Abigail's Birthday

We celebrated Abigail's 9th birthday this weekend. We had originally planned on going to a concert with Abby's BFF who also shares the same birthday, but COVID changed all that. Instead we planned a family weekend along with some special surprises. Daddy organized a special yard sign to celebrate her birthday and BB had the FSPD show up to wish her a happy day as well. Uncle Jeff and his girls came to stay with us for the weekend and on Saturday, we had BB, Connor and Eric over as well. Her favorite animals right now are foxes and flamingos, so that comprised most of her presents! Abigail's favorite part of the weekend, though, was spending time with baby Emelia, who is about 6 months old. Abigail was great with her and "mothered" her all weekend. Lindsey said she appreciated the break! Happy birthday to our sweet baby girl, this is the last year of single digits. It's hard to believe she's already 9!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Happy Father's Day!

This weekend we celebrated the great fathers in our life and boy, do the girls have the best possible daddy they could ever ask for. He is always fun, loving, gives great advice, is unfailingly supportive of all his girls and is an excellent cook. His support to our girls this year exceeds every expectation mom ever had for a partner in her life. The COVID-19 pandemic has offered our family additional time together that we would not otherwise have and has only magnified how important he is to all of us and how blessed we are to have him. We couldn't ask for a better Dad or Husband! 

Much Love,
Mommy & Girls

Guitars, Fireflies and Visits

This was a surprisingly busy week for quarantine life. Mom and dad started "teaching" the girls how to play guitar. Poor Allison has to play like Jimi Hendrix (left handed on a right handed guitar). Maybe that will make her an even better player? Then dad let them pull out all their paints and make creations, which are likely supposed to be for Father's Day this weekend. Later that same evening the girls went catching fireflies in the backyard. Allison was not too keen on touching the insects, but Abigail ended up with 15 by the end of the night. We let them go before bedtime, don't worry! Finally, today Abigail's teacher dropped her prize for being only one of 2 students in her class to finish the optional Math syllabus online. Mrs. E also said that Abigail is the only one that has continued even though school is over. Super proud of that girl's dedication!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Seafood Dinner & DC III Birthday

We introduced steamed crab to Abigail last year and the girl has been in love with crab ever since. Today we bought snow crab and cocktail shrimp for dinner. Both the girls love shrimp and so do we. Abigail ended up eating all the crab so we didn't even get to have any! Today would have also been DC III 59th birthday. It's hard to believe he's been gone from our lives for 13 years. In his honor, we raised our glasses and toasted his memory. His son sent a picture of him at his graveside along with DC V. What a great legacy for the family.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Swimming Time

This weekend we spent all day by the pool on Sunday. Daddy had just put together a brand new umbrella shade that extends over the pool and the girls were ready for a pool day. By the late afternoon Mom and Allison were both wiped and took a little nap on the side of the pool, while Dad and Abby kept swimming and playing.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Last Day of School

Well, it was an interesting end to the school year for 19/20. Schools have been closed here since March so all remaining education was via online classroom and self guided practice. This is actually the second year in a row that Abigail didn't get to have her last day of school. Last year all the Fort Smith schools closed a week early because of the historic flooding here and now COVID-19! Ahh the memories she'll have. In lieu of the traditional in person awards ceremonies, the third grade teachers had a Zoom to hand out awards to the students. Abigail received the "Optimist Award" for maintaining positive spirits and a smiling face throughout the difficulties for the last quarter. After the awards were over, Daddy and the girls drew silly faces on one another. Silly ones they are.

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer

Memorial Day/Pool Open

Memorial Day celebration kicked off with the opening of our pool. Now, it has been very cold here for May. We're talking fifties at night/high sixties during the day, so we already told the girls that there was no way we were going to be swimming. The girls didn't mind, however, and they jumped in and swam for most of the day. Dad grilled out some chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers while they were swimming. By the time we pulled them both out of the pool, their teeth were chattering from the cold!

Much Love,
Moises & Jennifer