REALLY?!

My husband's new favorite commercial:

MARRIAGE...TWICE AS SWEET!!

We did it!! As if one wedding wasn't enough, we had to do a Luxembourg wedding, complete with church choir and a castle. It was a blast!! More photos to come.

GRANDMA TURNS 90!!!

My grandmother is 90 years young this month. Aside from being the matriarch of our family, she is the one who raised me and is a continued influence in my life. She taught me how to read and write, add, subtract and multiply, and how to have faith. Faith in family, faith in the goodness of other people, faith that my choices will always keep me on the right path. Thanks Grandma. Happy Birthday.

MY BEST FIREND'S WEDDING



This past Labor Day weekend, while most of the nation was enjoying the surf and sand, I witnessed the union of my close friend Mon (aka Marie) and her love, Gerard. It was a honor to stand by her side as she became Mrs. Marie Antonette Loaiza. I wish them all the best life has to offer.

CATCHING UP...

What a summer!! Long story short, my old office closed on August 1st. After 3 wonderful years at the Law Office of Michael Chodos, my boss answered the call to public service and accepted a position in the Obama Administration. It was a bittersweet ending. For the past couple of months, I've been stressing out over clients, closing the office, finding a new job and money. Not a great time to be unemployed. The recession didn't leave many job openings and I was ready to commute an hour into downtown LA for that workaholic position in a high-rise. But, I lucked out. An attorney I worked with before, Michael Barth, took me under his wing and hired me. Best part is, my new office is just a couple doors down from my old office. It's all new and I'm enjoying it. I did not expect this change. It was a very stressful time and I spent the entire summer worrying. Laurent did his best in calming me down, even if it took a nice WAP! in the head with a focus mitt. So, what have I learned in this worldwide recession? Well, it's like my Uncle would say, "I'm the richest man on earth because I have the love of my family."

The Uke

Fernando trains with us at Boxing Works and he's been playing the Ukulele for about 2 years now. And since my monkey dances Hula, I was supposed to play with him when he started taking classes, but never had time, cause of training. So every 3rd friday he plays at our favorite hawaiian restaurant in Carson, Back Home in Lahaina. We went of course, to support and enjoy the food. Little did we know, that by the end of the night, Rhisie would be dancing and I would be playing the Ukulele.

Now thanks to Ritchie, I have one at home and just need to find some time to start practicing, maybe I hand out with Fernando on the weekends and play.

She just found out that she had to dance.

5 YEARS!!

Happy Anniversary to US!! We are celebrating 5 wonderful years to being each others' rock, best friend, sounding board, punching bag and best of all, heart's desire. I love you!!

Thai Camp 2004

HO'IKE 2009

This is a really late post, but things have been CRAZY lately. I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on my more feminine side. This past month, my halau had its first Ho'ike (show) at the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre. It was a chaotic day, but the show was a hit!

Ho'ike Video: Click Here

I tried...


and was denied.

But I'll always have my memories of endless karaoke and trying to do the moonwalk (still trying by the way). He is the greatest.

ECPA Class 65 Graduation!!

After 18 weeks of hard work, Laurent finally graduated from the El Camino Police Academy. It was a very rpoud moment for me. He worked so hard and it was nice to see that all of those long nights and early mornings paid off. On top of ot all, he received the Physical Fitness Award for getting 2000 points out of a possible 2000 points on the PT tests. And did I mention he was the Guidon? Maybe I should just let you watch Cadet Hentges in action...

Go here to view the video: ECPA65 Grad Video

Go here to view photos: ECPA65 Grad Photos