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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A Grave Situation

I mentioned yesterday that I found a goodly portion of my family tree on ancestry.com courtesy of my niece Kari Horst Nilsson. Well now to add to the story, yesterday I was looking up some information on the Internet Movie Database and from there ended up going to findagrave.com. This lead me to posting pictures of the headstones of my family on the site for Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. I then decided to check into the family that are buried at Rosemound Cemetery. When I went to the cemetery I got the plot information and from that information I learned something very interesting. Now I already knew that the plot was purchased by my uncle for his wife, Ruth Creswell Carter. She was my mother's sister that died in 1929 at the age of 20. Anyway, her husband bought the plot and gave it to the family to be used for his wife and other family members.

Now here is the interesting part! The plot measures 14 feet by 15 feet by 20 feet and was purchased for $60.00 on March 5, 1929. The plot was sized for 6 spaces. That's not too shabby, $10.00 per space. A quick Internet search at gravesolutions.com yielded the following results. For a comparable size plot in Waco Memorial Park for $1095.00. Let's see, that would make the 6 spaces about $182.50. I guess that's cheap though. At Forest Park East in Houston, TX I found a plot going for $12,000.00. That would be $2000.00 per space. I suppose it's cheaper to die in Waco. At least it's cheaper to live in Waco after you die.

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