what shall we call it?

What oh what shall I call it?
Almapalooza?
Alma's Bar-BBQ?
Biggest Lake District Shaker ever?
Longest Lake District party ever?

How about all of the above! Thats right ladies and gents, for 3 days straight the party didnt stop. Starting with Friday night at Tio Beto's for Luis' bday/Welcome home Laura n Andres.

Look even Tonio was ready to party!

PS: i think thats the best picture i've ever taken of the lil' munchkin. Yeah it is!

Saturday -well lets be realistic it started with the room still spinning and the hangover settling in at around noonish. Oh wait, did I forget to mention, it was the hottest day of the year. We reached a scorching 35 degrees. Boy, i know how to pick the party days.
Getting help from some primas, we started the process in what I thought was going to be a quiete night with 50 of my closest loved ones....

6pm was the invite, too bad it was latin time and well lets be real here, it people started to show up at around 7pm.
What continued lasted until 5am on saturday....

Luis n da ladies

some of the gals

Inside the house - we've been kicked outta the yard at 4am!

Sunday morning - waking up to my heart pounding outta my chest thanks to the ridiculous amounts of redbull consumed (of course vodka free, hehe) i took in what had happend the night before and hoped Sunday would be a day of rest and recovery....oh but wait, it wasnt....part 3 of the party continued. Since we had all that food and liquor left over, the family came over again and here it goes....

Yes ladies and gents, it does get progessively darker and we get slightly drunker as the night 3 proceeds on!

More pictures of the gongshow can be found in the album, no other than titled Almapalooza.
Thanks to my family both immediate and extended - oh who am I kidding, in this familia we are all immediate. Thank goodness it takes an average of 5-6 years in this family to graduate from post-secondary, because a party like this every year...oh no!

Charlie!

No people, he is for real!!
This is Charlie.
The cutest thing in the world, a maltise and only 6 months old.
Weighing in at a whole 3lbs, Jords hopes to have him at a 5lbs at full grown weight.
SOOO CUTE!! So cute in fact, he deserves a post of his own!

still no justice...

More pictures have surfaced from Louiepalooza 2006. Finally, we have some evidence of the shananigans at Sylvan. I tell you that cresent didnt know what hit 'em. Disclaimer - Sweet Lou maybe looking for a new neighbourhood by the end of this summer ;)

Pepe: Cowboy hat n all!

how many people does it take to put a tent? Answer is below: Timbit, Rod, Me, Gaby, Jaya, Adriana, Pepe and Marcela. Wow - only 8! Not too shabby!

Team Serrano & Lopez. Go Team go!
Earlier in the day. Some of da familia.

Girls - what what! Me, Kelsey, Gaby, Jaya, Marcela and Melissa

Louiepalooza 2006

Survived.
survived another weekend with the familia. This weekend, we took over Lark Close in Sylvan Lake. At the expense of my cousin, Luis and his neighbors, we set up camp. So a few tents were pitched onto his lawn in the back, what else could we do? its not like the hallways, the living room and bedrooms had guests in them. Oh wait a minute - they did ;)


(pics: Our campground, Danielle, Luis, and Chris - no wait, Eric) - what?? I am horrible with names-- ackward! to be honest, there are just way too many funny moments to type out, and the fact that we averaged about 2 hours of sleep per night, makes typing this blog just that much more draining.
Highlights included:
-Building the deck so that there would be no accidents - although we came close.
-the massive bon fire.
-running out of wood the second night, thank goodness there are houses being built all around ;)
-Manolo y Ramon.
-Luis and his speedos (at the house and at the beach)
-Shakira's "new" song: hips don't lie. Basically the anthem of the house.
-Whos to say a living room isn't as good as the dancefloor at a club? Evidence below:


The photos are up on the album, follow the link on the right hand side tab: my photos, under Louiepalooza.

Till next time....
oh yea and Brazil lost. I am still too heartbroken over the crappy way they played against France. so lets not even go there!
me :0)