Three Kids

Pretty soon I'll be trying to pose 4 kids... so here's to only posing 3 for now! The more the cuter though, right?

Vincent the Tortilla Maker

Our homeschool group co-op had Spanish classes this semester. One of the activities was teaching kids how to roll out and cook flour tortillas. Vincent loves to cook so soon after, we made some tortilla dough and rolled it out. They ended up very tasty!

Zachary's First Holy Communion

Zack made his first holy communion May 9 on Mother's Day at St. Michael's Parish. It was so much fun because he was so excited about it and looked forward to it for days. Here are the photos from the day:

Zack posing in the courtyard before the ceremony.

He's all smiles!

The group photo after the great event.

There's Zack processing out after Mass.

Zack and Gramma at our house.

Zack, Gramma, Gramps, and Uncle Ray.

Zack, Gramma, Gramps, Uncle Ray and Vincent.

Zack, Gramma, Gramps, Uncle Ray, Vincent, and me.

Zack and his cake.

18 month old Francesca

She's 1 1/2! I can't resist posting more of the words she says and things she does. She's really growing fast! Here's some more words... its easier for me to type them down than write them in the baby book.

chicken

poo poos

tootsies

kiss

amen

Jesus

cheese

bless you

get down

she also sings:

"may God make you holy"

"twinkle little star"

the song from her bouncer

she also:

says bless you when daddy coughs

kisses Jesus when she sees a picture or statue (something we learned to teach her from her God-family)

likes wagon rides

likes her play house in the back yard

goes to bed in her crib at night without crying! yeah!

she has just enough hair for pig tails now

The things she says...

Here I will attempt to record the words and cute little things Francesca says and does up till now.

Words:
Dada
Mama
ZACK
something like Vincent
baby
ba ba (ball)
kitty
doggie
this
all done
thanks
bubble
boo
boop (book)
bop (cup)

Songs she sings or hums:
Happy Birthday
Ba Ba Black Sheep
The Super Mario Bros. theme song
The Alphabet song

Cute things she does:
blows kisses
pats me on my back
loves animals

rocks her baby dolls and calls them mama

loves to give good night kisses to her brothers

holds chickens

sings a lot

likes to sit in a big bean bag

feeds people

feeds Buddy one morsel at a time

likes a sip of wine

wants whatever dad is drinking or eating (hence, the wine)

I know I'm forgetting something from each of the categories!

My precious pumpkin!

A Parade and Snow

We had a busy weekend! Saturday we headed to Ripon for the Almond Blossom Festival Parade to support Father Peter of St. Patrick's parish. We walked along the impressive float with a model of the mission style church. The altar servers with Father Peter were in the front, dressed in their outfits, carrying beautiful crucifixes, lanterns, and incense. That part was a sight to see! Later that night the boys had a sleepover at Gramma's and Fresca, Jason and I went to a bon voyage party.

Christmas Photos

Ho Ho Ho!

What a gentle sweet Santa, don't you think?

Finally I'm posting our Christmas photos... there's not much. With baby number 4 on the way, I haven't been up to doing any more than I HAVE to do lately!

Modeling some weird stocking stuffers from Old St. Nick.

Here are some pre-Christmas photos of decorating the tree...

... and making Grandparent gifts.

A Unique Gift

For Christmas my sister got me this cute scrabble necklace! She always picks the perfect presents! Thanks Kathy!

You can find more pendants from the etsy site: www.scrabblesrus.etsy.com . If you've never checked out etsy before... you should!

Merry Christmas!

Thank you Jesus for being born in this world and saving us now and forever!