Birthdays, cereal, and cute kids

[ For some strange reason, this scheduled post, did not get posted. Oh well, here it is]
This is really a "part two" of my previous post .
So, earlier this month our church had it fall FIC Conference, which was held all the way up in Conroe.

This was a short stretch to drive, for all the people who live in Conroe, but not so much for all of us Spring folks. Now, it was convenient for us, cause it gave us an excuse to stay with our dear friends the Hoods, in their new house!

Which is quite lovely!

Mia and Mia, or " the Mia's"!

Nate, being a little man!

So, after the conference, we had a "surprise" party for my Dad! I say "surprise", because we had several leaks-- particularly little kids and emails-- but in the end it was all good!

You may be wondering what's the deal with the cereal, well, it Dad's idea. He had mentioned a while back that it would be a neat idea, for a party, to have everyone bring their own cereal. And that's exactly what we did! Everyone enjoyed everyone else's cereal, and we supplied the milk.
It was a hit!

Eva! Look at little yummy arms and hands!
I just had to add her in.

Sophia, showing us her acrobatic moves.

"Looking out to sea!"
or
"Watching the approaching danger!"
or, just daydreaming at the same time. :)

A sweet friend in Austin, had a surprise party that we had to go to, a couple Saturdays ago.

Dominic's birthday weekend

Life can be pretty busy at times...

 That is my feeble explanation for taking so long to blog about our weekend in Austin.

I know, I know... I'm late.

We spent a long weekend at the Webb home. It was filled with visits with grandma, vegan brownies, naps, cake, slip-n-slide fun, a puppet show, and a graduation of an old friend.

Mia and her monkey

One of thirty photos in a weak attempt to get a normal group shot.

Sophia and Mia after their puppet show

Us with my dear friend Rose, after her graduation

Mia

Emily

Water fun!

Everyone enjoyed my dad doing the slide

Tita with Rebecca

Beautiful Nicole with the birthday boy

Enjoying a drink

My mom and Sophia

Bubble trouble

The Marques ladies

The Marques daughters plus a granddaughter

Us with our dear friend

Aunt Amparo with Rebecca

Dom's favorite present: a motorcycle like his daddy's!

Bye bye For The Weekend

Don't mind the 1 finger, he hasn't gotten used to holding 2 up yet :).

This weekend we will be heading to Austin for Dominic's 2nd birthday party. He turned two yesterday and being us, we just have to celebrate :). Food, conversation, and a pinata are on the agenda.

Around this season of life, Nicole has these spurts of crazy energy to do big projects (clean out the garage, for example). And that spurt came pretty recently and so we will also be doing some cleaning in the garage this weekend. I hope we accomplish much.

Be looking for pictures sometime next week.

In Christ,

~Micaela

Dear Mommy

Dear Mommy,

Here are pictures from yesterday's ride home.

We talked, sang songs, and stopped at Nani's favorite store before leaving town; we also contemplated a pit stop at Krispy Kreme's but decided against it considering the vast amount of sugar and the close confines of the car.

Everyone except Elena, Carolina, and Dad slept right up until Brenham (how convenient), and we did stop for a diaper change and ice cream; you will be please to know that Dom only had six licks (chocolate, pistachio almond, cinnamon, and white chocolate almond--to all of which he said, "YUM!")

We also stopped at the Naquin's to drop off the donuts for Emily (which arrived completely intact and orderly!); Dom played with Robbie and pointed to the imaginary motorcycle in their backyard, we gave him half a nectarine to bring him back to reality.

Sophie and Mia really enjoyed playing with Jimmy and his horses.

Once we got home we unpacked, had some eggroll in a bowl, and were promptly thrown into bed. Dom had his usual 6am wake up but Nani and Grandpa didn't mind, Grandpa even stayed home later than usual this morning, just in time for some almond pancakes and eggs!

Well, we're hoping to post more pictures and some video in the next few days so keep checking back!

We love you very dearly.

Love,

Elena (for Sophie, Mia, and a wiggly Dom)

The back seat after ice cream

Before the ice cream

Dom before the ice cream

Dominic's Song....

Here is a video of Dominic playing a part in " his song", well, it's hardly a song, it's more like...you better just see it.
Enjoy (we sure did)! :)

Happy 1st birthday, Dominic!

Today is Dominic's first birthday. It hardly seems that one year ago today we first held this little boy. He has brought so much joy into our lives; his sweet smile, loud laugh, chubby hands, and beautiful blue eyes. We thank God everyday for ordaining that this little man be a part of our family and our lives.

We pray that God would be gracious to him, to call him unto Himself. That he would one day repent and believe. That he would be a mighty man of God, one who speaks boldly for Christ, who is an ambassador for the one true God, who loves God with all his being, who rejoices at the truth, and who will be a leader in his home.

We love you, Dominic!

In Christ,

~Micaela

The Munchkins

Play'in the Rain

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