Elias' Pre-School Holiday Party

Today was Elias' last day of school and to celebrate he had a class Christmas party! The kids got to participate in a gift program where they gave presents to other children in need. I'm not sure Elias fully understood the exercise, but I think we'll start doing this as a tradition so he understands that there are plenty of less fortunate kids. I want him to understand just how blessed we are! Sorry to rant, but it's a topic that is important to me. Back to the party, the kids had pizza, exchanged books, cookies, and danced to Christmas music! Really was a fun way to end the year. School will be out until January 3rd, now we'll have to find fun things for him to do during Winter break :-) Here are some pictures from today's Christmas Party!

Elias loved helping daddy pick pumpkins and pull them in from the field!

Pumpkin Patch!

We drove to Wilcox, Az to Annie's Apple Orchard/ pumpkin patch on Sunday, October 14, 2012. The boys had a blast! Here's a shot from our hay ride.

This video makes me laugh! This is how we get down on Elmo Abc on the ipad! Elias has some moves!

We will miss you ClubMed Ixtapa!

We are still recovering from our amazing 7 day stay at ClubMed Pacific, Ixtapa, Mexico. The entire family had a wonderful time! The flight time from Tucson to Ixtapa, with a layover in Phoenix, was 4 hours total. Both boys did well, considering Elias was recovering from a cold and Cristian was just starting to battle one :-(

Elias and Cristian enjoyed playing in the sand, walking along the beach, hanging in the kiddie pool, drinking yummy strawberry, banana/pina colada smoothies, listening to live music on the deck, watching Iguanas roaming around the resort and much more.
Here are our pictures from our trip. We had such a blast and can't wait to plan our next family vacation!

Toddler Wrap Up

Last Thursday, 5/24/2012, marked the end of Elias' first school year and what better way to celebrate than with a Luau-themed party! Elias really enjoyed his first year at Castlehill and we've enjoyed watching him flourish. He adored his teacher Mrs. Ward and teacher's assistant Ms. Desi and I will forever remember the warmth and kindness they showed to Eli each day. Here are a few pictures from the party. Also, below are a few shots of the boys enjoying the giraffe pool this past weekend.

It's getting HOT here in Tucson! This weekend we experienced heat in the 90's and it's only going to get hotter :-/ We did something pretty fun this weekend, Elias had a cement sidewalk decorating gather at his school. He got to put his hand print in the cement, which I'm not exactly sure he liked, and decorate our family cement square. He got to hang out on a Sunday with all of his school friends and their families.
And, Cristian will be 11 months on 5/4. He has 4 teeth and is spouting 2 more!!! He's growing soooo fast.

Make-up Post (a little behind :-/ ) On 4/15/2012 Marlon [and our good friend Desi] completed his first Triathlon! The boys and I were there to cheer him on. He trained for nearly 3 weeks; we are so proud of his accomplishment. What an inspiring experience all around! We saw a 12 yo young lady competing and a 14 yo as well. Maybe one day the boys will join Marlon in a race :-)

Fun visit to So. Cal - We heart Terrenea Resort!

Here are our pictures to our recent trip to So Cal! The kids and I tagged along with Marlon on a business trip to this beautiful resort and we're glad we did. It was a little windy at times along the coast, but we all had such a great time! We got to spend some quality time together and with our family in So. Cal - The Jeffersons (Love you guys and can't wait to see you again!).

A few Random pictures of the boys from Dec to now.

Greetings!

Welcome to our new family Web Site! The old site will be taken down within the next month or so. We've only got one MacBook and I started all the initial design on iWeb. It's a pain to upload our latest photos, so I'm shutting it down! And, this way I don't have to pay for a domain. Win/Win.


Our boys are growing so fast! Elias is a little over 2 1/2 and Cristian is 9 months. We are really enjoying our boys. These days they LOVE playing together! Elias can't wait to get home from school to play with Cristian; they just smile when they see each other. :-) I'll enjoy that while it lasts.


Love and Miss you all!

xoxo
Naomi and the gang