The Meneses Spot: 2011

Christmas Challenge

I don't have the "after" picture, but upon entry he turned into a giant ice cube just like in the old cartoons.


Paxton says that little habanero was nothing and dared me to eat a real pepper!

Merry christmas (happy birthday jesus)
Well i hope everyone had a great time it was good to see the family and keep that tradition alive...and speaking of keeping tradition alive the night was not complete with out an epic challenge. We thought it would be tough to top fudge king and the pepsi challenge but folks i believe weve done it. Christmas eve woodville 2011 will go down in meneses fiesta history. Mark ate a whole habeñero chili and mike did a polar bear jump in the smith pool...one smith son was hot one was cold. Jk thier both hot ;) well im afraid someone will be injured in next years challenge...but for now have a happy new year!
-doug
P.S. challenge pictures were taken and will be uploaded soon.

A Couple More Not-so-random Q's

When do you put your decorations up?

and

What is your favorite Christmas tradition?

Blogger on your Phone

Check out this page to see how you can now use blogger on your phone. They have apps for Android or iPhone. You can now upload photos or share links just like you would for facebook or twitter. Sounds like a good step, even if it's late.

Just wanted to pass this on to those of you who may be interested.

Christmas Eve @ Jim and Elvia's

Once again you are invited to Jim and Elvia's house for Christmas Eve celebration. You are welcomed to start coming at 5:00 p.m. I thought this year we could have a more traditional Christmas Eve Dinner. I will be baking a turkey, and I thought Connie could bring a small roast and Maria a ham. With the rest of the family bringing side dishes and Christmas treats. Scott's family will bring a green salad and dressing, David's family will bring mashed potatoes. Evening ending about 9:00 p.m. Christmas falls on Sunday and for some of us we will be attending Christmas Services at church.
I will have coffee, tea, lemon aide, water if you would like a soda please feel free to bring your own and take it with you at the end of the evening. This year there will be no alcoholic beverages. If you have any question please call me. I do not check my e-mail or the blog but once in awhile. You can text me. Love Elvia

Fudge King vs. Soup King for Allison!

Fudge king vs. soup king
Fudge king, soup king
Enter on to the Christmas scene
To see who will be the holiday champ
Soup king punches the crazy fudge king
Fudge king gives him a chocolate slap

Soup king swings his carrot sword
And punches him in the fudge
Fudge king kicks soup king in the potatoes
But soup king doesn’t budge

The fight is fierce and were all afraid
That this will be a fight to the death
But mixing chocolate with different soups will give us all bad breath
So fudge king drop kicks soup king right in his croutons
Soup king splatters on the floor but isn’t down to long
Soup king pulls out a side of bread and beats fudge king all about
But suddenly from out of nowhere we all hear a mighty shout!
“What’s going on here this Christmas eve?” “There’s only one holiday king, "and that holiday king is me!”
Shocked and scared fudge and soup both back away
Cause the Pepsi king has made his way
To claim his rightful crown!
He’ll take on any Christmas challenge! So MARK, go get your crown
Mark, go take it down!

By the way this was Fudge King awesome!

Mother - Daughter Luncheon '11

Looks like they had a great time once again in Woodville. Even the little dude who crashed the party. Doug tried to figure out for years how to do it, apparently all you need is a handsome smile and a sweet Christmas sweater.

Goodbye Tagboard

This is a small minor announcement about the blog. I have chosen to remove the tagboard from the sidebar. While it served a purpose for a while, it has now become mostly just a place for SPAM comments. Further, shoutmix has decided to end the free service and go to a subscription only model. I can't blame them for trying to make money, I just don't feel the need to pay for a service that we don't really use.
Well, I hope to see everyone for Christmas, hope your preparations are going well. Drive safe!

Not-So-Random Question

Hey everybody, after watching Jim Carrey's "A Christmas Carol" I decided that we should ask,

What is your favorite Christmas Movie?

Tamale Day

Family Traditions

We'll be making tamales on Saturday December 17th.

Joins us at 328 Oleander

Shafter

Uncle Harrison will provide the Pizza.

Hope to see you all here.

Address'

Send me you're email address if you would like an updated copy of the Meneses Family address.

I thought this deserved a re-post!

