Noah

"Okay Mama I just have one more question....."

The Sweet Children

Just when you think Noah and Abby are enemies.....I overhear Noah say, "Abby do you want to sing 'Come Thou Fount' with me?" I take a peak into the living room and see Noah and Abby at the piano bench, Noah "playing" the piano and singing with Abby his favorite hymn, 'Come Thou Fount'.

Abby's vocabulary

Something very unfortunate has occurred! Abby's vocabulary has dwindled down to one word, "No". An innocent bystander may ask, "How are you Abby?", and the only thing she utters in response is, "No....(smile)."

Noah & Jacob

These are a couple Noahisms:

"Daddy I have my bouncy ball in my shoe and my foot!". (Mama then asks, "How does your foot fit in your shoe with your bouncy ball?") Noah says, "I have no idea."

"Daddy, Daddy I see the moon, I see the moon! I want to go to the moon! But we need a rocket to go to the moon! Right Daddy?!?"

These are Jacob- Did you know?.....

"Hey Nana did you know that I got to see the second law of thermodynamics in real life. Because when the van stopped working the transmission was gone, and my daddy has to pay $xxxx because of the transmission and the oil and other stuff."

Houston

We spent a wonderful weekend, albeit short, with the Marques family. The children very happily jumped to their hearts content on the trampoline. We surprised Margaret (a.k.a. Nani) with Sophie. Had dinner with many friends, new and old. We also had a blessed time singing to our Lord.
Thank you Margaret, Richard, Elena, Micaela and Carolina for your hospitality.

April Pictures

In April Margaret and the girls came down to visit while Tita was here.

We spent most of the time at Tita's new house: here are some pictures we took that day.

Mia...well, I think it was close to snack time...
This is what happens when Mica is alone with the girls in the back seat...

My ferocious Noah

Goofy Mia with a cookie

Nicole and Mia may look alike, but Nicole does not look goofy in this picture

Abby making a funny face!

Abby with her Mica

Sweet Sophie

To Houston and Back

This past weekend Nicole and I (and our combined 6 children) traveled to Houston. We packed in to our van, the girls were in the far back: Mia, Abby, and Sophie; the boys in the middle row: Jacob, Joshua, and Noah. The trip to Houston from Austin was filled with anticipation and excitement. We celebrated the soon-to-be arrival of baby boy Webb, we went folk dancing with the Pedersons (well the Pedersons did the folk dancing), and went to church at Grace (heard a great sermon, thank you Pastor Paul). The trip back...was not the same. There was more pinching, touching, taking, telling and crying. We arrived safely and as always can't wait until we can be with the Webbs again!