Planning my Mom's 90th!

This Sunday we are celebrating my mom's milestone birthday by throwing her a  birthday party. Below are the details!

Where: The Inn Keeper's Kitchen at Dilworthtown Inn, PA

When: Sunday March 23rd 2014  11:00 a

m to 2:00 pm

What: Brunch with cake. Also my sister-in-law has made a booklet and video showcasing her life.

Why: Celebrating my moms 90th!

Who: Family from Boston, Detroit, Florida, and Chicago

After the event is over I will be sharing photos of my mom and family as I will be the photographer!

My Niece Amy's 19th Birthday and my Nephew Alex's 23rd Birthday

My niece turned nineteen on Friday, April 19th. I texted her wishing her a happy birthday. On Sunday, we went to my brother Vaughn and sister Adrina's house to celebrate two birthdays; one was Amy's and the other was Alex's. We saw the family. My nephews, niece and great-niece were there. I took a lot of pictures of everybody with my camera. My nephew Alex was barbecuing burgers on the grill. The ladies were all in the kitchen. I gave them both a gift card. We all sat around a table and talked. Some people were outside and my brother and his friends were smoking cigars. We all had Armenian food. Some people ate dinner inside and some ate outside. It was a great time.

Easter Sunday and my Birthday

My nephew Ron, his wife Jen and his daughter Tyler all invited us for a birthday and Easter celebration. My whole family was there, it was nice to see them all. I bought them all Easter baskets and gave them to all my great-nieces and nephews. We had hors d'oeuvres, they were delicious. I was so happy my great-niece Stella came. I was holding her; she was so cute. I took a lot of pictures of her when people were holding her. My two nephews were cooking Armenian food on the shishkabob machine. Jen and my brother Mike were helping out in the kitchen; they were such a good help. The food was so delicious. They had a neat kids' table; there were Easter marshmallow bunnies assorted on the table; all the kids had so much fun on the table. The grown ups had fun on our own table too. After dinner, they sang happy birthday to me. It made me really happy. They bought me a chocolate cake. I have a great family.

My Mom's 89th Birthday

Our whole family, including her grandchildren, got together and celebrated my mom's eighty-ninth birthday. My two brothers gave a toast to her. They wished her a happy birthday and a long life. I took a picture of all the grandchildren with their grandmother. We also took a picture with our mom. We all had fun celebrating her birthday. We all pitched in for the party ad brought different things. We sang happy birthday to her and then we ate ate. She loved the cake. We're lucky to have her as a mom. 
Love, Diane

My Niece Mara is Turning 16

On March 30, Mara is turning sixteen. I can't believe she grew up so fast. I remember when she was little. I used to play with her a lot when she came to Philadelphia. We used to play Mario on the Nintendo. I am a very proud aunt. She loves to read and play sports at school. Her grandmother Vicki is very proud of her as well. She wishes her a happy sixteenth birthday. I used to send her Walt Disney movies in the mail for her collection, like Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Aladdin, One Hundred Dalmatians and more. We email each other frequently. I was very happy when she joined Facebook. She has grown into a beautiful young lady. Love, Aunt Diane 

Red Velvet Layer Cake

Red velvet layer cake with 5 cup cream cheese frosting

Makes 12 to 16 servings

Ingredients:

1 cup butter

2 1/2 cups sugar

6 large eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

3 tablespoons unsweetend cocoa

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ounce red food coloring

For the frosting:

24 ounce cream cheese softened [8-ounce packages]

3/4 cup butter softened

48 ounces powdered sugar

3 teaspoons vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, (to be continued)

Colleen and Jon's Engagement

On February 14, 2013, Jon asked Colleen for her hand in marriage. My niece Colleen called me on the 15th, and told me that she got engaged. Being her aunt, I was very excited about the news. She showed me the ring, and I thought it was so beautiful. I can't wait until she sets a date. The whole family was very happy. She was born in Bryn Mawr Hospital, May 6, 1983. I was happy. I'm very lucky to have a niece like her. I like Jon very much. Love, Aunt Diane

