Visitors...

During Valentines weekend my grandparents came into town from New Mexico. It is always so much fun when they come out here. They are both so upbeat and very active people. But it had been so long since we had seen them (last year they built their home) so it was a great treat for all of us! We cant wait to see them again the next time they come out here which I am hoping is really soon! 

Pop-A and Mackenzie...

My mom and brother Michael...

My papa, gary and Devin...

This is the rose my papa bought me for Valentines day... my mom, gammy and i all received one!

Gammy taking pictures too....

So other than that not too much has been going on here in the Perea-Cannady household. Just living it day by day! =) Happy Sunday!

Playing in the Yard and Nevaeh's Birthday Party!

Well this past month nothing much has been going on. We have both been looking for jobs and finally by the grace of God Gary was able to take another position with the company that laid him off. Sort of strange but we are going to take what we can get, its just sad that he will be going back on the road. So onto better things... We have actually had him home for about a month now! =) Mackenzie and him and I have had a blast in just staying home and being with one another! The both of them do so much together it is absolutely adorable. She loves going outside now and we give her every chance in the world to do so and she loves playing with her puppies, Arnold and K.C. But other than spending time with one another we havent been doing to much. Just hanging out with the family and going to sporting events for the younger siblings. My uncle and cousin came in from out of town this past weekend and that was awesome didn't get any pictures which I am sad about but they will be back. Also Mackenzie was invited to a friends birthday party this past weekend and she had an absolute blast! Her friend Nevaeh turned 2! YAY... Happy Birthday Nevaeh!

Well here are some photos from a little of everything! Enjoy!

Mackenzie and her puppies...

Nevaeh opening gifts on her birthday...

Mackenzie outside again!

Mackenzie and Nevaeh getting into trouble together on the stairs...

I love this picture of her outside... i hate that her face isnt in it but a neat picture....

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!