Love is a Splendid Thing!

Congratulations Annie and Ron! You love birds did it; you tied the knot on 8-8-08!

Annie looked absolutely stunning.

Ron looked dashingly handsome.

The bridesmaids looked beautiful.

It was a "perfect" wedding for the "perfect couple." May Annie and Ron live a life of "happily ever after."

It's Complicated

Dear Kern...

Dear Kern...

I shall have fond memories of you always. You shall always hold a special place in my heart. You gave me a chance to realize my dreams. You allowed to me make mistakes, laugh at those mistakes and ultimately, learn from those mistakes.

Dear Kern...

It was you that taught me to be independent, and it was you that taught me how to live on my own. It was you that thaught me that hard work pays off, but it was also you that taught me that team work is priceless.

Dear Kern...

You opened my heart and let me feel passion for my work. You opened my heart and you gave me good friends. You opened my heart and gave me an experience of a lifetime.

Dear Kern...

I shall have fond memories of you always.

Dear Kern...

I shall never forget you.

R & R

Do you guys have a friend that you can talk to for nine straight hours and only take a break to go to the bathroom? Do you guys have a friend that you can talk to about anything and everything? Do you guys have a friend that you can laugh so hard with that you feel like your stomache is about to burst? Well, I do!

I had the best time hanging out with one of my best friends in the whole world, Taryn, this Saturday. We met for a late lunch/early dinner at 4:00 p.m. The minute we met up we just started to spill our guts out to eachother about what was going on in our lives. We talked about family, friends, relationships, love, career, the past, the present and the future. We talked for nine and a half hours straight! We closed the restaurant at 1:30 a.m.! I really did have a blast.

(Me and my friend of 19 years, Taryn, in April, 2007)


Then.........On Sunday I had brunch with some girlfriends from work and got some much needed rest and relaxation at Burke Williams. I got a fifty minute massage. I had knots the size of Canada in my shoulders! OUCH!

I must say, I do enjoy girl time, and I must say, R&R rocks!

Happy August, Everyone!

Proud Sis of Little Bro

Congratulations Chaz!!! I knew you could do it!

My brother, Charles, was by no means the scholar that he is today. He was...How can I put it mildly...A bit of a meance to society. To make a loooonnnnnggg story short, Charles lost his way for awhile. But with a lot of prayer from family and friends and with the grace of God, and with a lot of hard work and self-discipline Charles came back. And he came back with a vengance, y'all!

Charles graduated Cum Laude from Andrews University in June. And in September he will be starting dental school at Loma Linda University.

Charles, I am so proud of you! We are so proud of you! And we know you will continue to make us proud.

Mom says, "Charse, I so much proud ob you."

Freaky Tuesday

I'm sitting in court today doing the misdemeanor calendar thinkng, "Today is going to be like all the other Tuesdays. Well, like all the other Mondays-Fridays for that matter." The judge called up some defendant about some bench warrant. All of a sudden a different defendant from another case gets up from the audience and slowly makes his way over to defense counsel table. The baliff says to him, "Hey, where are you going." The defendant ignores the question and keeps walking. I'm thinking, "Okay, this guy is a little strange."


Next the defendant pulls out the chair that was neatly tucked under the defense counsel table, lifts it up and HURLS it at the white-haired, frail little judge and yells out, "You're not the judge, I'm the judge! I'm the king of the Jews!" The chair hits the judge's podium and misses the judge by inches only!


The chair is flying, I'm screaming, people are gasping, the bailiff is cuffing the defendant and requesting back up simultaneously, other deputies come rushing into the courtroom, and the defendant is taken into custody! It was a crazy morning.

A few minutes later I say, "Goodness, can anything else go wrong today?" And I kid you not, that is when we are shaken by a 5.8 earthquake! Again, people are gasping, running under doorways, holding onto pillars and bolting under tables.


East LA Courthouse, Department 2. Where it all went down.

Goodness sakes, Im afraid to ask, "Can anything else go wrong today?"