life as I know it...

SO I haven't blogged in a while.. sorry about that. It's hard for me to get used to updating my life on here..

I love my job I really do but sometimes I feel like I do SO SO much and don't get enough recognition. I mean they defintely tell me thank you and such but I feel like I seriously bust my ass for them every day and a random thank you isn't really enough. I put so much into my job, so much that I dream about it approximatley 3 times a week-ridiculous. I want to go back to school to pursue a carreer that I really want to do for the rest of my life. What that is.. I'm still not sure-which is frustrating in itself. I always thought I wanted to be a nurse. I love helping people, being there for them, I am good in high stress situations, I think quick and instantly react to a situation. Blood doesn't make me queezy, neither do needles or vomit.. I could totally be a nurse. I am unsure if the reason I am second guessing myself is because I have been denied 3 times to a program or that this is really not what I a want to do. Unfortunately I think it's the first. So I am really trying to take a step back and assess the situation, really think it through and make a decision of what will be best. I get so frustrated because I am going on 25 this year (woah.. that's crazy!) and I wish I was already finished with this part of my life. But I'm not so I guess I need to buckle down and get it situated right!?

My good friend had her baby Saturday morning. He is so precious. His name is Liam and I love him already! :) I can not wait to go visit with her again very soon and love on him and play with her other son Aiden! He is such a good boy! Kristen did a great job on raising him and I know she will do the same with Liam! She is a wonderful mom!

Gabriel is turning ONE on the 26th! YAY Birthday Boy!!! He is doing well with his treatments. They have finally returned from Oklahoma (yippie!) We got to see them last weekend and it was wonderful! I got to hold Gabriel for a little bit and it made my heart happy! :) I just can't get enough of him. I played with him while he was in his carseat hanging out while we all ate. He is so funny & cute! Isabel was trying to play with him and he pushed her away-so she tattled on him. HAHA It was so cute! a 3 year old tattling on an almost 1 year old for "hitting" her! so silly!

Someone else special has a birthday coming up soon... MY HUSBAND!!!! :) I'm not so sure what we are going to do OR what I am getting him because he won't say. BUT either way it's his special day in 4 days and I LOVE birthdays even when they aren't mine!

Welcome 2011

Pablo & I had a wonderful first Married Christmas!! :) we of course had many places to go to visit everyone but it was worth the running around to get to spend time with our loved ones! This was the first Christmas I was not at my grandma's for breakfast Christmas morning-which was weird but I enjoyed being with Pablo's family! I love my in-laws. I got a adorable Coach purse and matching wallet for Christmas and Pablo got a PlayStation3!! :) Santa was good to us!

Our New Years Eve celebration was lots of fun! We went with some friends to Sidelines in Acworth (our usually hangout spot) and ate some dinner and hung out to ring in the New Year!!!. It was so much fun! We danced, talked & just had a wonderful time! I am excited for 2011- nothing is planned to happen for us I just love the idea of having a fresh start. I hope to stick to my resolutions and goals. I tried not to set them too high so I would be more willing to complete them! :)
I hope everyone else had a wonderful Christmas & New Years!!

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Christmas is almost here!!!

Well hello everyone! I haven't updated in a while.. Sorry! I have not had much time to get on here and write about my life!! I have been working A LOT lately and when I'm not working I'm being a wife. Ya know-cleaning, cooking, spending time with my husband! :)
I am so excited for Christmas, yet I have no clue what to get Pablo (Christmas is just 11 days away-AHH!!!) I know what I want to get him but I just don't know if I can do it! We shall see.. Santa might be really awesome this year!

I went to Santa's House twice this year! It is so awesome there! Santa lives in Canton, GA if you didn't know! He was on Channel 2 last week as one of North Georgia's Hidden Secrets! Here are a few pictures from Santa's!

Isabel & Sammy with Santa

Aiden with Santa!

