Happy Birthday to....

Saturday night we celebrated Gary and my aunt Kak's birthdays. We had so much fun just hanging out and talking and acting crazy like my family usually does! :) Gary and Mackenzie spent probably and hour playing with the red cups... stacking and then destroying them... We had a wonderful meal that my mom and dad made... then had fun dancing around the living room making fools of ourselfs. It was a lot of fun! And of course I got out of it by being the picture taker lol... and of course cake that I baked! :) Then we finished out the night with a family tradition of gambling with one another. LOL Gary and I usually end out on top but we got our butts handed to us by the end of the night!

Mom, Mackenzie, Devin, and my aunt all dancing!

Just my aunt and mom!

Mackenzie and my mom dancing! This is how it all started and my dad also playing 80's music! :)

Daddy stacked the cups....

See her hand... she wanted to destroy and...

....she did! And from the looks enjoyed every moment!

Posing with daddy for a birthday photo moment!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY & KAK!!!

They both wanted a different cake! Naturally lol!

All in all we had a lot of fun for their birthdays... HAPPY BIRTHDAY GARY AND KAK!

R.I.P.

Today my Great Grandma Marie passed away @ 7:00 pm. She was an amazing person who never thought anyone could do anything wrong. She loved you unconditionally and always made sure that you knew it. She was one of the only people in my life that never said a mean thing to me. She may have told me what she thought and I know that it was only to make me a better person and I thank her so much for that and love her dearly! I cant imagine how life is going to be without her, she lived a long and strong life and I will miss her so much. It is funny to think how life is, just last night i was sitting in her hospital room joking that next year we were going to celebrate her 90 birthday. God saw otherwise and I thank him for letting us keep her for this long. I love you Grama and I will miss you so much!

R.I.P. Grama Re, we are all gonna miss you but we all know its for the best!

Change...

Just to let all of you who follow Mackenzie's personal blog... I have deleted the old one on babysites and created one here on blogger. Here is the URL:

http://mackenzielynnperea-cannady.blogspot.com

Thanks everyone!!!

Family Pictures!

The weekend before Christmas I had a great friend of mine, Tanya, take some pictures of my family. These are the ones that I have received so far and cannot wait to see the others that she has! Thank you so much Tanya for doing this for my family. I love the way they turned out!


Our girls have grown so much in the past year. Started in March when Victoria turned 11 then in August when Mackenzie turned 1 and shortly there after Ariel went and turned 13 on us! Its scary to have a teenage in the house, but sadly to say her mother will probably get the worst part of it considering they live there. But its just amazing to look back on the photos just from last January and then these and think about it! :)

Happy New Year!

Well to say the least this year has been fun...

~We started out the year with a bunch of close friends at our old home and that couldn't have been better.
~ Gary was able to get a great job that finally pays well enough for us to cover our bills... and hopefully now our savings will go up! LOL
~I had surgery in April to help me feel better, thank god! :)
~Gary and I were able to watch our beautiful daughter turn one and turn into the smartest little thing ever. :)
~We watched out daughter get baptized into the Catholic Church... yay Mackenzie!
~We have been able to see our oldest daughters more than past years which was pretty amazing (considering tickets are so much these days)...
~We were able to travel for the holidays this year and see some family that we haven't in a long time... thank god for parents!
~I am finally able to attend school this Spring with the help from our lovely government!

To say the least we have had a pretty great year. We all have great health, our bills are paid and we are very happy and blessed to have such great friends and family members. Thanks to all that helped us in 2008 you are in our hearts and we love you! Happy New Year and maybe 2009 be better than 2008!

I was so happy to be able to spend New Years Eve with my best friend... Here is a collage of us @ the Mill block party!

Thanks Tiffany for a fun night!

Christmas and Adrianna's Birthday!!!

Well the holiday season this year was full of exciting things. From having Christmas parties with Mackenzie and my play groups, to the older girls coming out, to decorating cookies and gingerbread houses with the grandparents, my birthday, and of course Christmas! The holiday season started out on the 19th when the girls went over to my parents house and spent the night and decorated Christmas cookies and a great looking gingerbread house with my younger brother and Mackenzie of course had to help with the cookies!Then on the 20th my best friend threw me a birthday party and let me tell ya that was very interesting. From the decorations being GHETTO to my cake looking so funny I couldn't believe I was the one that made it!LOL! Then that night she took me out with another friend who just had her birthday and let me tell you Sunday was not a nice day for me! :) Hangover city... thank god Gary was home! So on the 24th my actual birthday the girls, Gary and I all went over to my parents house and had a dinner of my choice that my mom makes for me each year! (Thanks mom!!!) It was fun being around all the family and just hanging out and having a great time! CHRISTMAS was so much fun! All of us woke up together and had a blast opening gifts. Mackenzie opened hers like a little lady and had so much fun with the dump truck w/ lego's that Santa brought her. :) Then of course we went right back over to my parents and I helped my mom (somewhat) cook dinner and we opened gifts there and I got my awesome electric skillet I wanted (lol) and some other awesome things.... and of course Mackenzie got some really cool things from Uncle's and grandma and grandpa but duh what else would she have received! But just like tradition has it we ended the night with a long game of poker and then headed home! So today (28th) we took the girls to the airport to head home! :( It seems like its gonna be forever till we see them again! But only till the end of March and then they will be right back YAY! But all in all it was a wonderful time having the girls and Gary home at the same time! :) Lots of help around the house and with the monster baby! Well here is a slide show of our holiday events! Enjoy!

Big Sisters and Santa Claus!!

So this past week the older girls came into town (YAY) we are all so excited to finally have them here for the holidays. We also went awhile back and got Mackenzie's pictures taken with/by Santa Claus... she is deathly afraid of him and I just don't know why! I guess some kids are just like that! When we were on the Polar Express she even freaked out! Oh well! :) Enjoy!

Starting to cry cause she doesnt like him!
She didnt wanna be around Santa but she got the cookie afterward!
Playing with chalk with her sisters!

Well there will be more photos to come of the girls and there little sister. So be looking out for them!