Thursday, September 6, 2012

1st Week of Kindergarten and 1st Grade!!!

WOW, I can't believe we're here! 
So proud of these two kids. I love their genuine personalities. 
Watching them grow has been exhausting, adventurous and undoubtedly
the best time of my life. 
Can't wait to see what's next in their world.

Every morning I took their pics with my phone. Here are a few of my favorites.

 
 1st day of school.

 Elijah's Favorite's
Food: PBJ
Dessert: Gelato Chocolate Ice Cream
Color: Blue
 Job: Pilot
Sport: Football
Subject: Math
Life Theme: Airplanes

Naomi's Favorites
Food: Hot Dogs
Dessert: Gelato Chocolate Ice Cream
Color: Pink
 Job: Doctor
Sport: English Riding
Subject: Reading
Life Theme: Princess Ballerinas


2nd day of school. 


They hand picked these L.L. Bean backpacks.
Which Naomi still calls "pack packs"(Dora the Explorer phonics fail)

3rd day of school.
Elijah has a new hair cut and Naomi is rocking the pony tails!

4th day of school. 
Naomi comes home with homework which she 
LOVES and gets started right away. 
Elijah comes home and makes himself a PBJ after which,
 he picks a library book to read to his little brothers.

5th day of school. A fantastic 1st week ends but,
 what a great start to the beginning of their school career.

 Naomi's new favorite bow clip. (yes I made it =) hehehe!)
 Catching the bus.

Elijah and Naomi ride the bus to and from school. There has been some drama with seating arrangements according to Naomi. But, I found out that Naomi has friends in her class on the bus so hopefully there will be no more drama. All in all the first week of school was great for both children and they exceeded expectations. I love them so much and am grateful for every moment I am able to help them fulfill their potential. I realize that soon they won't let me have any part and I am just grateful for their health, intelligence, inner strength and character. 

Friday, August 10, 2012

The Beach!!!













The Water Park w/Friends




The Circus!
















Memories money can't buy.....Fresno, CA Summer 2012


So many wonderful moments happened summer 2012 that are now a cherished memory.
Here's is a collection of memories that I managed to catch in a photo.

Levi sitting on the nook of Grandpa Dave's legs.

Elijah getting excited over discovering my old fita bow.

Living in Houston now for 7 years I come home to find I am delightfully amused with the bike lane. You see these everywhere here. They are a rare sight in Houston plus riding a bike in the metro area is dangerous.

Wish they sold this brand in Texas. There simply is no better dry salami anywhere else. 

We made a traditional "Chicken Pie Shop" lunch break on Aunt B's Birthday!!!

Had a marvelous  day in the Tower Distric!

Naomi, Eli and Jojo contemplating this piece at Arte Americas had me tearing up! 
I love that they loved the museum. 

My Birthday Crew!

Naomi's face! Oh how I love the Hungry Bear cookie shop!

One of my BFF's of all time!

A fabulous day in AZ with our family friends!


The kids went to their first Musical. They saw Sleeping Beauty at the Memorial Theater!


Twins on Mother/Daughter day! On our way to go see "Sound of Music"!!!