happy 5th b-day AVA.... Happy 12th b-day Nathaniel...

Happy 5Th birthday Ava Elise 9/27:)
Ava Auntie Mimi loves u so so much and am so proud of you! your such a beautiful Lil "big" girl that's already in Kindergarten..... wow.... we love u and miss you all the way to the stars and back... Happy 5Th LOVAS....

Matt & Nate Macias. just look at those handsome boys....

Nathaniel with his #1 girl cousin Alyssa:)

Nathaniel with his buddies: Javier,Alex,Stephen& Nathaniel McCann

Happy 12 birthday Nathaniel 9/6:)

Nathaniel"s birthday was September 6Th! He turned 12 years old! Nathaniel Is such a wonderful son and is turning out to be a great young man! I'm so thankful to have him as my son he would make any mother proud! Nathaniel celebrated his birthday with family and friends he had a swim party at Grandma Irene's and came back to his house for dinner! The adults arrived in the evening for dinner and cake! Our house was filled with all of Nathaniel's uncles,aunts,cousins,great uncles,Nana,Nano,Papa,Pama,friends,grandma,great aunt& like a cousin Lil mariah.... everyone seemed to have been having a blast! Nathaniel I love you forever... I like u for always...as long as I'm living my baby you'll be... thank u son for being who you are! Nathaniel just got his report card for the first trimester and got a GPA of 3.5! Good job Nate!

Nathaniel's hobbies: Skating,doing card tricks,hanging out with friends and drawing!

Nathaniel loves to read to relax...One of his favorite books" Huckleberry Fin" He loves to read but he also loves when his uncle Mike reads to him!

Nathaniel's read the whole King James Version Bible in one Summer!

I love u son, Mom

11TH ANNIVARSARY/BIRTHDAY/FIRSTDAY OF SCHOOL...

TODAY IS MY 11TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!! I GOT MARRIED AUGUST 23,1997. I LOVE MY HUSBAND VERY MUCH WE ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF 2 HANDSOME BOYS! MARCOS HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME HE'S A GREAT PROVIDER AND LOVES THE LORD WITH ALL OF HIS HEART! HE LOVES ME I CAN SEE THE TWINKLE IN HIS EYE...(LOL) I STILL GET BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH WHEN I SEE HIM! HE'S MY HUNNYBABE, AND MY VERY BEST FRIEND! I'M HIS PINNACLE OF LOVE.... AND WILL FOREVER WILL BE! THANX BABE FOR BEING SO GOOD TO ME I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND LET'S HAVE AN ANOTHER 11 YEARS TOGETHER..... MARCOS+RITA= FOREVER:)

AUGUST 21ST WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN SANGER! MY OLDEST SON NATHANIEL IS IN 7TH GRADE! MY YOUNGEST MATTHEW IS IN 3RD GRADE! OUR MOTTO FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR IN THE MACIAS FAMILY IS..." WHY BE GOOD..... WHEN YOU CAN BE GREAT"! I LOVE MY CHILDREN AND MAY THE LORDS HAND OF PROTECTION BE ON THEM AND MAY THEY HAVE A GREAT YEAR!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!!! 34 YEARS OLD.... VONNIE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOUR THE BEST SISTER ANYONE COULD EVER ASK FOR AND HAVE... YOU'VE BEEN SO KIND TO ME... WELL....(we won't say all the times you tortured me when we were little I'm not you sister I'm not your sister.... LOL that I can never forget...) I LOVE YOU AND AM THANKFUL THAT WERE NOT ONLY SISTERS BUT WERE VERY CLOSE AND WERE FRIENDS... NO MATTER WHAT I KNOW I CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON YOU FOR ANYTHING... THANX FOR BEING A AWESOME SISTER:) VONNIE GIRL: WIFE OF 10 YEARS MOTHER OF THREE BOYS DID I MENTION SHE HAS IDENTICAL TWINS.... PASTOR'S WIFE OF UPPEROOM PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. BILL COLLECTOR/IDK.... LOVE YA... HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUGUST 21ST!

