Reading together

 Stephen climbed up in Allia's lap while she was sitting in her reading corner and handed her this book. It was so cute. The video is below. The book is in Spanish, so Allia was sort of translating/going off memory to read it to him in English.

Anima Christi

Allia was recorded praying the Anima Christi (Soul of Christ) prayer by a friend of ours who runs the local Catholic radio station! For those who are not local, during breaks between programs, they play clips of families and/or children praying for the listeners and the station. So Allia is now praying on the radio! (My voice starts by saying, "Allia's prayers fly straight to God.")

Pumpkin Patch

We made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch today after Gloria's dance class....now that our high temps are mostly under 90 degrees! The children had so much fun picking pumpkins and even generously offered to let me pick the big family one. ;) Stephen just kept squealing "Puh-kih". It was soooo cute. He received many extra mommy kisses because I just couldn't help myself!

National Night Out

 Sno cones...yummy!

 Fun with neighbors

Little boy enjoyed having his own sno cone and even threw a fit because he couldn't have seconds!

More Soccer photos

 I just discovered that one of the moms from Mariana's team set up a website where she posts all of her photos...and she is one of those mom with a professional camera taking photos the whole game. So here are more soccer photos of Mariana...

Mariana and her buddy, Keelyn, chatting it up on the sidelines (Keelyn actually has auburn hair but it looks more brown in this photo).

"Run, Mariana" That is what Austin and I constantly yell during the games...and sometimes it works!

Happy to be running through the parent tunnel at the end of the game...there is just something really cute about a girl running with her pony tail swinging behind her. :)

Piano Recital

Before

All the students

Our Godson, Andrew's first performance and the first one to play today


My camera randomly switches modes when it thinks it senses your finger nearby, so I was only able to catch half of Andrew's song. He did a great job though!


Allia was more nervous than usual today (maybe since so many of her friends and family were there watching this time) but she did a good job on In the Hall of the Mountain King.


Richie's Solo of Riding the Hobby Horse

And here we have a comparison:


This is the Duet in practice




This is the Duet with Nerves. Really, they did a great job. The first half of the song was so perfect! We were all very proud. :)

The bow (they look so serious!)

Weekend fun

 Lito and Lita came in for a visit, and of course there are always gifts. Stephen really likes this dog from Toy Story.

Then, of course, we had soccer Saturday...after Austin, Lito, Uncle Matt and Tia Nana ran a 5K together. Looks like they had fun!

Here are my soccer girls.

Mariana's team was up first this morning. They did great, winning their game by one goal. She actually made some good ball contact this time. Yay!

Allia's field is much bigger, so it was tough to snap a good photo, but her team played well and ended up in a tie. She also made ball contact this time. Yay, Allia!

Stephen has really enjoyed his "Tito" time. They are good buddies.