• –Welcome to Cantu Familia–

    Welcome to our Cantu family blog. This is how we keep out of town family and friends up-to-date with what's going on in our part of the world, especially with our 3 kids. Joshua and Sadee are five year old twins. We also have a two year old daughter, Morgan.

    Michelle and Merced (Sonny) Cantu have been happily married and in love for 9 years. I am a Reservoir Engineering Technician with Southwestern Energy and a die hard Astros fan. Michelle is a wonderful wife and a great stay-at-home mother. We own and operate a sports photography business, Gametime Photography and we just started our portrait photography business, Sonny Cantu Photography

    Be sure to look at the Slideshow Archive link at the top of the page.

     

A Sleeping Boy and His Dog

One night we were up late watching movies with the kids and Josh couldn’t stay awake. He found his a warm spot on our dog, Maggie, and both seemed content with the sleeping arrangements. Don’t you just love them when they’re sleeping? It’s so quiet!;)

March 9, 2010 - 8:20 pm

Heather - Love this! Josh is so cute!

Klein Soccer Club – Tiger’s 1st Game

Joshua and Sadee played their first soccer game last Saturday. The weather was perfect, sunny with a cool breeze. The 6U teams play 3 on 3. Their fields are half size and there are two side by side. When the blue team arrived, the coaches decided to split up the kids to play two games so there was less time waiting on the sidelines. They don’t keep score at this level. (The league starts at 4U and play co-ed up to 6U.)

Mommy and Daddy are very proud of our MVPs. They were good sports through the whole game and followed Coach Marcos’ instructions. Can you believe how big they look in those uniforms? Mommy thinks they are adorable, too!

Top news of the game… Josh scored a goal! We all had a blast. Sonny’s mom, Momo to our kids, also came out to cheer them on. Go Tiger’s!!

February 24, 2010 - 11:09 pm

Grandpa Earl - Awesome ! Really looks like they’re having fun at it. Pictures are great; captures the action of the game.

March 1, 2010 - 9:30 pm

Dawn Loomis - I love the action shots! And Sadee looks super cute with that big ponytail and bow!

Birthday Bingo

February 4 was Michelle’s birthday and she wanted to spend it with her family playing bingo on Thursday night. My mom’s birthday is February 5 and she loves to play bingo, too. What better way to spend time with the two most important ladies in my life! We had a blast!! The Lodge at 15th & Beall in the Heights does Bingo every Thursday. Five bucks gets you twelve games. The food is cheap, it’s non-smoking, and the crowds are young. That is a great combination for a good time.

Most of these photos were taken by our new sister-in-law, Sandra. Some how she “borrowed” Michelle’s camera and was secretly taking pictures, including a few self portraits.:)

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February 8, 2010 - 10:09 am

Sandra - Haha the last one is scary! It was a fun night!

February 8, 2010 - 2:20 pm

Sonny - Remember, you had the camera that night. :)

February 9, 2010 - 11:33 pm

Brian Efraimson - Best Bingo night ever. In Bingo World that would be called, “One Good Bingo.”

February 23, 2010 - 10:32 am

sandra - Aww what happened to the funny grampa popcorn teeth one?

Little Pimps and Angels

PIMP: My brother-in-law, Eric, works for Continental. While at work, he found an unclaimed little girl’s bath robe. Eric thought Sadee would like it. He brought it home, washed it and gave it to her. For Christmas Sadee received a princess robe, so she told her brother he could have the leopard one. No big deal, right? Sadee had one and Josh was excited to have a bath robe, too. Ahem. Now introducing the coolest cat on the block… Joshua “Don Juan” Cantu! All he is missing is a feathered hat, gold tooth and a cane. His birthday is in four months. HINT HINT!:)

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ANGEL: Last night I was working on some photography orders in my office. While I was uploading photos, I was also watching Ice Age 3. Towards the end of the movie guess who happens to stroll in, pull up a chair, and sit next to her daddy. Yes, Little Mo. I loved how one desk lamp lit her face then faded to black all around. Luckily my camera was sitting next to me and, without her noticing, I fired off a bunch of shots.

