I sent them to buy some eggs...

Andres singing to Stella, her first serenade ;)

Tis the Season

Today we went to the Boise Christmas Parade, it was freezing and raining but we had a blast.

Thanksgiving and more...

Jorge's friends Mauricio & Andres came to town for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. They are such nice guys and it was great to see them. We hosted Thanksgiving dinner this year, so I made my first real turkey which was an interesting challenge. I pretty much buy all our meat boneless and skinless so I kind of felt like Andrew Zimmerman, from the Travel Channel, who eats and cooks disgusting stuff all over the world. The final product was well worth it and it's tradition so why not. No in the picture below Stella is not wearing ear muffs that's her headband leaning a little to the side ;)

I love this little girl!

The Boise Temple is Open

Today we attended the re-dedication of the Boise Temple. It was great to be a part of the open house, last nights cultural celebration and today's services. The messages that were given were so inspiring and we are so glad that our temple will be open again. We have driven the four hour round trip to Twin Falls for over a year and are so glad that we will only have to drive 10 minutes to attend the temple. Yeah!!!!

Our cute little hogar

Photo Shoot

 We got a new camera so I decided to check it out with Stella as my muse. To the left is a kind of pin hole camera feature.









I love that this shot on the right looks like she is posing.

 This is scary Stella reaching out to grab you! (or the camera)

This one makes everything look mini. I had to include this because Stella is about to take that foot up to her mouth. She is a huge toe sucker and it makes me laugh every time I see her doing it. When I would put the camera up to take a picture she would take her foot down from her mouth... :)

The Swing

I can't say enough good things about swings, Stella loves it (I love it too)!

baby it's cold outside

My Sweet Husband

We were out late running errands this afternoon and by the time we got home Stella was tired and hungry. Jorge volunteered to make dinner so I showed him the recipe for White Bean Chili. Jorge started making dinner while I fed and changed Stella. 30 minutes later we met back up at the dinner table and I stared into my bowl of chili and noticed that there were cucumbers floating around. Being the inventive guy that he is he had cut up a cucumber in place of squash because he couldn't find any so therefore didn't think we had any squash. It still tasted delish and we both had a good laugh.

It's a slippery slope

I put Stella by the window to look outside, she loves to check out the trees and all the leaves are falling now so  it 's even more entertaining. I looked back at her after a few minutes and this is how she was positioned, I guess its time for the safety belt ;)

You know you're a mom when...

I love date night!  Sometimes I am so tired that I don't think I want to go but then we get out of the house and I always have fun. Tonight we went to see the Secret Life of Timothy Green. It was so cute!!!! On the way out of the theater I went to put my hand in my pocket, because it's freezing now in Boise, and discovered a lovely used breast pad, :). Oh the joys of motherhood....

Stella's Smile

Her smile melts my heart, how can you say no to something so sweet ;)

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my dads 69th birthday! This pic is from our family reunion this summer. This week we were talking on the phone while he was out of town with my mom. He told me that they had a small disagreement over her driving and then told me what he said to her after their warm discussion. His comment makes the top 5 sweetest things that I have ever heard him say, "I told your mom that if I had the chance to do it all over again (marry her) I would". I hope after 44 years of marriage that Jorge can say that about our marriage.  

Halloween

This photo is a classic so I had to post it, unfortunately it's not from last night. Jorge had to work so Stella and I went to a trunk or treat activity at our old ward and then handed out candy at the house. It was so fun to have trick or treaters. It was the first time in years, I love having a house!