Monday, November 26, 2007

Christmas Light Show

So cool... someday we're gonna be able to do something like this for our own home!

Christmas Lights

I love this! Oh Merry Christmas... I love this time of year!

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Relaxing Family Sunday

Today was nice and relaxing. I've really been blessed to have such an abundance of relaxing days this week. We just chilled and watched tv this morning with Gerald and Rachelle. After they left we got ready for church. We had to be there on time this morning because Robert got to say the opening prayer. Sacrament meeting was great and the Spirit was so strong. There were 2 great talks about gratitude and being grateful for trials with some awesome personal stories to go along with the talks. Relief Society was nice and I got all caught up in my BOM reading during Sunday School. I just wrapped up 3 Nephi and am into Mormon. I love the BOM so much! After we got home from Church we watched the rest of the Cardinals game ... stupid Cardinals- grumble, grumble. Then Robert's family all came over to celebrate our niece's boyfriend D's birthday. Cande, my MIL, grilled some carne asada and we had a delicioso dinner. It was a lot of fun and it was nice to get to know D a little better. BTW, D is short for Demetrius. He seems really cool and fun to hang out with. I hope he comes around more often. It was nice to hang out with the family and just enjoy each other's company. It was the perfect ending to a perfect holiday weekend!






Welcome Christmas Season!

Saturday was another great addition to my holiday weekend. Baily and I woke up and got dressed and ready and got in some last minute visiting with my Abuelita & Fran (Alex had to go to work so we said our goodbyes earlier). After we got ready and packed up Gerald and Rachelle came and picked us up to take us home. We said our goodbyes and we were on our way. I was having really bad contractions on the way there that were very worrysome to me. We stopped in Payson and ate at Taco Bell and the contractions seemed to slow down after that. Maybe my son is just gonna be a big fan of Taco Bell. We finally made it home. Baily was so excited to see her daddy. She really missed him. Gerald and Rachelle had to run some errands so we just relaxed for a while. They came back and picked Robert, Baily and I up for some good holiday fun. We went and ate at Fazoli's which really hit the spot. After that we went to the Zoolights. It was a lot of funny. Baily really got into it this year. All she kept talking about was the "pitty, pitty (pretty, pretty) lights." She was perfectly content with her kettle corn and all the gorgeous lights to look at and Christmas music to listen to. And she had a blast going on the camel ride with her daddy. Robert said everytime the camel made a turn Baily would say really loud "whooooaaa." She's at the funnest age right now. It was so much fun and it really helped me get into the Christmas spirit. I'm so excited for this Christmas season. We came home and watched a little tv then it was time to hit the sack. Baily and I passed out pretty quick. Thanks Gerald and Rachelle for the good holiday times!


Quiet Family Time

Friday was nice and simple and relaxing. Unfortunately Robert had to work so he and Andre left early Friday morning. I was so bummed about that. Everything's so much better with him around. I guess someone has to pay the bills though! After the rest of us woke up we enjoyed a nice waffle breakfast that my Abuelita & Fran made. Baily and I got showered and cleaned up and we just chillaxed. Baily had fun playing with Uncle Alex and the rest of us just visited. Kenny and Tim left to go back home and then we just did more of visiting, eating yummy leftovers (homemade turkey sandwiches are just as good as the whole Thanksgiving feast itself) and napping. It was so nice and relaxing to just chill and have absolutely nothing that needed to be done. I really enjoyed having a lot of time to hang out with my brother Alex. I love that kid so much! He really does rock my socks off! Baily sure loves her Uncle Alex as well. We thought about going to the movie but decided not to. Instead Alex, Baily and I went to Safeway to get some Digiorno's and snacks and went and rented Ratatouille. We went back to my Abuelita's and ate and Gerald and Rachelle came by to hang out for a little while. Gerald and Rachelle took Baily to Wal-Mart to spoil her some more and they also got our new crib for Joaquin. I'm so grateful that they got that for us. After they all got back we watched Ratatouille. I was so tired though and didn't make it through all the way so me and Baily cut the movie a little short and went to bed. I really wished Robert would have been there but it was such a nice, relaxing day and what better to spend time relaxing than with my awesome family!?!