Thursday, April 24, 2008

Park Visit & Visiting Family

A few Friday's ago Ben and I took Rachel to "Lala & Papa's Park" to eat a picnic lunch and feed the ducks... here are the pics.




(A cool front had just blown in that day, so it was quite windy and BEAUTIFUL!)


A few Sunday's ago, Rachel and I left the apartment to give Daddy some QUIET study time. It was a GORGEOUS day so we headed over to my Aunt Paz's house to visit with her. She is always so hospitable and makes us feel so loved. She pulled out a cute tea set for Rachel so that we could have a "tea party" (with apple juice of course). She also cut up some fresh fruit salad for us to snack on while she made chicken fajitas on the grill. Desiree and her kids came by and so did Jessica who brought little Daisy too. The time we spent at her house flew by and before you knew it, it was an hour past Rachel's nap time. We had to leave, much to her dismay, and she cried the whole way home! I put her down to nap as soon as we got home and rested some too. An hour and a half later, we were up and ready to go visit Aunt Yvonne for dinner.

Yvonne has her family over every Sunday, so we were delighted to see all of them as well. Rachel got to play with Aubrey and Amaya. She had a blast. I had a great time catching up with all of my cousins. It was so nice to see so many family members in one day.

Needless to say, we were very tired and slept a good night's sleep. ;)

Tia Paz and Rachel sipping their "tea".

Danielle, Rachel & Julia playing barbies and store.
Rachel and Aubrey playing with Polly Pockets.

Amaya smiling for the camera.

Aubrey, Cousin Paul, and Rachel throwing water balloons.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Ramblings for April

Rachel went to our room and found a thick manual for Photoshop and brought it to the couch to "read the bible." She thinks that any thick book is the bible, it's kind of funny! ;)


Last Monday, Kelly and Tara were able to come over again and have dinner with Rachel and I (Ben stays late that night for school.) After dinner, she watch t.v. so the girls and I could talk and clean up. When we were done, we sat down with Rachel and of course she figured that meant we were going to play Barbies. Everyone has their own Barbie now so she was handing them out to the appropriate person. We were laughing because Tara's Barbie has a "friend" that's a boy and we were naming them, so I told her he should be Eric. The reason for that name is because Tara is married to Eric, so she must have her Barbie be "friends" with Eric. ;) It was funny to Tara... here's a pic of her holding "Tara and Eric". :)

After we picked up the toys and were getting ready to put Rachel to sleep, she walked over to Kelly's shoes and put them on. She was so excited because they actually had a little heel (if you know me, I DON'T DO HEELS!!!). :) Here she is showing off her heels. :)

Old Friends... good times...

The Thursday before last, Rachel and I got to hang out with some of my very dear friends (I've known 3 of them since middle school). It was nice to get together with the girls and just catch up on everyone's life and just talk!! Rachel went with me so that Ben could finish up all the stuff he's got going right now, but SHE DID AWESOME!!! She kept saying that she has 5 friends now! ;)
She loves being with the girls, as do I. :)

Erin and I


Jen, Kelly
Tara and Erin
All of these girls went to Marshall HS, and then onto UTSA.
That's where I met up with them again! :)



Silly Rachel and Kelly