My other artist

This is one of the art pieces that is being sent to a local art shop for an art fair. The art will be up for sale. Gab is really excited about it, she hopes it sells and makes her some money!!!

chavez girls

Fall pics

trunk or treating

The kids had such a good time getting ready and dressing up for the ward trunk or treat! What's up with the green hair? Everyone wanted some! The weather was nice, not to cold. it felt like Christmas morning where the kids could not wait for the party to begin. They were changing costumes and putting on makeup by noon! At least it took the edge off of having to wait for Halloween.

Halloween night everyone was pretty much the same, except Alex was now the Thing, and Genaro a ninja. Oh and everyone had pink and green hair! We hit Taco Bell's free black taco night! Yum yum! After the kids finished trick or treating they hunkered down at home while Genaro and i went to a friends birthday party. We had so much fun, we played the Wii for the first time! So nice to get out by ourselves and have some adult time!

SWIMMING

Well swim season is again upon us! These were taken at Gab's first meet! It is a bunch of relay races between a few different schools. Gab's breast/butterfly relay took first place! She also swam a freestyle relay in which they took second. It was so close, almost hard to tell who touched first. Gab said that she lost by .01 seconds. Bummer. This year she is swimming a number of different races, which is good because last year it was butterfly only. Of course this year too has been a majority of butterfly she has also had the opportunity to swim back and breast as well. The competition is getting harder!

Gabby all over again!

When Gabby was about 9 months, my mom and sister made two adorable outfits for her. When we went to California I took them with us and we have pictures of her sitting in Uncle Bill and Aunt Pat's back yard. In one of them she looks like a china doll! I let my sister in law borrow them to take some pictures of Ashley, and when Genaro saw her his exact words were, "it's Gabby"

Ashley is 6 months here, and they fit her perfectly, Gab was 9 months the first time she wore them!!

Doesn't she look cute!

family fun

No mom, I'm not hiding anything!!!

The girls, a rare moment when they are smiling and happy!!

I am not listening!

I usually put a yogurt on my head to see how long I can balance it!!

The missionaries usually stop by on Sunday evenings to visit and share a message. They introduced the kids to a game called scripture baseball. Little Genaro runs for his scriptures whenever they arrive to play this game!

Jesus and Ashley

We really enjoy having a baby in the home. When we are done with her we can give her back to her mommy!!! HeHe

Jesus and Ashley enjoy each others company! He is always picking her up and tickling her and making her laugh!

Ashley makes the funniest faces!
She loves putting her fingers in her mouth, but has not discovered other peoples mouths, thank goodness!!!

My artist!

Carmen is my little artist. She loves to doodle. Most of her pictures are of people. Here she is showing off the picture that she drew, compared to the one in the book!

first snow!

Isn't it beautiful! October 10th was our first snowfall! It was a heavy snow, and just hung on the trees! It didn't last long and was melted by the next day! My brother in laws car.
Our little Colorado Blue Spruce, weighted in snow!

Roly's deer!!!

October 2 -4th was a special hunt in a few areas of Nebraska. It was for antlerless deer. We discovered the week before the hunt that Rojelio was eligible to hunt (we had previously thought that he had to be 12, but found out it was 10!) So a few days before the hunt, his dad asked if he wanted to go. The weather was nice for them. They went out early in the afternoon and right before coming home the deer made their entrance.

Roly shot first and then Genaro right after him. One of the deer feel into a creek and Genaro had to go in after it. He pulled a muscle in his back while doing it but didn't realize until they started driving home. Needless to say, Papa was hurting when he got home, but that did not stop them from going out the next day with a family friend. Neither Rojelio nor Genaro got another deer but the friend did. They were excited for him because this was his first deer too!! Roly's only complaint was that he was hungry!