Another 25th Anniversary Celebration

April 10th was the 25th year anniversary for my sister Diana and her hubby Chico. I seriously cannot believe they've been together that long! I guess I was young (apparently 6) when they got together, but still just seems like there's no way it's been that long!

On Good Friday, they host an annual fam potluck dinner - and this year it was an automatic celebration night for them since we were all there :)



Tyler experienced his first massaje from Lita :)
(he started to get a migraine on the way out to their house)

Shirley, their oldest, put together a neat collage - she did such a great job all no her own since I was only able to help for oh about 20 minutes on one day :)

So she presented it to them, gave a little speech.



Diana also did a little of her own decorating for the evening...

And Chico surprised Diana with having a little live music for the night. Everyone sat around and enjoyed...and some even got out and danced.

...And there was some singing along too...
Seemed like everyone was in the mood for photo opps - there was lots of posing for the camera!

The Happy Couple:And them with their 4 kids :)

Brief rundown of our 2008

Welcome to our friends and family who have just learned about our blog through the newsletter! Thought we'd post some pics of happenings throughout the past year.
January and February usually don't get much camera action as we're generally busy and consumed at work. We have our Nationals in Vegas in February - maybe we'll actually get a pic of Tyler and I at work together this year :)

Last February I turned 30 (wo-hoo, I'm a big girl now!). My mom and one of my sisters works with us in Vegas, and my bday was the day following our last day of work, so had a bday cake for me :) Here's a pic of My mom, Tyler and I at some point that day.
Tyler followed up with two surprise parties: one with friends and family at Chevy's...

...another with more family at my mom's. Shortly after came Easter...



Cousin Nelly and our new cousin Raul were married


(fast forward to December; and Raul is the one that saved us from weeks of painting :) Yeah, him!)



Then came Tyler's bday and a small gathering at our favorite: Las Casuelas





and Lita's bday



BBQ at Brent and Megan's when Uncle John was in town...




Cousin Caty's graduation.

4th of July








Our mini vaca/meet up with Thomas & Steph in Anaheim ...our first time to Disneyland together...Justin's first time in Cali and Disney...



...and one of my highlights of the year - our trip to Dodger Stadium...






of course the cruise (pics already posted here). This was the point where we began to post photos here on our blog ... so we'll skip through to more photos/gatherings that have not yet been posted :)
Ginger's bday



We went to Tori's - Kim caught a little veggie or shrimp!
Tyler tried too :)
Blake's bday





Maria's bday






Finally got Tyler on the dance floor!!
Dawn & Jared's Engagement Party



and lastly, Christmas








And Christmas & Baby Shower on New Years Eve!






What an amazing year it has been! Looking forward to all 2009 has instore :)