6 is equal to 42 ?!?!

Happy birthday Moonie!

I can't believe that we've had Muneca in our lives for almost SIX WHOLE YEARS!! She came to live with us when she was just 5 weeks old. She was teeny tiny and her tail curled perfectly.

She is MY girl...MY brown sugar...MY Moon Pie....she loves ME and I love HER....and if you've ever seen us together it's quite obvious...and if you don't believe me...you can ask her.....she'll tell you!


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Key-Key turns the BIG one-two!!!

May 13th, 1996 was a very special day in our family. That day was the day that the brain power in our family experienced a HUGE surge and has only continued to grow stronger year by year. May 13th was the day that Marcos was born and not only is he handsome, kind, tender-hearted, and loving....but the KID has such a big brain that I have to stuff cotton balls in his ears before he goes to bed or else I will have to change his pillow case every morning because brains will just be oozing out of his ears. I've tried to keep reminding Marcos that he needs to make sure that he uses his POWERS FOR GOOD AND NOT EVIL.










(Anthony is our resident baker extraordinaire and this absolutely lovely birthday cake is proof of the love that Anthony has for Marcos.)







Marcos my wish for you as you turn 12 is that you continue to do well in school and that you don't forget that you are capable of anything. You can be ANYTHING that you want to be.

You will ALWAYS have my endless love as a reminder to continue to be the GREAT person that I know you are.

I love you Key-Key Maga!!




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The Cinco de Mayo festivities are REALLY intended to celebrate my dad!

Everyone thinks of Cinco de Mayo as the holiday that commemorates the victory of Mexican forces over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.





Well I'm here to tell you that the REAL reason for the celebration began 74 years LATER when my dad LEO ELISARIO ROMERO was born to Juanita and Gumecindo Romero in New Mexico.




My dad has always played a mean game of pool.














And he is so fun to dance with!


















One of his favorite musical groups is Los Tigres Del Norte and one of their songs that will always remind me of him is called La Puerta Negra.




My mom makes a pineapple upside down cake for my dad every year for his birthday.






Here are some mariachis to sing
FELIZ CUMPLEANOS A TI!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!! I hope you are having a great day and that you're not working too hard!!


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LA LA LA LA LAAAAAH!

Now that I've warmed up a bit, I'd like to sing a song dedicated to Lisa.





Happy birthday to YOU!
Happy birthday to YOU!!
Happy birthday DEAR LISA!!!
Happy birthday to YOU!!!!





Scooby Doo on channel 2.
Climb a tree on channel 3.
Many more on channel 4.
Stay alive on channel 5.
Or go to heaven on channel 7.
But you're too great on channel 8.
A nice, sweet lady on channel 80!!

(Alex and Marcos were helping me sing that last part).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA PINKERSON!




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Queen Victoria's May Day SNEAK ATTACK

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO
A SWEET CHICK NAMED VIC!

It seems fitting that Vicky was born on May 1st which is also when May Day is celebrated in many places around the world. Traditions and stories about May Day vary, but one of the original versions goes a little something like this:

On the 1st Day of May you put a basket of spring flowers and other small gifts on someone's doorstep. When you ring the bell, you are supposed to run away. If the person receiving the basket catches you, a kiss should be exchanged.

The "Dena Style" version is exactly like the original but with a TWIST:

Since it's a well known fact that I'm always LATE for EVERYTHING I have changed the date that Vicky's birthday and May Day will be celebrated BY OUR FAMILY to May 2nd. This tradition for Vicky's birthday will fovever more be known as ***"Queen Victoria's May Day SNEAK ATTACK". By adding "sneak attack" to the title it sounds like I'm being TRICKY rather than TARDY by waiting an extra day. (Sometimes I'm so smart that I scare myself!)

I enlisted the help of Marcos and Alex to be my "bell ringers". They were more than happy to help, because they both think that Vicky is REALLY NICE and COOL.

Here's of a glimpse at what my boys look like when they're being sneaky.

Marcos is a true team player and took one for the team. I was waiting in the truck while Marcos and Alex ran the basket up to the door. On their way back from DING-DONG DITCHING Marcos tripped on a raised cement area near the curb. He ended up scraping his hands and his knees. He got up like the trooper that he is, jumped back into the truck and we took off. We found out later that Vicky never even heard them at the door and didn't discover the basket until the next morning. I think Marcos and Alex were a little disappointed that Vicky didn't hear them knock...nor did she chase them down the block and REWARD them with a kiss for being caught. That's okay boys...there's always NEXT year!!


***The May Queen is a symbol of the stillness of nature around which everything revolves. She embodies purity, strength and the potential for growth, as the plants grow in May. She is one of many personifications of the energy of the earth, fertility and feminity.


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