Family Tree

Family hasn't always been important to me I must admit but that has changed over the years. As a teenager I always pushed away from my family. I didn't want to be close to my parents and being the only girl it was hard to be close to my brothers. I felt like an outcast as the typical middle child does. This changed the year 2006 when my husband was deployed to Iraq. I grew closer to my mother, my father, my little big brother and baby brother. When my husband came back and a year later (2009) we bought a house (next door to my parents) I was very close to my family. I'm thankful for that change in me.

My Daddy

Even as a child I have understood that my dad is hard working and has worked just about all this life. He worked as a child in Mexico and growing up I remember hearing stories of the jobs he had so that his brothers and sisters could go to school. In so many ways I'm like my daddy, straight dark hair, thick legs, same allergies and loud when we talk. I hope that when I have children I will be as playful as him. He has given us so much and even now, retired he keeps on giving. I'm thankful every day I get to hear his voice, see him and know that he is just a few feet away. When moving out I wasn't able to move very far, not due to financial issues but because I didn't want to be away from my family. I want to be able to just jump over the wall and sit with my parents, with my daddy and just watch the day pass us by. I'm a daddy's girl, and his only girl.

My Mommy
One of my first memories is of my mother is her caring for me while I was ill. Sitting outside of our little Pomona apartment and blowing bubbles in a red dress, her watching me from the kitchen as she cooked dinner for our then little family. As a teenager I didn't want to be close to my mom. I remember my dad telling me that, in her I would always have a friend but at the time I didn't want that or understood just how important that was to have. She always told me how she wasn't allowed to go out, wasn't allowed to date and was kept away from living her life. I didn't want that for myself but since this is how she was raised I was raised almost the same. I was able experience my childhood safely and grow up to make my parents proud. My Mommy is classic, timeless and beautiful. I see her now as my friend, it took years for this to happen but it did and as you can see I look just like her minus the curly hair.

My Brothers


Andres (little big brother, ME, Diego (baby brother),
Christian (big brother)



Yes, I'm the only girl. I grew up with Christian and Andres. Diego came into our lives when I was nineteen years old. I'm closest to my little brothers. Andres, I spoil and hang out with him as a friend, we go to dinner and talk about so much. Diego, being the baby and my godson, I spoil and protect him. He has taught me so much even as a child and has helped me grow, in my eyes he can do no wrong but I still help raise him and show teach him what is right and wrong. Christian, we're not as close as I would like but in time I'm sure this will change, with time anything is possible. He moved out and married at a young age and has two beautiful little girls which I LOVE! He works hard like my dad and I know that he has the potential for so much more.