Flores Family Reunion

Flores Family Reunion http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmaxt/sets/72157606015579842 About the set 171 items | 0 views On July 5, 2008 the Flores Family swarmed Pavilion #4 at McArthur Park in San Antonio, TX.  These are the first set of pictures I have taken since I got contacts.  MY AIM IS OFF!  There are a lot of blurry shots, and I have no one to blame but myself.  Oh well, please take the time to view, and take a shot at identifying the set of pictures I took of the back of several heads.  See how you do.  I hope your 4th of July Holiday was a time of celebrating the freedoms we enjoy in this country.  As my Pops told me in 1976 when I returned from my first trip out of country, "To Love America - Leave It!"    You're still right, Pops.   A selection of things from the set (By the way, if the set link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it from this email into your browser's address bar.) Flickr is almost certainly the best photo management and sharing application in the world. If you'd like to see what I use it for you can check out my profile page or browse my photostream.

Family photo SLIDEshow

Just found this pretty cool SLIDE application... try it!

Jocelyn's nite out

Dahlia holds her niece's baby at Cousin Debbie's other 25th birthday party.  This little one loves to be barefoot, and so does Baby Jocelyn!  :)

Grandpa Menchaca turns 99

Grandpa Menchaca turns 99
Originally uploaded by rmaxtorres.

the Menchaca Family rallied around Granpa for his 99th cumpleaños. My suegra also celebrates her birthday, but its more like 15 years. Lisa's twins also have the same birthday (July 16, 2007).

Thanks God for giving us Grandpa! (Pictures here)

The 40 Developmental Assets

At Bayshore tonight, several presenters spoke on the impact of the 40 Developmental Assets in their lives at the BCM Family & Volunteer Workshop [Taller Familiar]. Karla, Calvin, Isabella & Chava shared the impact of community, family, programs & individuals in helping them to overcome many obstacles in their lives and to be able to dream big and do great things in their lives. Many parents, volunteers and Junior Staff were present with the BCM Directors and staff for an informative overview of the Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets. Obvious by all the contributions was the reality that none of us can make it alone. As the old addage says, "You know one thing when you see a turtle on top of a fencepost... it didn't get there by itself!" Thanks to everyone who made the evening wonderful! [especially Tina & Xitlali who made the Award Winning Pozole! [Wikipedia]] Looking forward to the next 'Taller Familiar'! I hope they invite me to present again.