HAPPY 78TH B-DAY GRANDMA

Happy 78th birthday to my grandma! Grandma Irene. Grandma is know all across the united states for her great cooking! She is the best cook you'll ever meet! Grandma has had so many people from around the globe visit her kitchen and taste her delicious food! My favorite well one of my favorites is grandma clam chowder yummy yummy! I'm telling you grandma can cook any type of food from Mexican,Italian,Japanese, anything actually! If u teach here how to make something she ends up making it better than the one who taught her! It's just so weird.... she has magic hands... no not really but the Lord has blessed here and gave here such an amazing talent in cooking! she's cooked for preachers, missionary's, evangelist, district superintends let me tell u she's just cooked for so many people! When people come to Sanger they always want to be invited to Sis. Irene's house just for her good ole cooking and also to see my beautiful grandma! I love my grandma and have so many fond memories of her: like when I had my oldest son she drove all the way to San Diego to see him and than she took me shopping she bought me a swing,diaper genie,clothes and so much other stuff and grandma was the first one to bathe nathaniel in his baby tub! When I had my youngest matthew grandma went to the hospital and waited there till I had him and when I got home grandma went to my very 1st apartment and brought all kinds of gift for matthew she also bought something for nathaniel she didn't want to leave him out.... I saw grandma go into the kitchen and what did she have yes my favorite: clam chowder she called me to eat and oh yes how delicious it was! My grandma loves all her grandchildren very much.. but since this is my blog I'm just talking about me and grams... When I was a young girl I use to go to visit grandma in the bay area cause that's where she lived... and she would have so many activities for me and my other family that was there and each night she would cook our favorite meal and of course we all got to pick our favorite mine of course was anything to do with sea food and grandma knows I love sea food after dinner the girls would clean up after the boys(grandma is very old school) girls would clean up boys would throw the trash and then she would take us for dessert at our favorite ice cream shop FETENS ICE CREAM it was the best Ice Cream ever!! Grandma never missed a grandparents day and she always got a gift for having the most grandchildren and for coming the farthest!!!! I love my grandma so much and am so happy she's still around going strong driving her beautiful LEXUS yip grandma has style even @ 78.....

Grandma has 9 children

Grandma has 19 grandchildren

Grandma has 19 great grand children and one on the way

Grandma has one great great grand child and one on the way

Grandma has been serving the Lord for 78 years! She got baptize in Jesus name when she was 15 years old! Grandma has been faithful and the Lord has blessed her abundantly!

shopping...

Webster's definition-shopping:to visit stores for purchasing or examining goods.

rita's definition- being dragged up and da the mall by your 11 year old and 8 year old. did I mention there boys...

well school will be starting here in Sanger in 11 days so today I told my boys we would go school shopping and that is what we did! It was a all day thing going from one store to another back and forth back and forth to mom do u like this what do you think? I would kindly reply yes son that's nice u decide your going to where it! well after ever time nathaniel asking mom what do you think I was getting perrty bugged I was thinking if you like it just get it quit dragging me all around the place just get what you like! but of course I couldn't tell him that i just would smile and say yes nate that's really nice! there was this mother there she looked all mad and was yelling litterly yelling at her son i was like OK lady calm down nate and i looked at her and we both kinda chuckled:) my youngest was a piece of cake he was like this shirt this shirt whew look at this pants never asked my opinion just made his decisions even went to the shoe store with my mom know to him as nana had the shoes picked out and waiting on the counter for of course mom to buy$$$$ well we had fun after the many hours we were at the mall I looked at mom and said and you had 5 kids how did you do it? she laughed I don't know.... Well my youngest is completely done and my oldest well we have to go back mom just had to come home and rest so until Monday!!!! On the way home nathaniel thanked me for buying him the things i bought him and matthew repeated thanx mom! I smiled and thought well at least there thankful....

my princess ava is coming tonight I can't wait to see my LOVAS!!!!!

CAMPING 2008

I'm tired:/

the only picture of me and i took it!lol...

getting ready to go fishing!

I caught a worm...
Never to old to play in mud!


setting up...

Well were back from our weekend of camping and I got to say, "we had a blast!" from fishing to swimming,roasting marshmallow by the campfire making the famous "SMORES!" ect. we had such a fun time with all of the family! It was nice the 3 days we were there and when I'm talking camping I'm not talking cabin or 5th wheel trailer.... I'm talking tent's flashlight,lanterns da wild! It was such a memorable time with our children and the others that were there my kids had so much fun and watching them just made my time so much more better! it was nice to enjoy the creation that God alone molded with his hands! It was nice laying down at night and hearing the water from the river flowing how relaxing! On Sunday it was time to leave and come back home and when we got into the valley my cell phone went of i Had 7 messages and like 15 missed calls!!! I thought," I guess I'm back in Sanger. what a wonderful place to be!"lol...

THE WINNERS IS..........

