Week 3 - Boot Camp

Ok, so its my third week and I have to say I have lost some inches. The weight thing, I'm over it. Who likes scales anyways, if you feel great and can tell a difference in how the clothes fit, then you are making progress. I'm totally excited about completing three weeks of boot camp. The end is coming and I need to think fast on what I'm going to do to continue this routine. Wish me luck! By the way, this photo was taken at 4am before heading out to boot camp...hahaha

Week 2 - Boot Camp

Here you go...

Week 1 - Boot Camp

I finished my first week of boot camp! I am attending the Austin Adventure Boot Camp, my trainer is Stephanie McDonald and she has been great. I know its only my first week and I have three more to go, but I have felt a change in the way I feel about myself so far. It feels great to get up at 4:30 in the morning and work out with women who have the same goals, for an hour. I have had a few people request pictures of my progress so the best I'll do is a head shot. I'll take one every Friday, hopefully you all will see a change every week.

30th Birthday

Ok so yeah, I'm the BIG 3-0 aka the new 20, sure! I had to write my age down on some paper work and realized that I was not in my twenties any more. It felt weird but it is what it is. The day I turned 30 my co-workers decorated my desk and they all got together to get me a princess cake. Very sweet of them, they are too much.


My niece, Erika sent me flowers,too. They were a very big surprise and I was very happy when I received them.



I also was surprised with some beautiful earrings from Corey and Nate Dube. I love them!



Over all my day was great! thanks to all you that made it great and pleasant.

In Honor of Beverly Dube

So I did my first 5K for the NOCC in honor of Beverly Dube. I set a goal for $300 to raise in honor of her and I collected $740. Thank you to all that donated, very generous of you guys to do that. The same weekend was also Bev's birthday and the family and I went to her grave to plant some plants that will stand this drought and heat that we have here in Texas. We love you Beverly and miss you so much. Pray that you continue to watch over us and always.

Mexican Heather:


Mexican Petunia:

Hank's Pool

We bought a pool for Hank, finally! He loves it and enjoys jumping in and out of it too.

Nimitz Musuem in Fredricksburg, TX

My honey took me out to Fredricksburg, TX for some good food at Hondo's and we went to the National Museum of the Pacific War. It was very interesting and I took a couple of photos of the Japanese Garden of Peace. It was so nice of my honey to take me out there.

Vacation Bible Celebrate

I took my kids and my brother's kids to Vacation Bible Celebrate at Celebrate Life Church in New Braunfels for a whole week and they had a blast. I took pictures of them each day in the car on the way over to VBC. Each day they learned a bible verse. The vacation bible celebrate was called the Big 3 for Love, Faith & Hope. It was awesome, the kids learned so much and hope that they take the message with them as they grow.

Monday: Love -


Tuesday: Faith - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1


Thursday: Hope - Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised) Hebrews 10:23

Willie's Place

We went to Dallas for the weekend because I had some family that were going down there and we pretty much hung out and just spent time with the family. On the way back we stopped at Willie's Place, which is where I have been wanting to go since they opened the place up. It was pretty cool. I liked it a lot. I took a few pictures. Enjoy!



This picture below was pretty cool because it lit up inside the guitar.


Below are some guitars he had displayed. They are so nice. Loved it!

Alexis Girls in Action Camp

Alexis attended a three day girls camp with the Bannockburn Baptist Church, Girls in Action at the Twin Oaks Ranch in Buda, TX. She had a great time. Didn't get much pictures but of her cabin and bunk. She did a lot of swimming and got to do the Zip-Line they had there. She was very happy about that, she said it was exciting.



This was her cabin, there were seven girls and a leader in each cabin.



This is where she slept, there were eight bunks in the cabin.

4th of July @ The Lake

Once a year we have the Dube Reunion on the Lake, 4th of July weekend. This year it was very relaxing and nice, oh yeah did I mention HOT.

Love the view, just breath taking.









Marc swimming in the Lake.









Alexis and Cameron had a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed the boat and water. They were fish for a whole day.









Granma Kathy and Aunt Sue had a great time with the kids, Marc, Alexis, Brenna and Hayley.

Barrera Family Vacation-Las Vegas

Ok so Cameron and I took a one week vacation to Las Vegas. We came back even and had a great time. My sister, Vicki and brother, Cruz and their family came to Vegas too. Here are some pictures that we took in Las Vegas.


The Famous Welcome to Las Vegas Sign

My sister, Vicki and her husband, Emilio at Hoover Dam

Priscilla & Hector, it trip was part of her 21st birthday!

My brother, Cruz and his wife, Lupita and their son Lil' Cruz at Caesars Palace

Me & Selisa, my niece walking the streets of Vegas Blvd.

Happy Birthday to Me, Thank you Honey! I had such an awesome time and very thankful to spend this great time with my brother and sister and their families.

More Fun

We took the kids to Freddie's, good place to go and let the kids hang out and eat great food.

Alexis was the photographer at lunch.

This same day we took the kids to the IMAX to see Night at the Museum at Bob Bullock Museum. We had a great time there. Can you see the kids in the picture?

Its Been a While

I know its been a while since I've posted anything so I figured I update before I head out on vacation with my Honey. Below we took the kids out before Marc left for two weeks. We went to Dinosaur Park in Bastrop Texas. http://www.thedinopark.com/




The kids enjoyed themselves and when I say kids I mean all three...hehehehe

06.04.09-Marc Lost His Front Tooth

06.03.09-Happy Birthday Lizette

BBQ'd for my niece Lizette her 21st Birthday! We had a blast and so did her friends, they played TABOO! Lizette's favorite.

06.02.09-Sarah Comes to Austin

My niece came to Texas from Washington D.C to visit for a few days. She had a blast and we had a blast having her here with us. Love you Sarah!

06.01.09-Marc's Kinder Graduation

Marc has officially completed Kindergarten. He has came along way with his speech this year and I'm so proud of him. Good job Marc! We love you.

05.28.09 - Yellow Day

WE DID IT AGAIN TODAY! TOO FUNNY.

05.27.09 - Orange Day

05.23.09-Maryam's 30th Birthday Party

So ten of us went out and celebrated Maryam's Birthday. Went tubing on the Guadalupe and set up tent at Maricopa. The guys did a great job on finding sticks and rocks to make a campfire.



Our spot came out great! Had tons of fun and this will be a great memory. Happy Birthday Maryam, wishing you many more.

05.21.09 - Alexis Last Choir Performance

Alexis did such an awesome job in her performance. She had to do a script too and she says she wasn't nervous but we all know we get nervous when talking to an audience.

05.18.09 - Hunter

Hunter visited us this past Monday. Here we are introducing him to the DS and laptop(bilingual). He is so cute.

05.17.09-TDS Family Picnic 2009

Woo Hoo! So this year my team 'Road Kill' got 1st place in the Fajita Kick-Off, the prize was $300 but the greatest prize of all was taking the Glory. We won against the champs for the past few years. It was awesome.Captain Christina with Laura, we were so excited!

05.16.09-Family Project

Wine Bottle Drip Candles...It was fun and the kids enjoyed it.

We also watched Gremlins, rated PG, for our family movie. Cameron and I use to watch it as kid so we thought we bring it back for our kids.