Baby Shower, July 11th

Mom and I...
Dri and I...

Jessica, Maddy and I...

Delia, Jessica, Lupita and I...

Primas and tias...

with my Tias...

Pregnant girls...Sharon is due in December...

Andrea, Lisset and I...

with my Mom...

with Primas Jen and Sonya and Dri...

Nana, Mom, Dri and I...

Andrea, Sharon, Sonya and Xander...

loved my cake!

with friend Melissa...

My sweet family and friends gave me a baby shower in Colorado City last Saturday. Our baby, Aurora Julieta received such nice gifts...everything was so precious! I had such a great time, and was touched by the sweetness of everyone there. Lupita and Jessica, my awesome friends were there and drove a distance to be there...as did others like Jennifer and my sister-n-law Lisset and girls. I had such a wonderful time...thanks to everyone who played a role in my special day. I love yall!

Upward Bound

having a crazy time...

Jimmy, Staggerlee, and Daniela

My boss, Mrs. Vasquez and I...

Gabriella, the banquet theme was "Let the Good Times Rock and Roll"

Johnathan Fuentes, former Upward Bound student, now Harvard grad., with Daniela

Mrs. Ford (English teacher), Mrs. Cornish (sign language teacher)

This was the third summer I taught Spanish through the wonderful program Upward Bound. These are kids that will be the first in their families to attend college after high school. They make good grades and show effort throughout the regular school year and are selected to participate in the grant program. The kids live in the Odessa College dorms and attend four weeks of classes that is topped of with an Awards Banquet. This year was as fun as ever...my advanced bunch did a song and dance routine to "Buenos Dias Senor Sol" by Juan Gabriel at the banquet and my first year kids did a puppet show in Spanish...they did a great job. I really enjoyed having them and plan on being apart of Upward Bound for many years to come.

DeLoera Family Reunion, July 3-5

Four generations...Nana, Mom, myself and Aurora Julieta

Nana, Ulisses and I...

Mom, Nana, Irene, Victor, and myself...

Baby Jade...

at Joe T. Garcia's Restaurant...

Enjoying brunch at Joe T. Garcias...

David and his little girl...

Claudia, Vanessa and I...

We won a free massage in a couple's game...

Proximo Sonido with Sonya singing...

Sara, Nana, and Mom at the dance...

Tila, Sandra and Irene...

Nick, Maruca and Mom...

Tio Pablo's and Tia Paula's family...

Funny Johnathan...

Ronnie, Jen and Gabriella Park...

Jamie, Nana, Jade and Jeremy...

Ulisses in Fabian's hat...

Mario in Fabian's hat...

after the talent show...Madison performed "the Climb"

Audry, Tio Joe, Mom and Yoli...

Tia Gume, Tia Josefa and Nana...

Chris Castro's beautiful girls...

Some of Tio Mon's and Tia Juana's family...

Juan and Emma DeLoera and fam...

Fabian and his kids Rayanne and Ian...

Valerie and her baby Marcello...

Kika and Miguel...

Becky and Sonny...

Tio Victor, Sandra and his grand kids...

Tia Josefa, Tila, Tio Victor, Tia Paula and Nana...

Elida, her daughter and Irene...

Mom with Eloisa and her husband...

Nana and Tia Josefa acting up...

Victor, "Siete" and Sara...

Army buddies...

Tia Virginia and...

Mario and his girls...

group shot...

The much anticipated DeLoera reunion this July 4th weekend has come and gone now...and what is left are tons of good memories and pictures! I'm so glad that we decided on attending, in spite of the fact that I'm very pregnant with swolen feet most of time...it was worth the effort. I was happy to introduce Ulisses to some family he hadn't met yet...and crazier still...I was happy to meet some DeLoera kin folk for the first time.

The accommodations at the hotel were awesome, the food was great, the atmosphere festive and inviting and everything was so well organized from beginning to end. I really had a wonderful time...and I'm already looking forward to the next one!

Getting Ready for Baby...

On Thursday, June 2, the day before we took off to Fort Worth for the family reunion, our crib and baby changer came in! We found one we liked at J.C. Penney and ordered it thinking it might take awhile for it to get to us...and it only took a little over a week. We were excited...and now I can't wait to see it all put together with the baby bedding.