Barbra, Victoria, Cheryl,Rita,and Claudia.
Inch Loss Winner Rita Gonzales- $25.00
3rd Place Cheryl Rodrigues-$45.00
Second Place Victoria Carrisalez-$60.00
First Place: Barbra Williams-$120.00

Congratulations Ladies! These are the winners of the weight loss challenge Sanger hosted back in April... These ladies were faithful and stuck the whole 12 weeks out! what determination. Out of the 9 participants we only had 5 left standing...

Barbara Williams was Sanger's' Biggest Loser she lost 13.2 pounds/5.55% body fat and 14 inches overall! Congratulations:) u go girl

Victoria Carrisalez was our 2ND place winner she lost 13.0 pounds/5.52% body fat and 21.5 inches! Congratulations! So proud of you friend:)

Cheryl Rodrigues was our 3rd place winner she lost15 pounds/4.8% body fat and 19.5 inches! Congratulations cheryl! I'm so happy for you:)

Rita Gonzales was our biggest inch loss winner and lost 15 total inches.. 9 pounds/4.1% body fat! Go Rita Go..

Claudia Stafford lost 5.6 pounds total! Good job Claudia:)

Claudia was not at our last meeting so she missed our final measurements but she asked very kindly if i could measure her today she knew she wouldn't be able to qualify for the money but she wanted to know if she lost any inches??? Being the great coach that I am (lol) I did and she lost a whooping 17 inches overall! Good job girly.

The way this challenge works is that you go on a diet(obviously...) and it goes not by pounds but by % of body fat so it does not matter if your big, little, male are female it goes by your % of body fat.... you work really hard the 12 weeks your coach weighs you once a week and gives you a 15 minute lesson! There's 12 weeks of lessons.... It's alot of fun, your losing weight, looking good, and getting healthy!

Were going to start again in September so if your interested get a hold of me.

Herbalife Personal Wellness Coach
Rita Macias

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BRO...

a job Richie did and designed.





Today is my brother Richard: also known by all as "Richie" Birthday! He is 38 years old! He is the oldest of 5! He has 3 sons 1 granddaughter and has been married for 13 years to Sandra lee known by all as "Sandy" He has 5 nephews and one niece! He is in the construction field! He has amazing talents when it comes to his job he is gifted and can build things beyond your imagination! So today I would like to recognize him on his special day and let him know that I love him and he has been the best older brother a lil. sister could have ever asked for! Richie thank you for always being there for me and my family even at the most loneliest(if that's even a word lol) times of my life you have been there encouraging me all the way! thanx... That is what a big brother is to me they put there feelings to the side and look after those that are younger encouraging, pushing,praising,and cheering the whole way and Never giving UP! Thank you for being a Big Brother:)

HAPPY BITRTHDAY!!!!

Happy 30th Michael 7/11. Your the best lil brother ever....





HAPPY 35TH MR. PHILLIP MATTHEW GONZALES. I LOVE YOU...

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations Jose! My brother-n-law just completed the radiology program at Fresno City College and graduated with highest honors! This past Friday he had his state test and passed with a 91%! Jose was offered a job at Clovis Community Hospital and has accpeted the offer! Jose your brother and I are so proud of you and everything you have accomplished!

CHRISTIAN CHARACTER AWARD

THIS YOUNG LADY IS MISS ROBIN MARIN SHE ATTENDS A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN FRESNO: TRUTH TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. ROBIN WAS RECONIZED ON WEDNESDAY WITH A TROPHY FOR CHRISTIAN CHARACTER! ROBIN IS A SHY BUT VERY NICE AND BEUTIFUL YOUNG LADY! SHE ATTENDS OUR CHURCH AND SHE IS THE 3RD PERSON FROM OUR CHURCH TO RECIEVE THIS AWARD! I SAY WE HAVE AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE AT FAITH TABERNACELE! GOOD JOB ROBIN AND CONGRATULATIONS WITH SUCH AN AMAZING HONOR! WE LOVE YOU.

MY BOYZ

Mr Nathaniel Ethan &Matthew Marcos Macias! These are my two children. Nathaniel is 11 years old just finished the 6th grade and passed with a 3.57! He will go to 7th grade next school year! Nathaniel loves to ride his skateboard and is actually really good on it he is my nater skater! Pray for my son as he continues to bloom and flourish into what God wants him and has called him to be! Matthew is 8 years old and just finished the 2nd grade with a 4.0! he will go to 3rd grade next school year! Matthew loves to play outside, he's learning how to play the electric guitar! Matthew is very friendly and finds friends everywhere he goes! Pray for my matthew as he continues to grow! Matthew has been through alot in these 8 years of his life with many health issues that I will blog about another time but let's just say he's been in an ambulance more than 8 times! God has kept his hand on Matthew and continues to keep his hand on him.