Its hard to believe that its been 2 months since Tony left us. My sweet brother in law of 35 years died on my birthday, December 7, 2009. His loss has left an emptiness in all of us who knew and loved him. He was the kindest person I knew. I never walked in the house without a hug and a kiss on the cheek. He would do anything for me. He had a great sense of humor and the best laugh you ever heard. He loved his family more than anything, and he adored Maverick his grandson. He never met a stranger and treated everyone the same, regardless of your walk in life. I will never go a day without missing him, but I know that he is pain free and basking in the presence of the Lord. I will see him again one day and be enveloped in a big bear hug. Until then, we will remember him everyday and always tell Maverick what an amazing man his papa was. Love you brother.

Had a great lunch today at the Dancing Fox in Lodi with the fam. Lori has been my best friend for the past twenty some odd years. This is Lori and her beautiful daughter Kelly. I love these two so much! I like to take credit for Kelly's wit and smartie pants attitude! They are both amazing people and I am so lucky to have them in my life.

Rock Band Baby, that's right. The family that Rocks together stays together. My niece Alisa on mic, Jason on drums, Lisa the groupie, Daniel and Amanda guitar, you can't see the rest of us. We were rockin the Beetles! Good Times

This was taken about 2 years ago, but it is one of my favorite pictures. I had the privelage of meeting Paula Deen and her husband Michael at a book signing in Sacramento. They were both friendly, funny and willing to talk and take pics. I will never forget this moment!

Funniest Story. I am not one to usually post pics of myself but your gonna laugh. My sister in law took this pic on Christmas day while I was channeling my inner Paula Deen. I decided to give her the good old Psycho pose. In my preschool I have a set of adorable twin girls, Kyla and Rylee. You would fall in love with them upon meeting them, that is until you got on their bad side. You have never met two more stubborn individuals in your life. When they dig their heels in, there is no swaying their resolve. They and I have had a couple of tight moments, even tho I let their teacher handle most conflicts (which she does with infinite patience). I however am not one to back down from a challenge so it usually comes down to me vs. one of them and who is gonna in that battle.

Anyway... the other night, the girls grandfather (a judge in stockton) wanted them to pick up their books. Evidently asking wasn't working out so he decided to intimidate them with a pic of me. He pulled up this picture without really looking at it and told the girls that I wanted them to clean up. They froze and just stared at the pic. Their aunt finally said, "Dad" Rhonda has a knife in her hand! Bahahahahahaha, the girls were just staring at the knife! What do you wanna bet I win the next battle of wills! LOL

My favorite two letters of the alphabet, m & m, bahahahahha! Seriously tho, I love me some candy coated chocolate in bright colors. I love to let them melt in my mouth and savor their chocolaty goodness on my tongue! Good Times

This is Maverick's idea of Mexican food. Mini corn dogs. The kid is gonna grow up with a convoluted idea of what ethnic food is. Oh well, at least he enjoys it!