Merry Christmas!

We would like to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. Don't forget that Jesus is the reason for the season so lets celebrate His great gift to us this year.

Mckenzie's Birthday Party

Mckenzie had a great birthday party back on September 26. She was able to invite several friends and cousins to her party this year and Kandi made her a special Zuzu hamster cake. God truly blessed us as a family when he brought Mckenzie to us 7 years ago.

Mckenzie got to have 2 birthday parties, one in Missouri and one in Kansas. She was very excited to have a special cake and to celebrate with her cousins, aunts, uncles and grandma.

A Little Fall Fun in the States!

The girls loved to play in the fall leaves before we left to head back to Mexico. That is one of those things that they miss since we really don't really have a fall or fall leaves.

Back in Mexico

Once we got back to Mexico we found some pretty cold weather. It has been in the upper 30's. That may not sound cold to most of you but without heat and or insulation in the walls it is pretty cold.

A Winter Adventure

in Guadalajara, Mexico

About a week ago we got to go and enjoy a little winter adventure at our local mall. They went all out and really made it feel like winter. The girls had fun just being kids.

During our winter adventure the girls got to go sledding. Even in mid 50's all you need is a little blown snow, a wooden ramp and a couple of inner tubes and you have a snow sledding race. Now that was fun wasn't girls!

During our winter adventure we got to make a snowman. Who would have thought a snowman in Guadalajara, Mexico!

We even made a gingerbread house.

Kaitlyn`s Birthday Party

Kaitlyn had a great time at her birthday party. We went out for pizza, games and yes Kandi made another one of her fantastic cakes. Katilyn decided she was getting to grown up for a theme cake so they went simpler on the outside but the inside was over the top. Kaitlyn is very excited about being in the double digits (10). However mom and dad are not so excited about a daughter in the double digits, but we are thankful that God has blessed us with her for the last 10 years.

Mckenzie lost her first tooth!

Matt and I went hiking one day. It was a lot of fun! We got rained on though!

Matt had the great privilege of baptizing Kaitlyn. What a special day!

Cousins having fun!

Fun at the lake!!!

Fun in the sun!

We took a family trip to Disney World! We had a blast!

Disney World here we come!!!

Mckenzie caught her first fish in Grandpa's pond. Her Uncle Shannon mounted the fish for her. She is very proud of it!

We have had a great summer while on stateside! We have done a lot of things! We have had a lot of fun times with family and friends. We also have had some great one on one times with the girls.

It has become a tradition now to make a gingerbread house every year at Christmas. We had a great time doing it. The girls did a great job!

As a family, we all made cookies and goodies to take around to various people for Christmas. We had a great time together making everything. The girls were troopers as we made about 140 cookies.

Kaitlyn turned 9 in December. She had a fun birthday party. We had it at our house and rented an inflatable bounce house. This is very popular here and is also pretty inexpensive. Kaitlyn wanted a Barbie cake so I attempted to make one for the first time. She was very happy with it. Of course we had to have a piñata. It was a big hit.

Kaitlyn and her music class at church had a concert before Christmas. Kaitlyn played her recorder and also sang some songs. They have all really improved since they first started the class.

One sunny day, Kaitlyn and Mckenzie had fun in the backyard drawing themselves with chalk.