Jeremiah 29:11

It's been a long time since I've blogged and there's lots to talk about so I'll start with this...

Willie's sister, Sonia, went home to Heaven on March 17th after battling cancer for the past 16 months. It's still hard to believe we'll never get to see her bright smile again here on Earth and it makes me sad that Sawyer probably won't remember all the wonderful moments with his tia Sonia who loved him so dearly. There is also comfort though through all of this and a hope that someday we will see her again. She's not in pain anymore and we feel like it's not a goodbye, but rather, a "see you later."

I think about Sonia all throughout the day and still cry often, but I also have a sense of peace. Sonia's favorite verse was Jeremiah 29:11 and I know God's plans for us are so much greater than we can ever know. There have been so many blessings through all the sorrow. We miss her dearly but we know it's not goodbye forever.

Sunrise: October 13, 1976

Sunset: March 17, 2011

Happy Birthday Sonia!

Sonia turned 34 and we threw her the biggest birthday bash ever this past weekend. There were about 150 people all celebrating how wonderful Sonia is. She took the month of October off of chemo so she could be feeling a little better and she could not have looked more beautiful! The evening was filled with lots of love, tears, laughs, pictures, auctions, candy, pinata bashing, and of course, dancing!

Willie with Nana Twice...They both worked so hard to make everything perfect...among many other people of course :)

Me and my honey...

I was in charge of the candy station. To be honest, I was a little overwhelmed at first with the amount of candy we had. I thought for sure we'd have TONS left over. We had M&M's, skittles, ring pops, lollipos galore, sour balls, Hot Tamales, Mike & Ike, gum, gummy bears, Hershey bars, etc. and I even made 200 peanut butter crunch balls and 100 Oreo balls. Needless to say everything was devoured and the adults were like little kids! We took home 1 ziplock of skittles and that was it...I'd say it was a big hit.

And Willie was in charge of the cupcake dress...Sonia had seen something like this on Cupcake Wars but the estimate to make it was way too much...until Willie decided to do it himself and wala!

We had Tatti come over a few days before for the "fitting." It had wheels so Tatti could roll it around. I have to say...I was very impressed :)

Overall it was a blast and something we will always remember. Everyone else agreed that they wanted a birthday bash like this too! Happy Birthday Sonia!!!!!