Lauren Joy turns 3

Lauren Joy turned 3 September 22, 2011. Her mom and dad hosted a birthday party for her this past Saturday, September 24, 2011



Happy Birthday #3 Lauren Joy!! God loves you and so does Lolo Lito and Lola Nil!! <3

While waiting for her guests to arrive

While waiting for the rest of her guests to arrive Lauren Joy kept busy by entertaining her Tita Pam, Tita Trish, Lola Nil, and Lolo Lito

Lauren's birthday cake

Lauren Joy's Dora inspired birthday cake







The cake was ordered by Pam and Trish from the IGA on Salaberry by the Marche De L'Ouest in Dollard des Ormeaux.

Stuck On You

Lauren Joy, our granddaughter, celebrated her 3rd birthday this past weekend. She turned three this September 22,2011 - Thank You Lord (TYL)


Among her guests ;-) - Diego, Tico, Boots, Dora, Swiper






There were also the mother and daughter team of Ging-Ging and Nonz stuck on each other.


Stuck on the wall was Super Lauren's poster, it says "Super Lauren to the rescue!" Tita Pam put this poster together for Super Lauren Joy.


There's Tita Pam stuck to Super Lauren - face to face.


Stuck on the other hallway wall is another poster of our birthday celebrant - Super Lauren.


Grandma (Lola) Nil happily poses beside Lauren's birthday poster.


Stuck to the fence in the backyard were balloons and letters that read "Oh Na Na I Am 3" (Rihanna inspired)


We are lovingly stuck to each other - Oh Na Na Stick With Me ;-)

Fredmir Tennis Open

Marv's too fast to be captured by the camera


warming up


Pam ready to hit the court


warming up, practicing his forehand swing


Pam and Lenny team up


Nil was the umpire and ball-person too :)


Allen and Marv team up


Pam and Lenny ready to hit some balls


Lenny returns with a backhand


Allen gets his back swing ready


returning the ball with a powerful forehand - hits the ball outside the fence ;-)

Macro-zooming frame of mind

Rain just stopped, the plants happy with the soaking they have received from above, what an opportunity to take these close up shots with my Fuji Fine Pix HD10 camera - telephoto + macro-zoom mode.


leaves sipping water to quench their thirst


the beads of rain hanging on to the flower petal as long as it could


another bud about to bloom to show off its beautiful red color


just like having multiple arms stretched out to heaven, praising the Creator for its beauty


the little bud that's about to bloom says to the full blown flower beside it - I will be like you someday


love the contrast, depth of field


more of these in Tita Nil's flower garden


this just reminds me of the celery leaves


just hanging in there for a little bit more


Thank You Lord

This is how we celebrated after the Fredmir Tennis Open

Mom and Dad were waiting for us at their place, with food ready to feed the hungry and tired tennis players.


Lenny takes her place at the table


Uncle Pilo brought his new and improved "Spring Roll" - it makes you spring back to life! :-)


Thinking we were hungry and had a healthy appetite after a few hours of tennis, Mom and Dad ordered Chinese food to add to the what was on hand already - such gracious hosts they are.


Here we pose before the attack on the dinner table


Mom and Uncle Pilo joins the hungry and tired tennis players


Dad meanwhile entertains himself with one of his millions of DVD collection ;-)


This must have been the salt and pepper squid


let's dig in and partake of the blessings


not convinced we have had enough, Mom gets busy preparing the banana fritters - woot!!


we can only say, more! more! more!


not embarrassed at all, in front of the camera, Uncle Marv goes for more! more! more! ;-)


finally Lenny says to herself, what have I done, I am supposed to be on a diet!!


but, without a second thought, she digs in some more ;-)))


Tita Nil, our umpire and ball person also joins the celebration


the happy host, Dad, waves us all - go away! go home now!! ;-)

The End