Old friends and new friends

When I was in college, I went through roommates pretty quickly. I think I may have been a little difficult to live with at times, but in my defense, there was also lots of fun times as well. I have 2 good friends, who were also my roommates at one time, that I still keep in touch with and am so blessed to still have their friendship. Miranda lives way too far away in Arizona, and Exsa lives up in the Ft Worth area. Miranda and Exsa came to visit in April. It was so nice to get to see them and spend time together.



I finally got to meet Miranda's husband and little boy. Miranda's little boy, Donovan is just about a month older than Maggie. They got along so well and played together so nicely and really were just the cutest little things ever!!




It was a great visit and I look forward to many more to come!!

A new front door

One of the items on my list for the year was to get a new front door. The door that came with the house was ok, but not really my taste. The wood trim on the outside was all rotten and I was not a fan of the dark wood. Actually I think it was pretty darn ugly! Dont you agree?


I ordered exactly what I wanted- a solid 6 paneled door with 2 full sidelights-nothing over the top fancy, but classic and nice. I really wanted a red door, but was not willing to pay an extra $800 for the door company to paint it. I have a beautiful red color picked out-its just finding the time to get it painted! Yikes that is a challenge! Here is the before again:


Here is the during:




And the after (minus the red paint):

Soccer

My husband has 2 passions-dancing and soccer. He was thrilled that Maggie finally got to play soccer this year. And was even more thrilled that he got to coach her soccer team. The city had a 5 week long indoor little tikes soccer league for 3 and 4 year olds. I was a little worried that Maggie was going to crush Gerson's dreams when she came to me during the first game and said "Mommy, I dont want to be a soccer player, I want to be a ballerina." Gerson was persistent and Maggie ended up having a really good time. It was so fun and cute to watch! Maggie and "Coach Daddy" are both looking forward to next year!!

Easter Celebrations!

Easter this year was super fun and super busy!! It all started with an Easter Egg Hunt at my work. I had promised Maggie we could go and she was really looking forward to playing on the new playground that was just put in. There was a ton of kids, so we didnt stay for long, but it was fun and got the weekend rolling.




Friday evening was our church Easter Social. Hamburgers, hotdogs and Easter eggs! Yum yum. My Relief Society activities comitee and I put together Resurrection Eggs, aka 12 Eggs of Easter for all the families in the ward. They are a great way to teach/learn the Easter Story. Unfortunately I didnt get any pictures of them-maybe next year :)

Saturday we went to a friends for brunch and yet another egg hunt!! The girls dont ever seem to get tired of hunting for eggs!!!




Sunday was nice a quiet. We didnt make any plans for a family dinner or anything and I didnt mind too much, espiecially since we have been so busy all weekend. I made the girls some new dresses for Easter and I have to say they sure did turn out super cute!!! I got the girls dressed a little early to try and take some pictures. I got a few good ones, but I am no photographer and they are not very good at listening to me! That's ok cause they sure are adorable!!!

Animarl adventures, part 2

Waco has a great little zoo that is a short drive away and very reasonably priced. It is 52 acres and has typical zoo animals and then a large section dedicated to Texas native animals and wildlife. Uncle Ryan accompanied us, he said he hasnt been to a zoo in like 15 plus years!! The weather was nice, but I am little red faced this evening (i brought sunscreen, but neglected to put it on!)
Maggie's favorite part was the slide. They have a couple slides and play areas through out the park and Maggie could have stayed there the whole time!!! OF course I only have a sideways shot of Maggie doing her favorite thing! Ugh!





Sophie's favorite thing was the giraffe. She loved watching them and didnt want to leave! They are definately interesting animals!




Sophie got alittle grumpy part way through the zoo, but got over it pretty quickly.



Uncle Ryan was a big help and seemed to enjoy himself.


My favorite part was spending time with my beautiful little girls!!

Animal adventures part 1

I had the opportunity to take the girls out to a little farm that someone in our church owns and lives at. That particular sister is always bringing farm fresh eggs to church free for people to take. I love it-cause eggs are one of my most favorite foods. Anyway- the girls had such a good time and it was so fun to see them running around and interactin gwith the animals. They were not shy or timid at all!

First we saw the bulls. We werent able to go inside the fence-which was probably pretty smart, but they ran up to us at the fence and the girls enjoyed watching them eat their lunch.


Next we strolled through the field past some donkeys and over to the ponds. There were some fish, frogs and even a turtle but I am not sure if the girls really saw any. They just had fun running around!


Next we visited the goats. There were 2 baby goats that are taking a bottle and the girls got to help feed them their bottles. Maggie did a great job. When the goats got too much milk, they started sneezing and rubbing their noses in the dirt.



Sophie was super excited!!

And then she realized she was out numbered!!



Finally, we saw the chickens. The girls got to feed the chickens some bread and even got to see where they lay their eggs. Their was about 6 eggs in the hen house for the girls to take and carry back to the house. Sister Garcia had plenty of eggs in the house and let us each take home a dozen of eggs!




We had a great time and really appreciate our friends at church opening up their home to help teach my little ones about the farm!!

Snap shots from the month

I realized this morning that I had faltered when it came to keeping this blog update, not as bad as in the past, but I have got to keep up with my new year's resolutions!! Not much has happened this month. We were all sick for a few weeks and sat around being grumpy and tired.

It had been sooo cold we decided to bring the Little Tikes CUbe in the house so the girls could actually play on something and get their energy out!



We had a snow day! Sophie was not interested in playing outside! She just wanted to be held.

Maggie had a blast and really wanted to build a snowman, but the snow just woulnd't pack enough for even a snowball.

Oscar really seemed to love it too!!

For Valentine's Day we made Kai-lan snuggle pillows and chocloate covered strawberries! Yummy!!



A few days later, we were basking in 80 degree weather and loving the sun. One Sunday before church, the girls were so cute and still clean in their dresses, I just had to take some pictures!!