My Baking Club

On Sunday, December 16, 2012, my nieces Amy, Jen, Tyler and my nephew Sevan
came over to their grandmom Vicki's house to bake with me. We have a family tradition of meeting every December and baking cookies.
I taught my nieces and nephews how to bake. We all have a great time baking cookies and we take pictures with their grandmom Vicki. I was so happy we kept it in the family. I am so glad that my nieces and nephews bake with me. When my great niece Stella gets older, she will bake with us, Shellie, my nephew Ron, Mat, Alex, Brian, Leo and my niece's dog Henry.
I love baking with all my nieces and nephews.
Love, Aunt Diane

The ORDination of Julie

On Friday, Harry, Veronica and Colleen drove up to New York to see Julie Hoplamazian become a priest (ordination) on Saturday, December 8th, 2012. "To the sacred order of priests to become a priest in the church of the cathedral of the incarnation garden city of New York."
The music was so great. The church was so beautiful. Julie did a beautiful job. I am so proud of my cousin Julie. I took great pictures of everything. Afterwards we all went to the hall to have some food.
We saw lots of family. We had such a great time.
The sermon Julie gave was beautiful.
We are so proud of Julie.
Love, Cousin Diane

Christmas Day

Mom, Ed and I went to Harry and Veronica's house for Christmas. Colleen, Jon, Henry, Brian, Lizzy and her mom were there. Veronica's sister Caroline, her brother-in-law and her nephew were there. We had such a great time. I took lots of pictures. Harry and Veronica were great cooks, they had great food. We sat around the table and talked for a long time. I had so much fun with my niece Colleen and my nephew Brian. The Christmas tree was so pretty.

Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Mark's family was flying in from Chicago to Philadelphia to spend Thanksgiving with his family.
We went to Vaughn and Adrineh's  house for dinner to see Mark and his family.
I took lots of group shots, like a nice picture of grandmom Vicki with her grandchildren.
We had a great time.

Thursday, November 22, 2012
We spent Thanksgiving Day at Vaughn and Adrineh's.
Harry carved the turkey for Thanksgiving and my three nephews were riding bikes.
Alex took Leo for a ride and I took lots of pictures of the family. We sat around the table and talked
and said prayers. We had such great food, it was nice see all my nieces and nephews.
Vaughn and Adrineh did a great job.
 
Friday, November 23, 2012
After Thanksgiving we all got together, including Aunt Marie, me, Aunt Rachel, Aunt Veronica and Aunt Adrineh.
The nieces came too (Colleen,Anna,Amy,Mara,Lena,Jen). We all went to the nail salon to get our nails and feet done. Then, we went out to lunch and then went shopping. They modeled their clothes for us. They all looked so pretty.
Then we all went out to get ice cream. Finally we came back to Vaughn and Adrineh's house
to have delicious armenian food.
Mark and Vaughn were putting shish kebabs and cooking them on the machine. My cousin Michael was holding the flashlight to see how it was going. I took a picture of Vaughn holding the shishes with the meat on it.
I also took a picture of Mark, Harry, Vaughn, Alex, Brian and Ronnie.
They all did a great job cooking. I met Amy's boyfriend and anna's boyfriend, they are nice.
We all had a great time.

Saturday, November 23, 2012
We went to breakfast at Vaughn and Adrineh's house. Vaughn made all of us breakfast.
Mom, Mark, Leo, Harry, Vaughn, Michael, Leslie, the girls and I went to the mall and then out to dinner. We sang happy birthday to Mark.
Their dad had to go back to Chicago on Sunday.

It was a really fun few days.
Love, Aunt Diane

Colleen's Graduation Day

Saturday, June 16, 2012  
My niece Colleen graduated from Drexel graduate school. I am so proud of her. She has lots of aunt and uncles and her Grandmom Vicki. Colleen is a wonderful niece. I babysat Colleen when she was little, she means so much to me.
Her Grandmom Vicki is so proud of her. Her godfather Vaughn is proud of her too. Her brother Brian is so proud of his sister.
Love Aunt Diane

My Niece Amy's Graduation Day

Today is my niece Amy's graduation from high school. I am very proud of her and what she has done. Amy is a wonderful niece. I am a proud aunt of Amy, she means so much to me.
Her Grandmom Vicki is a proud grandmom of her.
Her mom, dad, sister and brother are very proud of her too.Her godmother, godfather, aunt and uncle are also very proud of her.
Love Aunt Diane