I loved taking my family and friends to see Santa. It makes me feel like a kid again to be there! :)

I really can not believe Christmas is in 2 days! 2010 flew by! It was a great year though without a doubt! It still doesn't feel real that Pablo and I are MARRIED!! woah! We have been together for almost 9 years... (March 24th will be 9 years!) I love him! :) There hasn't been too much going on around here just thinking about Macho, Erika and Gabriel! They are currently in Oklahoma for Gabriel's radiation at a facility called ProCure. They will be there until about January 25th! Gabriel is doing well, responding to radiation and chemo well. He is such a happy baby. Erika sends me pictures of him often and it just makes me smile because everyone he is smiling or laughing! I just love that chunky little man.

How cute is he?!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

Thanksgiving

We had a nice thanksgiving today. I had to work 9-12, which was not bad at all. It went by really fast!
Then we went to my grandma's house for Thanksgiving Lunch! We brought hashbrown casserole-yummy! And we had ham, turkey, green beans, Mac & cheese.. So much delicious food!
My grandma, mom and I went through all the sale ads and planned out our black Friday trip!! Now I'm laying on the couch resting because 2:00 AM is going to arrive quick!! :)


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Thanksgiving!!

Pablo & I hosted out 3rd annual Friends Thanksgiving Dinner Saturday night! I made ham & hashbrown casserole and everyone else brought a dish! It was so much fun and the food was all delicious!! We had a great turn out- 13 people here!! I love having people over at our apartment especially at this time of the year! I'm DYING to decorate the apartment for Christmas but I refuse to put any Christmas decor out until after Thanksgiving! :) so this weekend our apartment will be a Winter Wonderland!
We are getting to celebrate Thanksgiving 3 times this year- yesterday, Thursday and Sunday! Waahoooo!!! I love all this holiday food-I think I need a gum membership because I love to eat too much! Haha!
Friday is one of my most favorite days of the year-BLACK FRIDAY!!!!! It has been a tradition in our family forever! It's so fun to wake up SUPER early and search for the deals & getting to spend time with mom, grandma & my cousins is an added bonus!!

5 days til Black Friday & 6 days til Christmas decorating! ;)


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beautiful bride.

Here are some of the Bridal Portraits Jason Pendley Photography took of me earlier this year! I have been dying to show them to everyone!!! I'm so glad that now I can post them everywhere I want! :) These are some of my favorites of the session!

This is my most favorite!

My mom's favorite!

This one is just cute! I love the red shoes!

It was a lot of fun to take these pictures! I was lucky to be able to work with Jason and Marlon for my wedding photography needs. Jason took my Bridal Portraits and Marlon took our wedding photos! They were both WONDERFUL to work with and I would highly recommend both of them!

www.jasonpendley.com or www.marlongalvizphotography.com

Once I receive the disc of the wedding pictures I will post some of them on here as well!

Gabriel update:

He is doing very well!! (YAY!) His counts are currently up and he is a happy baby! I have not been able to see him in person but Erika has been supplying me with lots of pictures of the lil chunky monkey! :) He starts another round of chemo on Monday and this is suppose to be a really rough round! So please keep him in your prayers as he continues on his journey! He's a strong little boy for sure but we just need to continue to pray and have positive thoughts to help him and his parents through this!

Sunday Pablo & I are having our parents over at our apartment for the first time for dinner! We are so excited to have them over to see our home! I'm so excited, I can't wait!

I feel official

Thursday I officially became Lura Sierra! Pablo and I got up had BBQ cups for breakfast (YUM!) then we headed down to Marietta to the Probate Court to get our Marriage Certificate. That was quick and easy. Then we went to the Social Security office, which I was dreading because i expected it to take forever! But to my pleasant surprise it only took 30 minutes and the lady at the window was really nice!! :) we went to the DMV where the "front desk" lady was not so nice.. But the guy that changed everything for me was really nice and had a very dry sense of humor (which I love). So that was fun! I got a new cute picture on my awesome paper drivers license. The best part-I didn't have to pay anything to update them!! Yay!!! It was a great day!

Now today,Sunday, I'm laying in my warm comfy bed not wanting to get up but I am hungry and can smell my coffee that just finished "brewing"! Have a great day everyone! Enjoy your extra hour!!!


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