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January 13, 2010 - 9:00 am

Michelle - That is hilarious!!! I almost choked from laughing so hard when those first photos popped up! (Josh doesn’t do tough well, though. LOL)
Morgan, on the other hand, is beautiful! That is the face of an angel.

January 13, 2010 - 10:25 am

Heather Nix - That is fantastic! Sonny, your photo work amazes me!

January 13, 2010 - 4:27 pm

Uncle E - First, let’s make it very clear that I didn’t steal that leopard rob out of some body’s bag (after the recent news story about those Continental contractors stealing). It was never claimed, & most likely heading for the trash until I saved it. Secondly, I’m glad to see that one of the twins loves it; I just wasn’t expecting it to be Joshua. Finally, Lil Mo truely is a little angel. Except when she doesn’t get her way. LOL.

January 14, 2010 - 3:28 pm

Jana Cherry - Leopard robes have never looked sooo cool! :)

Bubba (Glass) Crash

Joshua’s nickname is Bubba Crash. He has been prone to accidents since the moment he first tried to propel himself in a forward motion. He could be running from one place to another with NOTHING in the way and BAM! He trips. When the twins chase each other around the house, guess who crashes into the television or sofa? This time Bubba Crash has a new meaning.

What a great start to my early weekend. I get home from work Thursday afternoon and Michelle greets me in the kitchen. “Guess what your son did today? Lemme show you.” Me being a creature of routine, I asked her to wait while I change clothes, put away my things, and “freshen up.” After I’m done, Michelle leads me to a window at the back of the house. I raise the shade and there is a piece of newspaper covering one of the panes of glass in the window.

The Story: Joshua is playing in the back yard. He is throwing a tennis ball on the roof of the house. When it comes rolling down Maggie, our dog, will retrieve it. Joshua needs to come inside the house. He goes back outside to play, but forgets the tennis ball inside. So, what’s the next best thing to throw on a roof? A ROUND ROCK! (see exhibit A below) Michelle is in the kitchen and hears glass shatter. She runs over to the window and hears Josh shouting at her through the closed blinds. “Don’t worry, Mommy.” Michelle yells back, “Didn’t you hear the glass break?!” He replies, “Yes, but it didn’t make a hole!” Technically, from his height, he didn’t see the hole…. we’re guessing. Josh comes inside and Michelle walks him over to the window. Before they get to there Joshua repeats himself, “Mommy, there’s no hole.” They walk up to the window and Michelle points to the hole, “What’s this?” He response, “oooooh.” He is sent to his room for punishment.

Michelle and I had a difficult time keeping a straight face while trying to discipline Joshua so she left the room. First of all, he gives you a blank stare like he has no idea what just happened. Combine that with the sad puppy dog eyes and Joshua already has the advantage. He’s too cute. While I’m trying to explain what he did wrong all I could hear in my head was, “Mommy, there’s no hole.” ROFL! The talk was brief. I told him not to get out of bed and think about what he did. About 30 minutes later we went to check on him and the boy fell asleep. UGH! What kinda of punishment is that?:)

On Friday, my father-in-law found a hardware store that still cuts glass. Lowes and Home Depot will not cut it for you. All this on one of the coldest days of the year. It was below freezing for several nights in a row. Saturday afternoon, we installed the glass and afterward everybody was treated to some good eatin’ at Rudy’s BBQ. Needless to say, the only thing Joshua is allowed to throw towards the house are leaves. My father-in-law came up with that one. Thanks Earl for the idea and thanks for the help with new glass installation…. not for the laughing at us when Michelle first told you what Josh did to the window. LOL! Oh, the memories. (Told you Josh is just like his Uncle Brian!)

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This is the actual rock Joshua tossed through the window.