TLI Project

May 1, 2012
We had our last day of the TLI today. I started in the TLI in 2006 and I worked with Mr. Elliot.
He was my computing 1 teacher and my computing 2 teacher was Darla. Betsy taught me how to use a blog and powerpoint. Alice taught me reading, writing and editing. I worked with Alice for 3 years. We did reading, a book report and editingon the computer.
I also took a serve safe course and got help with math.
In 2012, Julia taught me fractions. She goes to Bryn Mawr.
On January 26th, 2012, Julia and I met for the first time to talk about our goals for the semester.
We were trying to get to know each other. I told Julia that I wanted to learn how to use fractions, how to edit and how to improve my reading. Julia asked me what time we should meet.We decided to meet on Tuesday and Fridays. In our first meetings, Julia taught me how to add, multiply, divide, subtract and simplify fractions.
1/2 x 1/4 = 1/8

1/2 -.- 1/3 = 11/2

I wanted to learn about fractions so that I could double recipes when I bake. I used adding
fractions when I made chocolate chip cookies from scratch, and I doubled the recipes. After we finished with fractions,we started doing editing.We did sentences like this: Did you know that I like spaghetti? -Did you know that I do not like spaghetti?
Here are some example of things we worked on in 101 clear Grammar Test:
Personal pronouns: we, me, I, you, he, she, it, they, us.
Question words [Interrogative pronouns]- who, where, why, what, when
Prepositions; under, above, on, in, behind, below, etc.
We also worked on verb tenses like these:
Simple past tense: I run - ran, I walk -walked, she climb -she climbed
Progressive tense; They are playing
Past progressive; They were playing
It was absolutely wonderful working with you this semester. I'll see you around in the fall.

Happy 88th Birthday to our Mother and Grandmom Vicki

Our mother celebrated her 88th birthday on March 24th. Mark came with his 2 kids and we all went to Frank Pica for her birthday dinner. In the picture are her 8 grandchildren:
Grandmom Vicki, Matthew, Anna, Colleen, Lena, Amy, Brian, Leo, and Alex
In the second picture are her 5 children, Marie, Harry, Vaughn, me and Mark.
Here are all the people who were there: Marie, Mike, Harry, Veronica, Colleen, Brian, Vaughn, Adrineh, Alex, Anna, Amy, Mark, Lena, Leo and me.
We missed Rachel, Mara, Ron, Jen and her daughter.
We all had a wonderful time with mom and Grandmom Vicki.
We are so lucky the best mother in the whole wide world. The grandchildren are so lucky to have a wonderful Grandmom Vicki.
Love, your daughter Diane

My 5 Nieces

I am so lucky to have five nieces.
Their names are Colleen, Anna, Amy, Mara, and Lena. This picture was taken at thanksgiving. I am a proud aunt. When they were young I babysat for all of them. They were such good kids. Now all of them are grown up.
Colleen is in graduate school getting her masters in designing. Anna is in her first year of college. Amy is in high school she is graduating soon. Mara is in high school. Lena is in sixth grade.

Love, Aunt Diane

Thanksgiving

W Wed nov 23/2011
we went to vaughn adrineh alex anna amy house for dinner .Mark ,Rachel ,mara, Lena,Leo
harry and veronica grandmom vicki diane ,marie ,mike.we sat around the table and talk.
thursday nov24,2011
that was thanksgivng we all were there have fun are whole family was there it was so fun harry and vaughn was carving a 22 pound turkey ,and we has so much to eat ,the all my nieces and nephew had there own table .leo was with anna ride a big wheel anna was driving it leo was having so much fun.they road in my brother car it was great car.my nieces colleen brother her boyfirend jon he is so nice.we were watch the cowboy win.
Firday nov25th all the ladysare going to get there nail and there feet done,,we all went out to lunch.my nieces went shopping they were model there stuff,and after that we went back to vaughn house for armenian food and we were sing to my brother mark for his birthday .'
sat nov26th
vaughn harry mark were cookinh breakfast for us, and we all said good bye

Highlighting my Hair

I treated myself today. I got highlights in my hair. I really like the color. I look so pretty.

Love, Diane

Celebration

The celebration was in may .
My Name is dianeI've been the program TLI for 6 years. my mentor tT is is a spphomore at brynmawr.The program put us together for this semester to work on maths and reading .I asked T to help me with a serve salf course.I was taking . Serve salf course is a certification for food and dining workers .I showed her the book and we read it together T wrote down the main points of the chapters like temperation and allergooes After that we worked on math ,How to tip at restaurants
long multi phcation, division with remainder