Happy Birthday Joseph!

Hmmmmmm... didn't I just do this post, oh say about a year ago?
Happy Birthday to our nephew, Joseph who we never, ever see and never, ever hear from, but that's ok because we are still proud of him.
He is the only person I know that decided what he wanted to do when he was three years old, and he is now doing it.
He is a train engineer!
Driving big million dollar engines with trains full of cargo behind them.

This year I will post some more grown up pics of him, except this goofy one of him in the pool...High school graduation pic.Amazing we have so much red hair...
Donna's daughter, Meghan with the mane of red hair.
Geelizzie's son also with red hair.

And the most recent picture I have of him ~ from over two years ago!He's not overly happy in this one because we were on our way out to scatter ashes of his grandpa (my dad)...

Ha ha ha!
I just swiped this picture from Geelizzie's blog.
Joe in front of a brand new gazillion dollar engine that he got to take on it's maiden trip!

Happy Birthday Joseph!
Now send me an email and call your Mom!

Happy 371'st Birthday to Geelizzie!

Wow!
Is my sister, Elizabeth OLD!
Well, in dog years anyway...
Here she is when she was really little and wore matching dresses with our older sister, Linda who is really old in dog years. When she was a cowgirl with our brother, Gary who is pretty old in dog years too - remember I am the youngest!When she was a world jetsetter traveler and needed a new passport.When we (me, Donna and Liz-beth) were yachties boaters in Maryland.I guess they were afraid I was going to drown on land...

When she turned in to an adult.She was kind of a surly teenager, so I don't think she let anyone near her with a camera for several years...

I'm sure my family love the fact that I have 8 billion family pics scanned into my computer... but that's what they get for "allowing" me to sort of be in charge of my dad's memorial!!
Had to scan all these in for a slide show (one of his favorite things to torment do with his kids - watch slides of our lives (actually I loved this as a kid!)

She is a talented craftsperson, with a great sense of humor.
Click on my post title to be taken to her "etsy" shop!

Happy Birthday really old Liz-beth!
(Hey - she is the one that started this dog year thing ~ take a look at her blog!)

Computer's Back! Which Means Here are Pam's B-day Pics!

Here is the lovely Spamela Pamelia (yes that is how her name is spelled) and her hubby Timay Timay Timay Timay Tim, celebrating Stan's birthday.If they were here, I would use the same hats and decorations, so we will just pretend this was her birthday.

And when she decorated her hat in Mag Bay.



Playing hopscotch
in Mag Bay.




When I introduced her to micheladas in San Jose del Cabo!And when she was a flower for Easter...So happy birthday again Pam!
Celebrate all week long like we do...
I think they should change birthday to birthweek ~ think of all the fun, prizes and parties!

Happy Birthday Spamela!

Happy, happy b-day to Pam!
Our good friend and crew member from our trip down Baja.
Now the bummer part... since that power surge, I can't get in to our big computer where I store my photos.
I had several all picked out already for this post :(
But the computer guy is coming this afternoon, so check back later for pictures of Spam Pam!

Happy Birthday Renee!

Ahhh... my brother's middle child...

The one that doesn't take crap from anyone.
Ask her about the time she got suspended from high school for punching a guy - he deserved it, he was grabbing the girls in places high school boys are not supposed to touch.

The one that says what is on her mind.
Like the time she proposed to Jim for me after Jim and I had been dating two weeks and she really, really wanted to be a flower girl in a wedding, as her sister Laina had been one, her cousin Meghan had been one, so she went up to Jim and said, "Please, please, please get married so I can be the flower girl" - she was 6 at the time... and when I asked her about it 12 years later she said, "Hey, you should thank me!"

Ok enough of the torment stories.
Oh I hope I can remember some more!
Now time for the photos.

She was also the one that made funny faces.













Even on her birthday...








The one that named her goat "Dennis".The one that could drive a boat well, and half way back from Santa Cruz Island would say, "Uncle Jim, Uncle Jim please turn the boat back around and let's stay there!"The one that knows how to work me...In ways the other kids don't...
Such as the time when she was about 21 and told me as a child she always felt I was her's and if I had had my own kids she would have been jealous. Ok, Renee what do you want? My boat? I already said you could have my 10 year anniversary diamond ring... What else? You can have anything!




This is when she
was a princess.






