New Pics!

We took our yearly family pictures today! Raulito was scared of the flash (this happened when we took him to get his year pictures) and hardly smiled at all. He mostly wanted to play with the props and the toys...We had a really good time, and, if we had had the money to spend, would have gotten a lot of pictures. But the cheapest package would have been $85 and it went up from there, so we didn't do it. We did get some really cute pictures, though. Enjoy! Tomamos nuestras fotos anuales de la familia hoy! A Raulito le asustaban las luces cada vez que tomaban una fotos (lo mismo paso cuando le tomamos las fotos del ano) y casi no sonreia. Solo queria jugar con los juguetes que tienen para hacerles reir a los ninos...Pero nos divertimos mucho y salieron unas fotos bien bonitas. Si tuvieramos el dinero que gastar, tendriamos muchas mas fotos que estas, pero no lo tenemos. (el paquete mas barato valdria unos 160.000 pesos, y de alli para arriba) Que disfruten las fotos!!! One of the only pictures where Raulito is smiling! Una de las unicas fotos con Raulito sonriendo!

Rakel the supermodel!

Neither one look like they're completely enjoying this hug, but we liked it...

No parecen disfrutar este abrazo, pero a nosotros nos gusto la foto...

Pictures of us playing around after the shoot.

Estas fotos son despues de la seccion professional.

All Grown Up

Today was our Primary Program for our ward. At last year's program, Rakel just stood there and wouldn't say (or sing) anything. So I was a bit nervous this morning. But I guess I didn't have much to worry about, she did GREAT! She looked at her teacher instead of the audience, but she repeated the words loudly and clearly. It brought tears to my eyes. Of course, that had started when the primary president got up at the beginning of the program. And she sang just as well as the other kids. I was surprised at how well she knew some of the songs because we hadn't practiced them at home with her. Anyway, we are SO PROUD OF HER. She does seem to be coming out of her shell a little bit and showing her personality. And every time I stop to think, I think she's growing up so fast! She's not my baby any more! I think children are so special and they exemplify the qualities that we should all have. My kids are always reminding me of what I should be doing to follow Christ. I LOVE MY KIDS!

Hoy fue el programa de la primaria en nuestro barrio. En el programa del ano pasado, Rakel se quedo alli y no quiso decir (ni cantar) nada. Asi que esta manana estuve nerviosa. Pero parece que no tenia por que estar asi. Le fue SUPER BIEN!!! Miro a su maestra en vez de a la audiencia, pero dijo su parte muy bien. Me salieron lagrimas. (Por supuesto, ya habia empezado a llorar desde que hablo la presidente de la primaria al principio del programa...) Y Rakel canto tan bien como los otros ninos mas grandes. Me sorprendio de que bien sabia algunas de las canciones porque no las habiamos practicado en casa. Estamos muy orgullosos de ella. Parece que esta saliendo mas su personalididad. Cada vez que me pongo a pensar, pienso de lo rapido que esta creciendo! Ya no es mi bebe!

Pienso que los ninos son tan especiales que tienen las cualidades que todos nosotros debemos tener. Tienen espiritus tan lindos. Me recuerdan mucho de lo que debo estar haciendo para seguir a Jesucristo. AMO A MIS HIJOS!!!

Discoveries

For a while now, I have been on Facebook with my hubby, and sometimes he would be like, who is he/she? Because it was someone from Idaho, before we met. So he finally bugged me enough and I got my own account. (As if I needed more things online to take up my time...Oh well!) And I was so excited to find a bunch of people from Murtaugh (Idaho, where I grew up)! It's really cool to hear about people that you have no idea where they are or what they're doing. So to all of those who are reading this blog for the first time, welcome!

A bit of Self-Control

Yesterday I decided that I was going to go the whole day without eating any candy, cookies, etc. Some of you probably know that it is one of my biggest weaknesses... I guess I just wanted to prove to myself (and my husband) that it was possible. AND I DID IT! And it wasn't as hard as I thought. No, I'm not going on a diet or anything, but I think it's really hard especially this time of year to stay out of all of that Halloween candy and not cook or bake something sweet with the cold weather. It goes to show you what a good goal and a little bit of self-control can do. Ayer decidi de que iba a ir todo el dia sin comer ningun dulce. Como saben algunos es uno de mis debilidades mas grandes. Supongo que era para mostrarme a mi mismo, y a mi esposo, que lo podria hacer. Y LO HICE! Y no fue tan dificil como pense. No, no estoy a dieta, pero pienso que especialmente en esta temporada es mas dificil teniendo los dulces de Halloween por toda parte o el deseo de cocinar cosas dulces ya que hace mas frio... Mira lo que puedes hacer con una buena meta y un poco de control.

Birthday and Halloween!

So I know it's a little late, but Happy Birthday to me! I'm so old! Anyway, here we are celebrating at Sizzler. I love their salad bar! Aqui estamos celebrando mis cumpleanos...Estoy VIEJA!!! Fuimos a comer en un restaurante.I love this picture of Rakel! We had some extra time one Sunday morning and decided to do our hair the same. Me encanta esta foto de Rakel. Esa manana teniamos tiempo libre, asi que nos peinamos igual. Here's Raulito!

Rakel is painting the window for Halloween. It was apparently really bright, hence the sunglasses...It turned out pretty cute.

Rakel esta pintando la ventana para halloween. Parece que hacia mucho sol, asi que se puso sus gafas. Salio bonito.

Look, it's Rakel "Supergirl" Garcia, and her sidekick Raulito "Longneck" Garcia!

Miren, es Rakel "Supergirl" Garcia y su ayudante Raulito "cuellolargo" Garcia

AWWW!