The Garcia Family

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Just-A-Swingin'

We are lovin' the April spring weather!

Fresh air, cool breezes, warm sun, there's nothin' quite like it!
I imagine the weather in Heaven to be something like it!

Joel gets a kick out of pushing him way high in the sky and then just letting him go and swinging all the way down!

Owen has finally gotten the hang of his 'horsey swing', he gets going so high that I think we're gonna have to break down and stake down the set!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Valentine, Birthday, Bathtime and Bedtime

It was double the love this year with both boys!

Owen really enjoyed boppin' Joel in the head with his balloon, while Joel laughed each time!

We found peices of black monkey hair all around the house, including Joel's mouth, not good!

Mel turned 29 this past weekend

Finally, just one more year and he'll be joining me in the glorious 30's!

Sooo much easier making one bath for both boys...

There's been lots of splashin' going on at the Garcia home!

'Momma, me and Joel's jama's match, take our picture!'

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Happy New Year!

JUST TOO CUTE TO NOT SHARE...ENJOY!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

This year, since Owen has moved up from being in the Nursery to the 3-5 year old Sunday School Class, it was his very first time being in a Christmas Program...I think I was the most thrilled about it!

This is Owen telling us all what he wanted for Christmas, still haven't a clue what it was, don't really even think it exists!

Christmas Morning

Owen showing Joel the ornament he made.

Owen's first kitchen - couldn't wait to get cookin - just didn't know it would be three hours later that daddy would have it all put together for him!

Complete with all the fixin's!

Joel's crawl ball...we hoped this would inspire him to get crawlin!

Joel's first sippy cup - first of many, I'm sure.

Joel's first tool set, he couldn't wait to open it...with his teeth!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

HALLELUJAH NIGHT 2009

There once was a pirate and a tiger...

We let Owen choose this year what he'd like to dress-up as,
he made a very handsome pirate!

Joel was a cutey-pa-tootey tiger, he didn't make it out that night because of the cold weather, but non-the-less, we dressed him and took some pictures!

Friday, August 14, 2009

Family Vacation, Lake Conroe

We recently got back from our 'annual family vacation'.

We stayed in a 4 bedroom lakehouse right on Lake Conroe, complete with a pool in the backyard!

We enjoyed swimming everyday, BBQing and just relaxing the day away!

Though the fishing wasn't great this time around, the time spent together and the memories we made are well worth it!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

We Are All Smiles!

These pics were taken on our way to San Antonio to have Owen's 3 year old pictures done.

He was practicing his smile for the camera!

Joel has been smiling on purpose for a couple of days now, but I hadn't been able to catch it on camera...he was feeling very generous this day, so I got alittle camera happy!

Joel's been sleeping in his carseat lately, its given us many a-good nights rest!

He's extra smiley in the morning!

Friday, July 3, 2009

Weeee! Owen's 3!!!

Well, we survived yet another hot, backyard, middle of summer, June birthday party!

For weeks Owen was super excited and couldn't wait for the day!

Did a swimming pool party - could not see us doing this again on such a hot day without there being lots of water involved for the kiddos to cool off with!

I think everyone had a great time, until it got close to 2:00, then all the toddlers were having breakdowns due to it being nap time!

All-in-all, Owen was blessed with some great gifts, a good time with his buddies

and again, some great memories!

Owen anxiously waiting for his guests to arrive!

The menu - Hotdogs and Nachos!

And plenty-o-drinks!

Aunt Kie-Kie was a trouper once again and helped me make this beach ball cake, however,

we decided to call the local cake lady for next years!

This was definately a step up from last years!

What party is complete without a pinata, well according to Owen!

It's his favorite part and he had quite the meltdown letting all the other kids have a turn trying to break it - once again it was unbreakable and we had to call on big cousin Patrick to bring on the candy!

GIFTS!

Every year people ask me what to get Owen, so I give the typical parent answer - CLOTHES!

He got plenty of those, which he could care less about...along with cards and money.

So, here are few of his favorite gifts that got caught on camera...

(please don't be offended if your's is not pictured, gift opening was very out of control!)

Skateboard...no, he's not able to do it correctly, he just pushes himself on his stomache up and down the hall!

Spiderman Swimboard...has made it's way into the bathtub for bathtime!

Better Batter Baseball...enough said!

From Momo and Popo

4-Wheeler...from Nana, Papa, Mom and Dad...OUTTA THE WAY!

Everyone pitched in to take care of Joel during the party, making sure he was well fed and changed...otherwise, he was just relaxin' in his porta-swing, catchin' some sun and random breezes!