This is when she spent two weeks with us last year and we took her back out to Santa Cruz Island.And this is her playing in Paris with her brother and sister!Now she has Laina sticking out her tongue...

Happy, Happy Birthday Renee ~ We love you!

Request by "The Dad"!

The goofball Dad of the beautiful Meghan had a photo request ~ one of him holding her waaaay back many, many years ago.
So here you go wonderful brother-in-law!What a great smile on your face John!
You look just a little pleased with what you had created ~ I am quite sure D is very proud of you!

Happy 20th Birthday Meghan!

A very happy birthday to our beautiful red-haired niece with the incredible singing voice, with the kind, kind heart and the sweet, sweet smile!

This is when she was a baby and people would stop to stare at her.And when she was a slightly older baby and people would still stop to stare at her.
She was enjoying sitting on her Uncle Gary with her cousin Renee (don't laugh Renee, it's your birthday in 2 days... your time will come!)



When she
was a
dalmation
and could
drive
a car...








When her grandparents (my Mom and Dad) went to school with her for "Grandparent's Day" (which was really great of you to go parents of mine)!When she drew a funny picture of her Mom.
Yes, my sister had a very, very large smile that went up to her eyeballs...Actually, my sister LOVED this picture!

When she turned into a beautiful young lady.I think everyone wants that hair...

And the token "When she was a reindeer" shot!Why does my family always wear weird things on their heads?
Just something I bring to the party and then torture people with photos of later...

Hey Meghan, did you notice I didn't call you "Meghan Moo" once in this post?

Happy, happy birthday - we love you!

Happy 14th Birthday to Caitlin!

Happy, happy fourteenth birthday to our beautiful niece, Caitlin Brynn Carter!

She had the perfect "Gerber Babyface"! Here she is with her Mom at our wedding. Here she is at her own wedding, when she married her Barbie doll.Sorry Cait, but I still think that is one of the funniest ideas you have ever come up with!

When she was four.
At a family party ~ that was sparkling cider in her glass...
With her cousins in San Francisco, which by the way as I like to remind these "kids" was one of the best days of my life, as they let me go along with them, being the only "adult" (even though two of them were over 18 at the time)!They said since I didn't have kids, I was one of them ~ thanks!
And they hate when I say this but I will say it again anyway just to irritate them, but "You kids will understand how I feel about you when one of your siblings has kids".
I guarantee it ~ the lightbulb will go off.
And you will think of me, "The Coolest Aunt".

And a recent photo of the birthday girl all dressed up!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAIT!

Carol and Wayne's Of "Capricorn Cat" Birthday Celebration!

It was Carol's birthday yesterday, so a celebration was in order!
Wayne's birthday is two days after her's so we celebrated his as well because if he thinks we are going out to dinner again tomorrow night and staying up til really, really late, he is CRAZY!

But first we had to get them off of their boat...
Not quite sure what they were doing when we went to get them...Not sure I want to know...

And give Wayne his birthday bottle of "Arrogant Bastard" Ale!Then the walk down the Malecon where we saw the preparations for a "Gay Parade"!
Wayne wanted to pose with the King and his family and he will talk to anyone, which is why we kept losing him during the evening... so he arranged this picture!These guys were great ~ we loved their decorations!







We would have loved to stay and watch the parade, but Dave and Kellie of "Sweet Lorraine" were meeting us at Las Tres Virgenes Restaurant in less than five minutes...
So found a cab and away we went.
I, of course had a few birthday decorations for the birthday couple and the party guests!









Dinner was excellent ~ I enjoyed medallions of filet with jalapeno sauce.Like I said, I enjoyed my dinner...Then Carol's birthday dessert!









Carol had brought some people decorations too!Looks just like something I would have bought...

Then the walk back ~ sent Dave and Kellie off to Costa Baja in a cab and we meandered back towards Marina de La Paz.

Found "Sidewalk Hazard #4 ~ The Decapitation Tree". Found a giant watermelon VW Bug Convertible. Found a karaoke bar ~ one that luckily there was no way we could be talked into singing any of these songs... Had a glass of really bad Mexican boxed wine in a cool Alta California wine tasting glass... Watched the hundreds and hundreds of locals cruising the Malecon at midnight... Stopped at Salsipuedes for one last drink, which included a tequila shot for the birthday girl!

And got back to the boat at 1:00 am...Which is why Wayne does not get his own birthday party tomorrow!