A Very Grouchy Christmas Poem
by Nate

SALAD, SALAD AND SOME BREAD
TO MUCH SOUP WILL MAKE YOU DEAD
I WANT CANDY, I WANT CAKE
CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR GOODNESS SAKES

WHERE'S THE TURKEY
WHERE'S THE HAM
I'D EVEN SETTLE FOR SOME CHRISTMAS SPAM

A BUNCH OF SANDWICHES
ON LITTLE TRAYS
AREN'T SO MERRY I MUST SAY

I WANT COOKIES
I WANT FUDGE
FOR CHEESEBALLS AND CRACKERS I WON'T BUDGE

WHAT ABOUT TAMALES
WHAT ABOUT PIE
THIS CHRISTMAS MENU WILL MAKE ME CRY

EMPANADAS ARE WHAT I CRAVE
AUSTIN POWERS SAYS
OHHHHHHH BEEEHAAAVE

MY LITTLE TUMMY WILL GROWL ALL NIGHT LONG
DARYL SANG THE COFFEE SONG
DARYL SANG THE COFFEE SONG

I'M JUST KIDDING ABOUT WHAT WE EAT
SEEING THE FAMILY IS WHAT'S REALLY NEAT
CHRISTMAS TREES AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
WARM THE HOME THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT

KIDS ARE PLAYING
HAVING LOTS OF FUN
LIKE WE ALL DID WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

THE HOUSE IS FILLED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
IT'S ALWAYS SAD WHEN THE EVENING ENDS
GAMES AND LAUGHTER AND FAMILY FUN
MAKE OUR CHRISTMAS SECOND TO NONE

I REALLY DON'T CARE WHATS ON MY PLATE
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY I JUST CAN'T WAIT
I KNOW THIS POEM WAS WAY TO LONG
I HOPE DARYL SINGS THE COFFEE SONG
I HOPE DARYL SINGS THE COFFEE SONG

Woodville Fog League

Here are a few more pictures from the adventures at Woodville Park. I stole these from Alli and Ron.

No Thanks

That last post was heartwarming but since Sawyer broke Mrs. Crane I thought I would post part two and note she is just taking a nap to hit the stores early tomorrow morning.

Not-So-Random Question

So everyone, what are you thankful for this year?

Happy Halloween

The Random Question of the Month

What would you do if you were driving and a row of ducks came out to cross the road?

Perhaps??

Getting Ready

This is one of the white pumpkins I've got growing.

This year's carving contest will be in Terra Bella on the 29th.

I caught half of these fish! I promise!

I'm thinking about creating a cooking like fishing show where my signature statement will be, "Nate can fish...AND SOOOO CAN YOU!!!" Oh, Introduction...... Family, Heather! Heather, Fishies!

California Kids

A few of us have recently been going out to the Woodville Park to take batting practice. The action pictures were not very graceful, so for now I'm only posting this one.

Nates "Caption This" photo

Save the Date!

Mother/Daughter luncheon is set for Saturday, December 10th. Festivities will begin around 1pm at Connie's house.. Mark the date on your calendars and we hope to see everyone there!

Relay For Life

I just wanted to share a link on here for my dad. This is his page for relay for life, you can check out his story, get information on the event and even make a donation if you would like. This year's event in Visalia will be September 24th.

Music?!

It's been too long since we've had a music post here on the blog. We want to know what you are listening to right now. Is there something out there that people are missing? Or are you back into something old? Either way, post your comments about music and we'll try to share some links so people can check them all out.

Check out a few of the links here.
I had to check this out to see if it was real - Cerebral Ballzy
Get 182! -- fun way to get a free download
This is Fanfarlo
Hee Haw Quartet
Florence and the Machine
For those who can't get along without folk music -- The Avett Brothers
Even Uncle Ron likes Foster the People

to be continued. . . with lots more

Woe Unto Thee That Missed Swimtember

The Koontz family decided to keep plans to go fishing instead of attending Swimtember. So we headed to Balch Park, where the people next to us caught four while we got zero. Everett improved his casting and the kids had a good time. I packed up all the fishing gear and we left around 3 pm.

Down the mountain, we came upon a mass of camping gear and BBQ in the road. A family was trying to repack, so I hopped out of the car to help. They needed a screwdriver, so I ran back unpacked the fishing gear and found one. Then I saw Caroline wrestling with our little idiot dachshund who was wrapped up in fishing line with a hook in his mouth and one in his collar. We tried and tried but could not get the hook out - ever after dosing him up with Kids Tylenol to make him drowsy. Caroline wouldn't let me just rip it out.

Back in Visalia, I took furry catch to the emergency vet and $240 and two hours later the dog was without piercings. I pulled into the driveway in time for him to have a bad reaction to the meds and have diarrhea all the backseat of my car.

So either never miss a Meneses family function or never take a dachshund fishing I'm not really sure what the lesson is.

FOOTBALL IS BACK BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahh soon Sundays will be filled with lounging on couches taking in all day football marathons....and Monday nights and Thursday nights and for college fans Friday and Saturday nights. (Tue and Wed should be cancelled) So check your bbq's and deep fryers make sure your stocked up on chips dips and salsa because this should be a wonderful season. Also time to make our 2011 season predictions. Anyone else taking the browns to win it all??

Here's a link to last year's predictions, for those who want to see how bad we were. I think Greg did the best.