Abigail's Winter Dance

 This weekend was Abigail's school winter dance. It was still really cold and the poor girl was wearing a tiny dress! Much to dad's chagrin... She borrowed one of mom's big trench coats which helped a little bit. She had a really good time and looked so beautiful. It's hard to believe we're already over halfway through her seventh grade year.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Snow Days

This week was cold, cold, cold with wind chill temperatures below zero for most of the week! There was also a snowstorm that came through on Sunday so school remained closed for the whole week. This meant we got to all work from home this week. Being in a smaller house made it somewhat of a challenge since there are so few tables in the house we were all on top of each other. The dogs both enjoyed the snow and Raya spent most of her day staring outside the window. 

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Playoffs...

 Well, the Cowboys made it to the playoffs this year and unfortunately lost in the first round, at a home game no less. We headed down to Texas for the game and left late on Friday to avoid the incoming cold weather that was supposed to hit Arkansas and Texas. We were fortunate not to get into any bad weather on the way down and the snow didn't really hit until Sunday overnight. We made our way home in the sub-freezing temperatures on Monday. The girls won't be going back to school tomorrow due to the remaining snow and given that we're going to remain under the freeze point until Wednesday they probably won't go back until Thursday or Friday.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Happy New Year!

 This New Year's and Jen's birthday we celebrated in Boston. It was a makeup for missing out (thanks Covid) on Jen's 40th birthday trip. We arrived on Wednesday after Christmas and stayed through New Year's Day which gave us plenty of time to explore the city and see some of the historical highlights. Abigail really wanted to tour Harvard so we did that and even though it was rainy, the campus was beautiful. Allison wanted to go to the New England Aquarium which was packed, but so cool because it had a massive tank at the center of the facility that was 4 stories tall. Finally, Dad and Mom wanted to do the historical stuff so we walked the Freedom Trail, took in the Boston Tea Party Museum and the State House and Meeting House. On Jen's birthday we had dinner at a new steakhouse in the waterfront district that was phenomenal. For New Year's Eve, we headed to Boston Commons for the fireworks display and there was a Revolutionary band playing traditional tunes dressed in traditional garb, it was very moving. 2023 was challenging on a personal and professional level and although we always made it through with the support of each other, we look forward to a new start in 2024 and hopefully a calmer time!

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer

Christmas 2023

Since we're still in the rental, we celebrated Christmas a little differently this year. We went over to Uncle Eric's for Christmas Eve and (finally) got to meet our new baby Godson, Barrett. Abigail and Allison both held him, but they both preferred looking at him rather than holding him! Uncle Moi made Barrett laugh and Jen Jen tried to get him to take a bottle, which evidently is an insurmountable task. Christmas morning followed with us opening gifts as a family and then we headed to BB and Papa's for a nice lunch. Christmas night we hosted the Lind family Christmas again after several nephews begged us to do "something". It ended up being a really nice dinner and seeing family is always a wonderful time. We're headed to Boston next for New Year's and Jen's birthday.

Much Love,

Moises & Jennifer