Brotherly love...or something like that

They're starting at a very young age..."you bite me, I bite you". Brothers, gotta love 'em.

First Kiss

This morning the sweetest thing happened...Jacob gave me a spontaneous kiss for the first time. Complete with "kiss sound" and everything. I've receive several kisses from him when I've asked for them, but never just out of the clear blue. I thought I'd experienced all the "first kiss flutters" I'd ever have...a little different but just as real feelings this time. ;) A boy sure knows how to make his Mom's heart go pitter patter.

"Ciao Down"

Our family has started an online recipe book..."Ciao Down". These are all recipes we've made and love. There will be an eceletic mix of recipes as we live in different regions of the States and have different tastes. There will also be some international recipes we've acquired through the years from extended family and friends living around the world. Come on in and enjoy!

My In-Laws...(yes, I do love them)

Hey...I found my in-laws on someone elses webpage!! Or maybe it's David and I in reverse rolls? (He really does know Spanish and I really did take one semester in high school...all that I remember is summed up in this "Spanish Love Song".)

David Sr...am I going to get any comments from you?
much love from your favorite Texas Daughter-In-Law

Me llama Kristen.
Mi esposo se llama David.
El hijo de nuestros se llama Jacob.
El fin.

Cousin love

These are a few pictures I snapped the other day. Jacob just loves his baby cousins. They even rank above Nana and Papa...for about 3 seconds. He spontaneously gives them kisses..he doesn't even do that to his Mom!

How Texan Am I?

You Are 84% Texas

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit! You're pretty darn Texan.

How Texas Are You?

Y'all come on down...not only am I from Texas, I'm from East Texas. Hence the "delightful" accent. If you're fixin' to come visit let me know and I'll have you some Dr. Pepper sweetened with cane sugar (not artificial stuff) to drink as we walk through the State Fair in Dallas.

Aunt Susan - I'll try to find the kindness in my heart to even let you come visit and show you some of the finer things in life. Who knows, you may decide you want to move here some day after a great revelation and have one of those bumper stickers that says "I wasn't born in TX but I got there as quick as I could". Yes, folks, those really do exist in abundance here.

Trace & Trevin Homecoming

Brad, Lesha, and babies got to come home Saturday. Of course Aunt Kristen was on hand to take a few pictures. Lesha will probably post more later today but I wanted to get a few up for those of you who are "dying" to see them. ;) Please feel free to leave comments on Brad & Lesha's blog.



(double click on "Trace & Trevin" on bottom left of slide show to view the pictures in their Picassa web album)

THEY'RE HERE!!

Trace Morgan 19" 5 lb 7 oz born at 10:48 PM
Trevin Slade 19 1/4" 5 lb 5 oz born at 10:55 PM

Yep, they're the cutest set of twins I've ever seen!
Lesha, Brad, and babies are doing great.


(more pictures and info. to come when I'm on a computer that works MUCH faster than the one I'm on now!)

Happy Birthday Caroline & Kayleen

Another great weekend with Alison and family...celebrating birthdays is fun. All the kids had a great time...in spite of a very "lopsided" tug-of-war...7 girls against 2 boys. Wonder who one that one? ;) A water balloon fight and bobbing for apples also created quite a buzz. The party ended with a hay ride and all the kids thought they were quite cool. enjoy the pics

Fun with Cousins

We spent this past weekend with Alison and her girls. Jacob had a great time with Caroline (5), Kayleen (4), and Allie (18 mo). Much noise was made by all 4 kids and my ears were ready for some quiet time when I left! We had a great time and will be ready to go back next weekend for the birthday party. Thanks Alison!

After all that girl stuff and pink we had to have some boy time at Uncle Brad's - love those 4 wheelers!

Attempt at Family Picutres

Being the good Wife/Mom I try to be, I decided it was time to get some family pictures taken. The boys, however, didn't think it was such a great idea. David humored me by going along with the plan (after much grumbling). Jacob, however, was a different story. He was not interested. He had places to go and things to do!

First Boat Ride

Jacob got to go on his first boat ride this weekend. He thought it was great. Of course he wanted to be "driving" the boat most of the time. Papa was happy to oblige him.

Trip to Florida

Jacob and I made a flying surprise trip to Florida this past weekend...Happy Birthday Mimi! It was a very fast and furious weekend but we had a great time. Daniel, Cindy, and the kids came down to meet us there too. Jacob and Noah had a wonderful time together. Jacob was Noah's little shadow...everywhere Noah went Jacob was right behind him. We all got to the house abut 2:00 AM...the adults were tried and ready to go to bed but Jacob and Noah had other plans. They played and ate blueberries (Jacob's favorite food) until 3:30. Great Grandpa and Grandma came over Saturday morning for breakfast and were very surprised to see all of us. Saturday was full of mostly just playing at the house then on to G'pa and G'ma's for some GREAT Cuban food. You always leave their house about 10 pounds heaver than when you went. Sunday was meeting in the morning, a trip to an Urgent Care facility - Jacob is allergic to Penicillin we found out - then a trip down to our house in St. Augustine. It kind of made me want to move back...just wish we could pick up the house and move it here to Texas...sounds good to me! (For any of you in FL, NO we don't have plans to come back!) But we really need to sell that house...anyone have friends that want to move to Saint Augustine?? It's beautiful there! Monday Jacob got his first haircut. It was a little traumatic at first then it wasn't so bad. Grandpa did a good job. Where did my baby go?? He left and a cute little boy took his place. Off to Great G'pa and G'ma's to say "see ya later" then back to the airport. Our trip went by way to fast...but they say time flies when you're having fun so we must have had a ball.

The Weekend

We spent this past weekend at my parent's house. Jacob got a new wagon, which he loved, and the rest of us enjoyed our time in the pool. It was scorching hot outside so the water felt great.

Wild Hog sitting

Brad is "wild hog sitting" for some of our friends here. We joined him at feeding time yesterday and Jacob thought it was pretty cool getting to play in their food.

(Note to Mimi & Abuela Torres: the hogs stayed far, far away and the food was just dry corn.)