Posts under ‘Life’

After three LONG years working at the hospital and one VERY LONG year working there overnight, the time and opportunity has come for me to move on. I have fortunately been offered a position with Occidental Petroleum and have taken it. This comes at a very opportune time as it allows me to be here [...]

From all three of us here at Fatsoph, we would like to wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday. Our prayers go out to all traveling and our hearts go out to the troops overseas and abroad that cannot be with their families because of their incredible sacrifice.
I am truly blessed to have the [...]

So as most of you know Martin took me to Dallas for a Muse/U2 concert about a week ago.  I can absolutely say that I had one of the best times ever!!!  The first night we got there we went to P.F. Changs and since we only had breakfast that day we were pretty hungry.  [...]

This past weekend marked the 8th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. While it hurts to remember what happened and all that followed, we did take the time to reflect on these memories as I hope everyone did. Though we may want to forget this day, we need to remember. We need to remember as [...]

Its always hard to express feelings and put them into words after a loss. On January 11th, we lost a part of our Family- Grandpa Manuel Rivera.
Losing a family member is never easy, there is an eerie emptiness about it, a void that cannot be filled by anything but faith and time. I saw this [...]

Wow.
Past Christmas already and a new year has come. What a year. I hope that everyone had a great Christmas just like we did. Sophia opened many presents and received many new things to explore and learn with. She has also started to become a pretty darn good dancer and got a lot of [...]

Well, if you have seen the PICS we posted, you see that sophie is all grown up and already ONE!!! Its really hard to believe that last year at this time we had a 5 lb 14 oz fragile, sweet little bundle that barely peeped, tucked away in her crib. Now as you know, its [...]

Wednesday was Ashley’s 23rd B-Day! I’ve gotta say, time has just been flying by for us, I cant believe how OLD we are getting!
We spent the day at work (lots o’fun) and after we went out to Ash’s favorite restaurant, Cheddars. There we had dinner with our friends and of course Soph, who was introduced [...]

Well, we have finally moved in and gotten somewhat comfortable in our new home. We got our house last month and have been trying to get unpacked and comfortable. Its very nice to say that Sophia now has a huge yard to play in!
You can find some more pictures here.
Sophia starts her first day of [...]

So this is a sorry blog… Sorry that we have not written a blog in a long time. I have some stories about Sophie and it doesn’t really mean a lot to those of you who have not had the privilege of meeting the little bug.
Story #1: Our daughter will be an explorer someday:
So [...]