Happy Birthday, Rev. Father Anthony And Teresa!

Today we bring out our official Mendoza Blog virtual birthday cake for our favorite Byzantine Catholic priest and our favorite mother of our favorite God-daughter.

Thank you Father Anthony, for your Priesthood, for the Sacraments you bring us, and for being an alter Christus to us. When you celebrate Divine Liturgy, it is with great solemnity. When you show your humor, it makes us all laugh. You are a great example of what a Priest should be. You make us desire Jesus, and to aspire to holiness. Happy Birthday, Father!

Thank you Teresa, for being a great friend, even with such a great distance between us. You are a good mother to your children, in imitation of our Blessed Mother, and a good example of a Christian. Thanks for choosing us to be God-parents to one of your children. May God bless you, and may the Blessed Virgin of Guadalupe watch over you.

May God bless you both, and have a blessed birthday!

How Most Parties At The Mendozas End Up: Updated

Yup, this is how most of our parties end up. Come for the beer, leave on probation!

Bullhorns and all. Shirtless guys being chased through.

Right outside our window.
Fortunately, I was able to post bail, and able to make my shift the next day!

As aside, for those of you who run multiple sites, this one almost appeared on the Monterey Traditional Latin Mass site!

Gotta be more careful, I guess.

Update: O.K., have gotten some emails on this one already, asking what the deal is. What happened is that I really was going to work an overnight shift a couple of years back. Right around 11PM, there were a whole bunch of cops with the lights on, and they come to a stop, blocking our driveway. Apparently they chased some guy (shirtless, of course) into our driveway, and into a small grassy area right behind us. They had the guy in the back, but apparently the police were worried that there was another suspect hiding around the building.

No, I was not the shirtless guy, nor was I the other person they were looking for. The police had our driveway blocked right up until three minutes before I went in for my graveyard shift.

Good times at the Mendoza House!