Octavio's Visit in February

This is Octavio at Irad's house, he was a little wasted by then and fell down. Irad wanted me to share this on the blog, just so that Patti knows what he is doing when she is not around.

Hello!!

Well I just finished helping Chico with the painting of the back side of the house. We did that just so that we may start putting the pavers down (I'm tired of seeing dirt). Remember I'm not going to post pictures of my house because I want to do a before and after thing just so that you guys can see the difference and all the hard work we put into this place.

Here's a little cartoon my friend e-mailed me and I thought it was really funny I just had to share it.

Octavio's Jamaican Vacation

Hello all this is Nancy's brother Octavio, these are just two pictures of our hotel pools (with bar attached) of course from my vacation to Jamaica. The hotel name is Riu Ocho Rios in Ocho Rios, Jamaica and everything was included Patti (my wife) and I got tired of drinking beer by the fourth or fifth day so we started on tropical (fufu) drinks.

I will be posting more pictures from different locations that we have traveled for your pleasure.

Construction Zone (Hard hat area)

Well, we are still working on our backyard. Eventhough we have finished the patio, Honorio decided to work on the BBQ area, and he has finished making that too. We put the countertops, which is not my personal favorite, but his brother gave him the travertine at no cost so I think I can live with that. We however have not painted it, we want to have it match with the house, so this weekend Chico put stucco on all the back of the house. It really looks nice. So now we need to agree on a color. He wants to go with earthy tones and I want to go contemporary. We'll make our minds some day. Oh yes, we also put a window were our dining room is. Yippy!!! I was sooooo excited, I had bugged Chico to put a window since two years ago when we had decided to make that room a dining area but he had always said no. But now after he had to tear the outside of that wall down to do all the gas lines for the BBQ, he gave me the ok, so I was and still am really excited.
So for updates on my house construction, I think that is it for now. It has been some very busy October month, but we have accomplished much. We still have long ways to go on the back, but I think it is safe to say that the backyard will be the last of the construction --- or so I say.

Dad's Birthday Dinner

This Weekend

So this weekend was kind of busy. On Saturday Chico and my family got together to watch a boxing match between Pacquiao vs. Barrera at Ivi's house. We made a carne asada and pretty much just the men watched the fight, which was okay because it was much better being outside gossiping with all the ladies. Some of the pictures are below.

On Sunday we had a dinner for my dad to celebrate his birthday. It is not until Tuesday, but we felt it was better doing it over the weekend since everyone works. My mom had birria, rice and frijoles charros. It was all really good. If you look above you'll find some pictures of his birthday.

Pacquiao vs. Barrera