Mother's Day 2013

3D of our Baby Girl...maybe next time!

Today our parents drove out to see baby Micaela. Im 26 weeks so its a good time to see her. For some reason I was a little nervous that she wouldn't show her face and I even asked Dennis to give her a pep talk. haha. He promised her candy. When the Grandparents arrived we were off to First Look in Redondo Beach. I was pretty excited!! So who would of thought my baby girl to be camera shy....She was sound asleep with her back towards us. All we could see was her little spine. I was sooo disappointed. I tried to mover her around and walk around. There was nothing I could do. We had to reschedule. After we enjoyed a lunch a Oretega 120. It was a nice day but I just wish I could have seen her little face!We will try again April 4th.

Brenda and Sean get Married in Lido!!

Thursday: We left LA around 10am. Dennis and I had a great car ride up, no traffic, good conversation and only two stops. We arrived in Lodi around 4pm. We decided to stop at one of the wineries before checking into the hotel. Abundance winery is a cute little place with some decent wines. We had the tasting room to ourselves...but outside there was a huge family. We found out it was a funeral reception. Life is good and we get little reminders of this all the time.

After checking in at Wine and Roses we met up with Karla and Froy and headed into the town for a nice dinner. My parents said they were going to the rehearsal dinner. Rosewood was a perfect setting for a great dinner...then the parentals decided to join us! We gave my dad wrong directions so he was pretty mad about that. Dinner turned out just fine but I was ready for some more wine! We decided to hang in Karla and Froy's suite. We bought some beers and we chatted and laughed for hours! Over all great night.

Friday Day
We woke up early and went to a delicious breakfast at the dancing fox. After that we all headed to Michael Day winery. It was absolutely gorgeous! We walked the farm and then watched as the boys played corn hole. We then did a little wine tasting then my parents decided to eat lunch. Since i ordered an appetizer I sat with them for a little while. Then we all sat on the patio to talk. We returned to the hotel and walked the grounds. We ended up at the pool which was gorgeous. Froy actually jumped in! Then it was time to get ready for the wedding.


The wedding was beautiful. The garden ceremony looked so romantic. My cousins and their little girls were so beautiful in their bridesmaid dresses. Finally when Brenda walked down the aisle we were all stunned with how amazing she looked! I can't my believe my cousin Brenda was getting married!!!

The Pastor did a great job personalizing the sermon. After the ceremony we had a short cocktail hour. It was so great seeing all my San Francisco cousins, and Aunts and Uncles.

Then we headed in to the reception. I have to say the food at the reception was soo delicious. Wedding food is usually not that good but I was blown away by the filet! The couple shared a sweetheart table and you could just see how happy they were!

We danced the night away and even got to do some cousin shots. By the end of the night Brenda was falling from all the whiskey she drank. We all knew that would not make for a fun night with Sean!! hahah. We all had an amazing time at her wedding. Brenda had soo many beautiful details, like a cute candy bar, a wish tree, and even personalized cocktail sticks! Our wedding gift was an ice cream scooper which was a symbol of their first date. I am soo happy for Sean and Brenda!


Saturday morning we all went to breakfast! I was so excited the my Tias and cousins showed up as well. We got to chat for a little while so it made breakfast really nice. Especially since my dad was getting on my last nerve since he was being his normal bossy and rude self. While my sister seemed to think it was ok to tell my hubs that I am a major stress case...I may have seemed that way since she can be really high maintenance at restaurants. I may have snapped at her at breakfast since Dennis had given my a bit of grief the day before for not paying attention to him among other things. With our fights the night before and that morning, add my dad, and sister to the equation I was pretty over the family vacation. I love my family but vacations are meant to be relaxing and the last day was not..hahaha.

Clarissa's Birthday

Had a great time seeing all of my Tia's and cousins!

Mami's Master Plan (1st-First Sunday of the Month)

So today marked our 1st Sunday of the month at the Gomez household...we will see how long this lastS

My 31st Birthday

My Tuesday birthday turned out to be pretty awesome! In the morning D brought me Starbucks, my students from last year baked me a cake, my crazy 4th period bought me a sweatshirt...specifically Kevin and Jimmy. Later that day I met Karla, Jacob, Leo, and my Mami at South Coast and we had an awesome dinner at Quatro Cafe. I shopped a while then I got home to some beautiful diamond earrings from my hubby! Happy Birthday to Me!

Celebrating Mother's Day

Mother's day was celebrated on two front's this year. Saturday we took my favorite mom-inlaw to our favorite resturant Javier's in Newport! She is such an amazing woman, she is so giving and works so hard. It was great to have some time celebrating her.

Sunday I was off to see all of my Tia's and my mami for mother's day. The cousins did such an amazing job preparing all of the food. As always I loved spending time with my family.

Mom's have the hardest job in the world and I do not think we fully appreciate them until we become parents ourselves.

This year my gift to my Mami and my sister's was a photo session with my friend CharlaBlue. It took a while before we were able to get all of us together, but I am so happy with our pictures.

Feliz Dia Mami!

Karla's Birthday

This year Karla got a double celebration!Saturday we went out on double date to PF Chang's and Avatar we had so much fun. It is not often that my sister gets to go out alone, my three nieces and new nephew keep her very busy. She is one of my best friends as she is always there for me. I admire her positive, and caring spirit. She is so genuine and will do anything for family!
Then on her actual birthday Mom and sisters went to the Spa at South Coast Plaza. It was so amazing hanging out and chatting about everything. I even got to take a Krav Maga class, which was such a treat. Mom took us for sushi where we were all delivered 12 dozen roses by my little bro Jimmy. She also gave each of us a letter good for a shopping spree! We stayed for a little longer while the girls got their massages and then my mami treated us to another awesome dinner at Scott's. We had such a beautiful day.
Happy Birthday sis...I enjoyed celebrating as much as you!

Celebrating Begins with Friendship

This weekend was a birthday filled one! Friday after a long day of work Dennis and I drove down to meet the crew at Javier's in Newport to celebrate Stefan and Jose's birthdays. We fill a huge table with usual suspects (minus Amanda) and even a few fresh faces. We had a great time chatting although the table was so big it was hard to talk to everyone. It was great to see Erica as she is so cute preggo and is due any day now! After we headed to Landmark for a few drinks. Dennis and I came home exhausted!

Saturday we slept in until almost noon..oh my! In the evening we headed over to Jen's house for Jame's 30th bday get-to-gether. I only stayed for an hour and then headed to the OC by myself to celebrate Nancy's 30th at 300. It was so great to see the girls and I just can't believe I have been friends with Nancy for over 15 years.

Hanging out with the high school girls made me reflect in the the meaning of friendship! The word "friend" is hard to define, and it is ever so changing during the course of our life. Whe we are little a friend is someone you play tag with or sit next to at recess. In high school a friend is someone who you cheered with, or played a sport with. They came over every once and a while, you chatted about your crush and giggled about just about anything. During college your friends are the ones sharing all the new experiences with you school, love, your dreams, and ambitions, and even some partying. The friends that you really connect with remain and those that were out of pure convience are long gone. As we get into adulthood you form friendships with people you are around often, co-workers, classmates, or neighbors, again only the ones you truly connect with remain. I almost forgot to mention the built in friend network of your family! (Can't pick them..hehehe)

Friends should be there for you when you need them, to talk, to cry, to laugh. With all of our busy lives it is often hard to be that good friend, but we can always strive to be the best we can.

I am grateful I have long time friends, new time friends, and the good old family friends.
I am especially grateful to have a best friend in my mother, and especially blessed to have a best friend in my amazing husband.