The Meneses Spot

Many people have asked me this and I have been embarrassed by not really knowing. Mark helped me out and let me know that grandma was from the state of tamaulipas. I've been having fun reading up on the state and checking out a map of it. if anyone else wants to see one of the maps you can check it out @ http://www.travelamap.com/mexico/tamaulipas_I.htm My next question that I was hoping for help with is, does anyone know the town grandma was from??? and what town in texas was grandpa from?

Thanks and anything else anyone wants to add or ask would be great

-doug-

Shoot!! That was Fuuu--uuun!!

Everett and Sawyer had a great first trip to Disneyland!

Click to enlarge this really cool picture that Caroline sent to me.

March Madness

Here it is! March Madness is happening now. Games start on Thursday morning so hurry and get those brackets filled out. As of right now we'll just be playing for bragging rights, but feel free to have sidebets or we can get a pool going if people want, but that's hard to do being spread out. I have sent out invites to all the family email addresses I have. If you didn't get one and would like to join in on the bracket manager send me an email. Brackets are due by 11:00 AM ET/ 8:00 Woodville Time, March 19, 2009.

If you want to beat the odds, the darkhorse is North Dakota State, nobody will see them coming.

Here are some pics of Our Hawaii trip and Happy Birthday Mike!

SURFING ON A SECLUDED SOUTHWEST BEACH IN OAHU WITH THE LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS WAS LAURAS FAVORITE PART OF HAWAII :o

CHILLEN WITH SOME HAWAIINS AT GERMAINS LUAU!

EVERYONE LEAVES THEIR LAYS ON THE MANY STATUES AROUND THE ISLAND! ACTUALLY LOOKED REALLY COOL!

GERMAINS LUAU WAS FUN! WE WERENT SURE WHAT THIS ALOHA HUT WAS USED FOR BUT WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COOL PICTURE.

HERE WERE ABOUT TO GO SCUBA DO OUR FIRST TWO SCUBA DIVES EVER. THE FIRST DIVE WAS ABOUT 25 FEET AND THE SECOND DIVE WAS ABOUT 50 FEET. IT WAS AMAZING!

Happy Birthday Sofia

The Random Question of the Month

The random question of the month was randomly posed in the tagboard. Let's move it up here and see what people have to say about this one:

"If you could changes places
with one family member
for a day, who would it be and why?"

Family Tree

Hey everybody. The family tree project is coming along. It will be some time before I'm all done, but I think it will be pretty cool when it's all done. Anyone who is interested in helping just let me know, as soon as it's done I'll post the website so everyone can check it out.
Thanks
Mark

Susan's Shower

Hey ladies just a reminder that Susan's bridal shower is right around the corner. If you haven't already called to RSVP, feel free to RSVP here! Reminder the shower is Saturday, March 7th at 3 pm at Aunt Maria's.
Thanks,
Caroline

Oh The Books You'll Read!

Back by popular demand (or at least requested by Caroline), The Book List. If you don't recall this is the spot where you can review and recommend books that you've read lately. For some reason, people want to know what you've read, what you're reading, and what's good. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that books have no previews, which would surely make it easier for people to pick 'em out. That being said, I'm sure there are folks out there who have read interesting books and would like to share information here.

I'll change the sidebar links in the next few days, but for now here are some of the recent recommendations:

The Traveler's Wife
I Am America: And so can You
Through Painted Deserts

Here is the old list

The Random Question of the Month

Okay, here it is! The first post of the month is our random question. Thanks to Alli, some of the good ones we could have used are gone. So this will have to do:

What is your hidden talent?

my hidden talent is poetry,
i write bout da sun and rain and snowetry
give me some words an' some time
an i'll give ya diddly that's sure ta ryhme
it's a mad skill ya'll must confess
to talk so ripe and write so fresh!

I just had to bump that one to the front

Anyone Interested

Last year one of the biggest stories in the valley, if not in all of sports, was the Fresno State Baseball team. A lot of us watched every game of the college world series on tv or internet, and were amazed that they just kept winning. I thought it would be cool to make it out to opening day this year. Personally, I've never been to a college baseball game, and was wondering if anyone else was interested.

Ticket info

Mark

Golf Tournament

If any one is interested, our church is having a golf touranment. There will be prizes, I have no idea what they are though. The touranment is Saturday February 7, at Buena Vista (west of Bakersfield). Tickets are $50 per golfer.

Let me know if you are interested.

Jim Koontz