Come visit!

For those of you in the cold north east - I hear on the radio about the cool temperatures you're having. It's cool here too - only 70 degrees. Come visit San Diego! My children were in shorts and short sleeved shirts in school today!

Family Photo Shoot

My friend Kristen took some pictures of our family in November, and I'm finally trying to go through them and decide which ones I want to print ... there's a lot more, but I won't bore you with more ... here's my crazy family!

Marisa kept begging to do silly ones ...

... and more silly ones ...

That's my family! Sometimes I still can't believe that I'm really married and have children. I had cried and begged God for a husband for so long, and now I have one and 2 children! God is good. Thanks Kristen for the pictures! I like them more every time I look at them!

Good bye Christmas, Hello 2010!

Good bye Christmas tree! One last hug from Lucas this morning before it left the house and went outside to be ...

chopped up!!

We had a great first day of 2010. The day started with chocolate chip pancakes, and bacon. (There's always next year to eat fruit ...) I asked each member of the family what they wanted God to help them improve on this coming year. It warmed my heart to hear their responses. Marisa said right away that she wanted to obey the first time I asked her to do something. (Now if only I had enough faith to believe that could actually happen!) Lucas said he wanted to learn more about God and also love and obey the Lord our Father. I said I wanted to be more patient and kind and not get angry with them so much. Lucas nodding his head said "Yes, mommy, that's a good one." Thanks Lucas. You were supposed to say, "Oh no mommy, you don't have a problem with that!"

Victor slaved in the kitchen all day and produced a very tasty Puerto Rican meal. Very yummy. I look forward to this meal all year long! Sorry, I don't know the English names for the dishes, but we ate pernil, arroz y gandules, and mofongo and for dessert Tembleque. Doesn't that sound great? :-) The best part was the company we were able to share it with. My prayer partner Monica, and John and Jessie Robertus. Again, I forgot to take pictures.