first time in a very long time, it started to snow. Alfredo and I were at the storage unit, unloading the car and truck because we had to return everything that nite. I ran to the liquor store and bought some warming liquid and continued unpacking. It was pretty cold and it started to snow harder, it was sooooooo much fun. Then Cecy stopped by and we went to dinner these are the pics we took, too much fun!!!!

Joanne and Kenny Strausbaugh

So......Alfredo and I are on our way to Houston from Baltimore and we are going through Louisiana and just outside of New Orleans. It's about 7P and we were driving on the outskirts of New Orleans and I see the name of a place I know.....MANDEVILLE and I say to Alfredo, OMG honey, Joanne and Gunny (aka Kenny). You see my family always heard about Joanne and GUNNY, that's when he was still in the Marine Corps. So my brother says, dude, let's pull over and at least call them. So I give my brother my cell and he calls and Joanne answers. He says, "Joanne, this is Alfredo, Diana's brother" which sent my poor Joanne into a few second panic mode. She thought something had happened to me, but then he explains where we are and they told us where to wait and to go have dinner. So we parked at the Wal-Mart and went to my favorite restaurant in the whole world......Outback Steakhouse, and for a little while we reminisced then we decided to spend the nite. So we went to the house and just caught up. I'm proud to say that my beautiful Joanne is a cancer survivor, so say YAY for Joanne, the girl is a fighter, hell, she's a former MARINE, nothing more to say there. Enjoy a few picks of my lifelong friends.

Alfredo and I meet little Isaac Mehaffie our littlest great-nephew

Sadly, my brother Alfredo got laid off from Joseph A. Bank Clothiers so he decided to move back to Houston, which was the best thing that could happen. So I flew up to Baltimore to drive to Houston. We had a 24ft truck and the 14 ft trailer with his car on it and I drove, it was wayyyyyy fun. Alfredo says I should quit my job and become a truck driver, hmmm, not a bad idea.....NOT. Anywho we decided to drive from Baltimore to Greensboro, NC and spend the nite with Suzie and the children then go see our beautiful niece Raquel, her wonderful husband Luke and meet our little great-nephew Isaac for the first time. He was only a few weeks old but soooooo yummy.