Merry Christmas

 

Unfortunately, this Christmas Abigail was suffering from a nasty bout with a cold/flu messy virus. On Christmas morning she was running a temp of about 101 so we let her sleep in as long as possible, hoping that she would be a ray of sunshine for her Santa presents. We let her sleep/lay in our bed until 10 am on Christmas and finally coaxed her downstairs to open Christmas gifts. She was not a happy camper. At least until we opened her stocking and found bubbles from Santa. He also brought a Minnie Mouse tent, Minnie Mouse doll and big girl panties. Abby got a few outfits from her grandparents and aunts and uncles too. By the end of present time she was in a great mood and snuggled down for a nap with Daddy.

 

Christmas evening we went to Paula & Rod's house for Christmas with the Linds. Sally Kate and Abby had a big time playing together and their cousin DC even let them play on his drum set. We were glad to be able to shut the door on that fiasco! Abby got more great gifts from her aunt & uncle Linds. What a great Christmas!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer



Festival of Lights

Every year a local park in Fort Smith puts on a tremendous light show. It includes walking trails to explore the larger than life light displays and even has a train that winds through a lot of the pieces. We visited the park last year at this time, but didn't get to ride the train because it wasn't running when we visited. Fortunately, this year we stopped at just the right time and got to ride the train and look at all the awesome lights. It wasn't too chilly (surprisingly) so we just bundled in light jackets and we were all nice and cozy.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Abby visits Santa Claus...

and it didn't go so well as you can see from the picture. She's also been a little sick the last few days as well so that doesn't help either. Regardless, we are excited to celebrate another Christmas with our little family.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Snow Days

The past four days we've been snowed in due to all the ice and snow that fell on Thursday and Friday of this past week. Abby's school was closed both Thursday and Friday. So daddy and mommy took turns working from home and watching Abs. After the snow finally stopped falling, we took Abby out to play and she LOVED it. Once she figured out that she could eat the snow and icicles she was in heaven. We even took a little time to make her first snowman. She was a great helper getting the snowman put together. She enjoyed it so much that she didn't want to come inside.

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

 

Christmas Decorating

This is the first year that Abby can really get involved in decorating for Christmas and she loved it. She was very particular about the placement of the ornaments and even the ornaments that she wanted to put on the tree. She stuck with the decorating until every ornament was on the tree. Mommy was so proud because she loves decorating for Christmas too!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

ICE!

Today we visited ICE! at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine. It is an annual ice show that centers around a theme each year. This year the theme was the Nutcracker and it was our first time to attend. It was really cold, fortunately, they provide jackets for all the attendees. It is about 8 degrees in the exhibit, but it was so neat looking at all the ice sculptures!

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

Thanksgiving 2013

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We spent it at the lake house, attended the Cowboys game and visited Uncle Saul's house. Abby and Reece had a great time at the Cowboys game and stood at attention for the National Anthem. Selena Gomez was the half-time show and both the girls loved it. It was a really fun day with lots of great food and company.

Papa and Avery during the game

Watching Selena Gomez

Baki and Abby sharing clementines

Samuel and Abs playing

Abby hugging Seth goodbye

Abby wearing her new A&M shirt from Baki & Granpa

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

Lakehouse Weekend

We spent the weekend at the lake house so Abby could hang out with her cousins Reece and Avery. As usual, the girls had a blast running around the house and playing dress up. They took time to have bath with Avery and have a card game before we left. What a fun weekend for everyone!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

 

Vikings vs. Cowboys

This weekend as usual we attended the Cowboys game. However, it was a little different for Abigail because she finally had some playmates her own age! We were super excited that the Rusin's were going to attend the game with their kiddos because we knew Abigail would have a great time playing with Adriana, Carlee and Presley. They all did have a great time, but it took some time for Abby to warm up. Presley, who just turned three, and Abby spent the first quarter sitting side by sid playing on their mommies' iPhones. Then by half time everyone started playing together! It was great for mom & dad too!

 

Much love,
Moises & Jennifer

 

Happy Halloween!

 

Halloween was a lot of fun this year for Abigail. It was the first year that she had a Halloween Party at school and actually got to wear her costume to school. She thought that was so cool when we told her she could wear her Minnie Mouse dress to school. The kids went trick or treating through the Church's offices and got lots of neat treats. She said she had a lot of fun.

 

After school we picked her up and got her ready for a trick or treat around the neighborhood. Abby has a healthy fear of strangers so the first house we went to was kind of scary for her. At the next house we talked about how a stranger would open up the door and give her candy if she was kind and sweet. She did great at the next house, said "Trick or treat" and "thank you" when we left. It was so much fun for all of us!

 

Dressed up for Trick or Treating

 

Walking house to house with Daddy

 

She had her first sucker too!

 

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer

BTHO Vanderbilt!

This weekend we attended Abby's first regular season college football game at Kyle Field. We arrived early to the 11:00 game so that we could give Abby plenty of time to explore the campus, eat some breakfast and shop in the campus store. Abby particularly enjoyed leading us around campus and looking at all the flowers. The game itself ended up a hotter than we anticipated so we quickly stripped Abby of her leggings so she could be more comfortable. She enjoyed most of the first half, but as we approached her usual naptime we knew it was time to leave. As soon as we got her to the car and strapped in, she was asleep by the time we exited the parking garage. All in all, it was such a fun family trip!

 

Much love,

Moises & Jennifer