Yesterday, we went as a family to Patapsco Valley State Park (the Avalon entrance). It has been awhile since our last trip out there. This area is within the southern end of Patapsco Valley State Park. The primary entrance is located off of South Street in Baltimore County. Three distinct...
This year Laura completes her last year of high school. We couldn’t let the occasion pass without a party!
Inside some malls are these adorable play areas for children, that Miranda has called the “Mall Park” A few days ago, Rubi had her first visit and then we went again fairly soon after that. She LOVED it! I thought she would be a bit timid, but she went at...
I am sometimes slow to download content from my phone to my computer, so recently, 2 months AFTER John was here, I downloaded and watched this video of Rubí on John’s lap. She was quite fascinated with his whiskers. (John was very much on vacation). Oh, Rubí, I like them...
It’s June 2nd, and we don’t even have the pool open yet. Not to mention we just went through a nasty heatwave. Our pool is surrounded by a LOT of trees which presents us with an issue the end of each spring, getting the fallen leaves off of the pool...
I had a ball at the reception getting to talk and be with friends and family and capturing some candid and posed shots of everyone. (Click on photo for larger image) Rubà was a bit of a show stealer. Mom joins the family table. Mom with Uncle Arthur Jim,...
Well I said I would blog in three segments about the wedding and have added a fourth, “the small details”. It occurred to me that I took some photos of some small details in the wedding worth noting. (Click on the image to open up a larger photo) The bridesmaid’s...
Well the night before the wedding and after some hard work and planning maneuvers by Miranda, she held a sweet bridesmaid party for Jenny. First the some food and sweets, then presents! Next came a game. Miquel had already answered 15 personal questions and Jenny had to answer...
Today we met for the rehearsal for the wedding. It was rather emotional seeing Miquel with all his friends (weren’t they all just at our house yesterday swimming, playing video games, and having band practice?) and now Miquel is getting married. It was interesting, Donna, one of the directors asked...
We are not short of events in this household this week. Today Rubí turned one years old and got a taste of her first cake! Miranda made her something not too sweet, not wanting to introduce sugars yet.
I can’t believe that sweet little bundle born a year ago is now walking and keeping our household well on its toes! I am so thankful to God for our little precious and that I get to be such a part of her life.
Most days Rubi joins John and I at least once during our chats. Today she was so cute “putting on her make up” on the webcam, I couldn’t resist a screen shot.
Mothers Day, Two Birthdays (mine and Rubi’s), upcoming wedding)…. This is and already has been a very busy week. Yesterday, besides celebrating Mother’s Day, we also started celebrating the two birthdays. This is the beginning and so much more to come this week!
This Easter, right after church and lunch Daddy and Silas were out of their best clothes and building something for Nana on the back deck. But I managed to get Rubà and her mommy in their Easter best before they changed, or something like that.
This time it took nearly two days of travel time for John to get home. When at last we could say hi on the webcam again, Silas was sure to climb up on my lap and immediately tell John, “I miss you, Mr. Dolphin” which I quickly captured the moment...
When Cameron comes over, it usually gets called a “cammy day” in our household. This particular Cammy day, it was nice enough out to go to the park. Since John and I could stroll Rubí Miranda opted to bike the boys to the park.
Ocean City 2011, that is. This being John’s third visit to Maryland, it seemed way overdue to take him to Ocean City.
Unfortunately the trees in our yard (and there are many) are not in good health. Thanks to severe thunderstorms and harsh snow storms, branches easily get knocked down into our yard a lot. This day, John decided to teach Silas he could help out Daddy and collect sticks for the...
Miranda chose to celebrate her birthday at Laura’s workplace, the Texas Roadhouse.
Even though the forecast was for showers, we went to the National Zoo in Washington DC. Before we left though, John and Rubi have fun on the comfy chair.
John arrived late last night, or even could call it early this morning. With two days travel and only a few hours night sleep, his day began with breakfast and…SILAS! Silas was surprised to see his internet web cam buddy that he has tea with each morning in our living...
Sitting in a box is great fun. Kids love boxes! But Mommy showing Silas how it can be a turtle’s home is also fun!
Rubi has actually been taking steps for a little while now. These occurrences are random, and we never know when they’re coming. Often I think they happen without her realizing it. Today, though, it seemed like she was actually TRYING to walk.
SOMEONE gave the two little ones, Silas and Rubi bells to ring… 🙂 (Taken with my cell phone)
It’s fun to get the kids to myself, one at a time like this meant I got to enjoy Rubi one afternoon while daddy was playing his game.
We went to Target some time ago, and I picked up these bunny ears, thinking they would be cute for Rubi. But it was Silas who truly wanted them! So we came home with bunny ears. 🙂
So Miranda loves to be comfortable. Which is just another marvelous way she fits well into the Lopez family. She had at one time what she felt was the most comfortable pajama bottoms ever made. Alas, they were wearing out, even the patches she put on them were wearing out....
We, along with Silas, were invited to Cameron’s 4th birthday celebration at Chuck E Cheeses. When I told John what we were doing, he said that was an awful name to give a place to eat for children. To an Australian, the name Chuck E Cheeses sounds awfully strange. So,...
We had a rain shower this afternoon. Ferocious winds, and some thunder. What to do with the kids?
These children are growing up so quickly! I think Rubi is now at that stage that every day there seems to be something new for her to learn! In today’s photoshoot I saw so much of her Mama in her.
Today on a rainy day, I got the chance to babysit Silas and Rubi. They were good as gold. Silas got to watch Toy Story 3 after lunch while Rubi practiced waving. I took photos and wondered which to post, then I decided to make a slide show and post...
Christmas morning I was so fatigued from all the preparations made weeks beforehand and our late night on Christmas Eve, that I wondered how I was going to manage this day, and no matter how hard I tried, I was STILL in my pajamas when people started to arrive! At...
Today, Rubi is 7 months old! She is starting to crawl, she loves attention, and she is a happy little baby! We are all looking forward to her first Christmas!
This year for Thanksgiving, ALL of the family was together except Miquel who had to work and Jenny who stayed home. But unlike last year Miranda and Silas were away, as a family, we were all together for at least part of the day. We had a great time, and...
Yesterday we celebrated Laura’s birthday. Heather and Chris arrived first. Then, Miquel and Enric get this wild idea. Since technically the addition hasn’t yet been approved for living in, and things have been left undone and could be for awhile, why not get the ping pong table from the barn...
Tennis Lesson for Silas Last night, Miquel took Silas and I to Holabird Sports. The main purpose was to find Silas a tennis racket. We didn’t get home till dark, so today we woke up to sunshine and off we went to Silas’s first tennis lesson.
