Ringing In Kenzie & 2010

She didn't enjoy the singing ( see below ) but she LOVED the Ice Cream. Yep she's got Renouf in her genes !!




Everytime anyone sang Happy Birthday to Kenzie she plugged her ears. Including when the time the entire crowd at Lucilles sang a Happy Birthday wish for her.

A Picture Worth A Thousand Words

93 years old, sharp as a tack and loving Christmas. A soft warm blanket , a lunch out with us and a great visit. Christmas Day, Priceless

Hicks is Marks Dad and a pure pleasure to visit. Mark gave me a kiss at lunch and he said .."hey no mushy stuff". Dad we love you !

No Regifting Here

2010 started with our first Field Trip of the year. Mark and I made a trip to Sea World courtesy of The Sanders, The Henao's, The Wennings, and The Elisaldez Families.
This was one of the wonderful and thoughtful gifts given to us by the children and grandchildren. We were excited to use our tickets and we get to use them all year, a huge benefit. We went of Friday and it was a glorious day. The sun was shinning and skies were bright blue. Sea World wasn't crowded and Mark and I really enjoyed a relaxing day visitng with each other and some wild life. We love our Sea World passes but we also received a 2010 picture of 14 grandchildren all dressed in PJ's and as you can imagine this gift was priceless. THANKS FAMILY !!

Christmas Eve With The Lewis Family

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We were lucky to have a wonderful evening for Christmas Eve at the home of Mark's daughter Carissa, son-in law, David and little James. Carissa and Troy's mother Lori and husband Rob were there joining in the celebrating, as well as both of their parents and Uncle Troy. It was a large group to entertain and Carissa did a wonderful job of preparing for the evening. Everything looked beautiful and both Carissa and her mother prepared a delicious dinner for everyone to enjoy. One highlights of the evening was a special gift that Carissa and David shared with the family, announcing that they would be bringing a baby girl to the family in the Spring. The new princess will go by Aurora Ann Lewis. What a great way to celebrate !






James was the star of the evening. He was so thrilled to be able to open his packages. Loving his gifts would come later as for Christmas Eve, the biggest present was getting to rip, tear and throw Christmas paper off his treasured gifts.

Twas The Night Before, The Night Before, Christmas

Yummy food, great family and lots of laughs, made for a happy holiday party for our family. The Sanders graciously hosted our annual family party and with a little help from everyone it was a great success. Gondola pizza, pastrami salad, Cammy's miniture holiday cupcakes, and Candices sinfully delicious chocolate bunt cake made by our very special elf Courtney Henao.As always the house was warm and decorate in fstival colors and sparkling lights. Throw in a few Christmas presents, some faily entertainment and the 2009 Chirstmas was a memorable one. We were missing our sweet Elisaldez family but knew that they were carrying on and building new traditions mixed with some old.

Croc and Rock WIth Miss Cammy

The 1st recital of Miss Cammy's Croc and Rock Dance School took place December 1, 2009.
A huge success for Cammy and Abel who work together to run this business out of their garage. Katie and her cute family were down that weekend and joined us as Cammy's stars made there 1st appearence. I have to say this as a Grandma and Grandpa we thought that Avennly was the best dancer in the class. We are so proud of Cammy and her hard work !!