Happy 67th Birthday Ma:)

Just wanted to wish you a very Happy Birthday and hope that you like what we have lined up for you today. You’re a great mother and a great grandmother. We hope to have you around happy and healthy for many more years to come.

 Guess, I should have taken marias warning about teasing my mother. She tried to cook me:(

March 30th
Birthdays:

Paul Reiser (1957)
Warren Beatty (1937)
Eric Clapton (1945)
Vincent van Gogh (1853)
Norah Jones (1979)
Juliet Landau (1965)

                                                           Todays Events In History

1814: Allies capture Paris

European forces allied against Napoleonic France march triumphantly into Paris, formally ending a decade of French domination on the continent. Napoleon, one of the greatest military strategists in history, seized control of the French state in 1800, and in 1804 was crowned emperor. By 1807, he controlled an empire that stretched across Europe. In 1812, however, he began to encounter the first significant defeats of his military career, suffering through a disastrous invasion of Russia, losing Spain to the Duke of Wellington, and enduring total defeat against an allied force in 1814. Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo. He was then exiled to the island of St. Helena, where he died six years later.

2002-The Queen Mother dies peacefully in her sleep, aged 101.

1997-Pop group The Spice Girls help launch Britain’s newest terrestrial TV channel: Channel 5

1987-The picture ‘Sunflowers’, painted by Vincent van Gogh is sold at auction by Christie’s for £24,750,000.

1981-American President Ronald Reagan is wounded in an assassination attempt outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington.

1974-Red Rum wins the Grand National at Aintree for second year running.

1964-In England, the seaside holiday resort of Clacton is the scene of pitched battles by rival gangs of ‘mods’ and ‘rockers’.

 1867-Alaska is bought by America from Russia for $7.2 million – less than 2 cents per acre.

1842-Ether is used as an anaesthetic for the first time by American surgeon Dr Crawford Long.

And yes, My mother was there for all these events:)

 I’ll have pics and vids up later today:)

Happy 23rd Anniversary Vincent and Silvia

 Hope you guys are having a great anniversary and that you have many more happy and healthy years together.

Horsing Around

Just thought I would throw up this series of pics of Maria and the kids riding the horse that Maria’s father sent for Christmas.

Easter Dinner 2008

Here is a picture of all of us sitting down for dinner. Also here is a pic the very nice Easter Dinner that Maria made for Us. Ham that was moist, Fresh Buns, Green Beans, and some of the best potato salad i’ve ever had.

Not to mention the great Dessert of pineapple upside down cake. 

Happy Easter 2008

Just wanted to hop on quick and say Happy Easter from the Buffalo wing of the Martin clan. The Easter Bunny made a little visit to us last night and i’ll have pics and vids up later today.

Here is a pic of the kids from today. I’m having problems with the camera but i’ll have more up later. Thank you Norma as she bought the Easter outfits for the kids.

(Click for the full size pic)

Updated 9:15 pm  3/24/2008: I finally fixed things after many hours of trying.

Here is the video of Victoria getting her Easter Basket

Here Mela getting hers.

Finally here is Kevin getting his.

Maria getting her basket

See as I get my Easter gifts

Finally my mother getting her basket.

I’ll have some pics up tomorrow. It took me a long time to save these from the camera and now i’m going to relax. I’ll have more pics and vids up tomorrow. I hope that you all had a very Happy Easter.

Happy Birthday Joann

Happy Birthday, Hope you’re having a great day and you have a card on the way if you have not gotten it yet that is:)

Happy Birthday Norma

Hope you’re having a great day and I hope that you get to relax and have a some fun today. I’ll update this post later when the kids wake up. I’m sure they will want to write happy birthday to you as Mela and Kevin are getting really good at typing on the computer.

Update: 2:49 PM

This is from Mela: Happy Birthday, Auntie Norma:)

This is from victoria: n mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

This is from Little Kevin: Happy Birthday, Auntie Norma

From Luly: Hey Norma, Just want to wish you a very happy and blessed birthday. May you have lots of fun today and may God bless you with many more birthdays. We love you and wish you lots of good things. Happy Birthday.

Happy St Patrick’s Day

Hope you’re all having a wonderful day and have some fun today. I’ll write some more later but my computer is having some spyware problems. I think I pissed of a leprechaun:)

Kevin blowing out the candle on his cake.

Here is a picture and little video of Kevin blowing out the candle on his cake last night. I’ll have more stuff up later tonight after I get my work done. Kevin wanted a tigger cake so Maria and Mela made it for him.

Happy 4th Birthday Kevin:)

Happy Birthday Kevin. I love you and Mommy loves you and Nana and Mela and Victoria love you. We wish you a very happy 4th birthday and we’re happy with the little man that you’re becoming.