Feliz Cumpleaños Quiana Gonzales - Lamento llegar tarde.

Meredith es mi sobrina. Ella vive en el área de Houston. De ella hija, había Quiana su cumpleaños hace varias semanas. No pude asistir, por lo que ella ha enviado varias fotos de la fiesta. Quería compartir con ustedes algunas de las imágenes el día de hoy. Desde que no estaba allí, no sabía los nombres de todas las personas allí, pero voy a hacer lo mejor.

También quiero pedir disculpas ahora si mi español no es muy acertado. Nunca tomó oficialmente español, así que yo probablemente no será muy buena. Meredith enseña guardería bilingüe en el área de Houston. Tal vez a ella puedan ayudar.

Meredith is my niece that lives in the Houston area. Her daughter, Quiana had her birthday several weeks ago and I was unable to attend. Meredith recently sent me several pictures from the party and I wanted to share a few with all of you. Since I was not there I didn't know the names of all of the people there, but I will do my best.

I also want to apologize right now if my Spanish isn't quite right. I never took Spanish formally, so it is kind of hit and miss here. Perhaps Meredith will help out. Meredith teaches Bilingual Kindergarten in the Houston area.

Quiana está lista para que el partido comenzó. Meredith leer un cuento a Quiana.

Quiana is ready to get the party started. Meredith takes a break and reads to Quiana and one of the party goers.

Quiana recibe ayuda de su prima. Usted puede decirle que ella estaba emocionada. Mírala grande, hermosa sonrisa.

Above it looks like Quiana is getting a little help from her cousin with something. You can tell she was excited. Look at her beautiful smile.

Quiana está listo para su tarta. El tema fue parte My Little Pony. Había muchos de maravillosos regalos para Quiana. Quiana recibido muchas bastante vestidos, muñecas, play-Doh y My Little Pony.

It looks like it is cake time and Quiana is ready for her fair share. My Little Pony was the theme of the party. There were lots of wonderful presents for Quiana. A few of the gifts she received were some pretty dresses, dolls, Play-Doh, and My Little Pony.

Lo mejor de todo cateres Ninfa's de la fiesta. Yo entiendo que estos dos señores preparado un magnífico comida para los invitados. Ellos prepararon fajitas.

Best of all though, the party was catered by Ninfa's. I understand that these two gentlemen prepared a terrific fajita meal for Quiana and the other party guests.

Se trata de Kira y Janna. Ellos son Meredith y Quiana del sobrinas. Se trata de Tomas. Él es Kira's papá. Kari es la madre de Kira. Kari no asistió a la fiesta.

This is a picture of Janna, one of nieces from Houston She is holding Kira. Kira is Janna's sister's daughter. Kira's mom is Kari. I guess Kari could not go since I didn't see a picture of her. But her husband, Thomas was there to help keep up with Kira.

Esta es una foto de Víctor y Meredith. Víctor es el marido de Meredith. Y él es el papá de Quiana. Ambos parecen muy cansado después de la fiesta. Se veía como una gran fiesta. Lamento que no hemos podido ir.

The picture above is Victor and Meredith. Victor is Meredith's husband and Quiana's dad. They both look very tired after the party. I can tell that it was a great party and am truly sorry that we were not able to go. While Mom and Dad look tired and relieved to have the happy event over, Quiana and her guest look like they could go on forever.

Si desea ver una presentación de diapositivas de las fotos haga clic en el enlace a mi página de Windows Live.

If you would like to see a complete slide show of the pictures click on the link to my Windows Live page.

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Picture Monday, August 4, 2008

More pictures from the album that Chris found in the closet. The first set are posted on Picture Monday, July 28, 2008.

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Picture Monday, July 28, 2008

Chris was going through the closet the other day. She came across a couple of picture albums for me to see. One of them belonged to my grandparents from Germany. I have posted a few pictures from this album here today.

The first picture is the cover of the album. I included this so that you could get a feel for this album which is probably close to 80 years old as are most of the pictures inside. Cool huh?

Now I don't know who most of the people in the pictures are except occasionally I can pick out my grandfather and grandmother. For this reason I will simply show the pictures and keep the comments to a minimum.

My grandfather, Alfred Horst is the good looking chap with the tie on above.

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Picture Monday, July 21, 2008

Yesterday was my brother's birthday. In his honor I am including some pictures of him from days gone by. The first two pictures are of my sister Michal Ann, my brother Lance, and myself. I am the youngest. It is obvious who my brother and sister are. At least to me it is. Both pictures were taken in November 1958. I was 2 years old. My brother and sister are older.

The picture below was probably taken in the early 1960's. Lance is the tallest, my sister is next, and I am the shortest. I am still the youngest of the three even though I am now older than I was in the previous pictures.

You may wonder why I have the Lance Snacks logo and vending machine above. When our family went on vacations and had to stop for gas we kids would always want a snack. Often times there would be a Lance machine, rack, or jar at the station. Since my brother was older he would tell me that I couldn't have any of the crackers because they were his. Since I was the youngest, I would believe him. After all, his name is on them.

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Picture Monday, July 14, 2008

Ahhh, to be a kid again. The pictures below are pictures of Chris's dad. Yes, that's right, my father-in-law. These pictures were taken at a much simpler time when it was certainly fun to be a kid at least. I'm sure that these pictures were taken at the local park in Nevada, Missouri which was his hometown.

Look how the kiddos are dressed. Was it a Sunday afternoon some years ago? Maybe the boys just dressed a lot better in 1930's when they went to play in the park. It looks as if it must have been a shirt and tie affair.

Looks like the girls dressed up to play in the park also. One of them even donned a hat for the occasion.

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