In Loving Memory...

Last week Ryan's grandmother went to be with her Lord and Savior. She was a picture perfect woman of strength, dignity and beauty and will be greatly missed. I feel so blessed to have been touched by her life, and she will always be special to me.

I love this picture!

Ryan with his Grandma Rainbowbrite

Michael and Barbara with Abuelita

She was known to Jack as "grandma Agnes." She called Jack "mi hijo." I can still hear her precious voice saying it.

SNOW!

We had snow in Houston on December 4th! It was so much fun and Jack loved it! He still talks about it. He really liked making snowballs and throwing them. The kids here all got out of school early, and it was so neat watching them play in the park making snowmen. They were so excited! My mom was in town for the weekend and got to enjoy it too; although, I think she was hoping to have some warmer weather while in Houston. =) We had a lot of fun with her, and she was so helpful in helping me get ready for Christmas. She made coffee cakes for me and helped me shop. She even watched Jack for a night so that Ryan and I could have a getaway. It was so nice having her here.

Thanksgiving

Well, it has been about a month since I was last able to blog! My computer died, and I was finally able to get a new one. Fortunately, I had most of my pictures backed up on my external hard drive. However, the last time I did a back up was early September, so I lost some! Thank goodness for blogs and for the fact that I had uploaded most of those pictures onto shutterfly!

We had a great Thanksgiving in Sonora! Jack loved going around the ranch checking out all of the windmills and water troughs and playing with his grandparents. He even visited the local bank where his Grandpa is now the president. He enjoyed all of the treats he was given there! We had a delicious Thanksgiving meal! Ryan's mom and I decided to brine the turkey, and it tasted so yummy! It is amazing how tender and moist it was. I highly recommend that method! We were able to see Michael and Barbara; although, our time with them was too short. We are looking forward to spending more time with them over New Years. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Jack loves his Uncle Michael!