Pop turns 80!

Thanksgiving this year was special. Pop was turning 80 on the day after Thanksgiving so we decided to spend Thanksgiving in Arkansas to celebrate Pop's 80th. Pop & Mumzie arrived in Dallas on Sunday so we picked them up since we were already in town. The girls had such a good time spending the week with Pop & Mumzie. Abigail was all about Mumzie and even got to have a special "girls day" with Mumzie on Wednesday. We hosted our first Thanksgiving this year, we had 22 people! It was our first round with a Turkey and dressing and it went better than we expected!

On Saturday, we headed up to Kurt & Sarah's for the big 8-0 celebration. It was a celebration! With everything that Pop has been through this year, medically, we were all so thankful he's here to celebrate. He's tough and a fighter. He's charismatic and funny. He's got a heart of gold, but fists of steel when necessary. His legacy was evident with all the laughter and smiles that evening. It truly was a special night of celebration. We love 'ol Pop and loved celebrating his big day!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

As most people know, we generally have all of our Christmas decorations up before Thanksgiving. This year it was especially important because we could not foresee any free time in December to get the decorations up. With that said we have finished our Christmas decorating and our elves, Abigail & Allison, were such a help! They looked so cute in the antler headbands too!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Daddy Dress Up

Abigail loves dressing up and she's really started enjoying fixing her own hair. Now...she's bringing daddy into the fray and has started "saloning" his hair. Daddy is such a good sport to let her be the best "salonist" as she says.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

All Saints Day

Abigail's school celebrated All Saints' Day with the kindergartners putting on a special program where each one of them dressed up as a Saint and said a line or two about the saint in front of the church congregation. Abigail was St. Bernadette who found the spring at what is now the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. St. Bernadette is also the patron saint of poverty. Abigail did a great job!

 

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Halloween 2016

Another Halloween down and this was Allison's first year to be able to Trick or Treat. She was very into holding her bucket and didn't care for us trying to hold it for her. She also did not want to ride in the wagon because her big sissy wasn't riding in the wagon. This year we had a Star Wars theme. Abigail was Rae, Allison & Mom were Princess Leia and Dad was Han Solo. We had such fun dressing up and going around the neighborhood. BB came with us too and she was a ghost! We were surprised that the girls recognized her with all her makeup on! The kids really got a lot of good stuff and had a great time going from house to house. We were worn out by the time we got back and the girls went straight to bed!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

  

 

 

Kindergarten Art Show

Abigail's kindergarten class had an "art show" at the Clayton House on Sunday afternoon. The kids had been working very hard on creating their own paper mache witches and monsters for Halloween. Their art teacher put together a fun afternoon for the kids to dress up in their costumes and show off their art pieces. Allison enjoyed hanging out with the big kids and didn't like it when mommy tried to hold her. Abigail made a witch and it looks great!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Boo Bash, Trunk or Treat & Octoberfest!

This weekend we went to the first of several Halloween parties for the kids. Saturday morning was Boo Bash. This year, they had pony rides, balloon animals and a hay ride. Abby's friends from school were also there, so she spent most of her time with them. Allison was in love with the pony rides and petting the ponies. We had a really good time at Boo Bash and it was nice that it was so early this year because we had a couple other places to be! 

On Saturday evening, BB and Papa took the girls to Tents, Trunks & Treats at Abby's school. Mommy & daddy had spent the previous day setting up, but we had plans on Saturday night so we could not attend. Fortunately, the kids still got to go have fun! Mom & dad also had a good time, we went to an Octoberfest party. The hostess has a slue of goats and they came out for a visit after we all ate dinner. They were so cute! Mommy had to take a picture.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer