Friday family night

We love it when it's Friday since we don't have to rush with homework, dinner, and normal weekday routine. Wally is leaving tomorrow Saturday to Louisiana and we are not sure when he will be able to come back, since he is carpooling with his friend and co-worker Troy. So tonight was pizza and movie and game night! We love all of the above. We wanted to spend time as a family as much as we could and to enjoy.

 We enjoy a Papa John's...

 Playing "Headbandz".... guess what cartoon character I am...?

Getting tired towards the end of the movie...

Own bank account

We have been teaching the kids about saving and Wally explained to them about saving the money in the bank. They have been excited about opening their own account and when Wally got back from San Antonio, they reminded him that we needed to do that. So we went with their envelopes and opened their accounts!

 

 

p.s. Noah's face is not the best, but there was no other picture.

A Sunday morning

This is Sunday morning... Wally was done with the San Antonio job and is here for a whole week before he has to go to Louisiana.

p.s. and if you are wondering what happened to my hair... I tried curling it!

First Pinewood Derby Race!

This was Wally's last day at his San Antonio, TX job. We had been praying that he came back on time to go with us to Weston's 1st Pinewood Derby Race with the cub scouts. That previous weekend he had worked with Weston at Wally's friend's house doing Weston's car. Also, we worked some at home (no pics).So when he came that Friday afternoon, he finished with Noah his car. He had a predesigned spiderman model.

 

Weston had decided to build from scratch a copy of a Hot Wheels car.

Here is Weston's car (the silver one by spiderman) and Noah's is spiderman.

 

Weston is watching his car come!

Noah is excited for his car. He is not in cub scouts, but they gave the siblings a chance after the official race.

 

Weston and Noah both won some races.

"Love is kind..."

 

 

I want to capture "kind" moments, and this is one where, a normal Monday evening, Weston was teaching his little brother how to use the "ball shooter"... It feels good when they are playing nice together and helping each other out.

Hail to begin the new year!

So, Noah and I were at home when we heard some noise on the roof....We looked out the window to our backyard and we saw hail! Those balls were about an inch big! They were the biggest I have ever seen. We put some in a cup and saved them in the freezer for Weston to see. It lasted for only a few minutes, but it happened!

 

 

New Year's Day!

For New Year's Day, Wally was back in San Antonio, TX working at the Randolph Air Force Base. He was missing us a lot and asked if I could rent a car and come with the kids to see him. So the next day, we went and rented a small car and drove there! We got to his hotel and waited till he got off from work. His roommate was nice enough to go sleep with one of the other guys so we could have their room with the 2 beds. That night, we went out to a Mexican restaurant where they all were eating.

The next day, Wally went to work, and the kids and I got breakfast there, then got ready and went out to the town... we did a little shopping, got a late lunch and came back to relax at the hotel. When Wally came back, we went to eat at Denny's, upon the kids request.

On Friday, we woke up, had the free breakfast and got ready to check out. Wally was sweet enough to come at his lunch time and help us get the suitcases in the car. We were going to move to a hotel in downtown San Antonio. He was going to drive there after work. So we went to a nice hotel we had been before. Kids and I had lunch there and waited for Wally in the comfy beds (too cold for pool).

At night, we went out to a 3D Cirque du Soleil show at the theater, and then walk in the rain. It was a good family night!

 

The next morning we had the most wonderful breakfast!

Then we went to do the famous walk around the Riverwalk, ate ice cream cones, visited the Alamo, watched a live presentation (shooting), and enjoyed!

Watched live music...

 Bought a little souvenir...

What a fun treat to start the New Year!!