Monday, December 29, 2008

Our Christmas in Atlanta

We finally made it to Atlanta after our overnight driving experience. We had a great time with Nana and Papa, my cousin Raegan, her husband and her twin boys, and her parents, my dad's brother.

The Twins






As I said in the last post, we stopped by the hospital and met Ellie and Gracelyn. Here are some pics. Gracelyn has the hat on and Ellie has the shades on. She has been under a light to help get rid of the jaundis. Chritmas Eve, we were in Atlanta, David and Julia got to take their first family photo. It's a good one, both girls have their eyes open.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Road Trip

Gas = cheaper than I thought
Dinner = $40 at IHOP, too much for breakfast at dinner
Stupid Truck Stop Tarp = $32, same one at Wal-Mart for $10
Seeing my neices = priceless
Watching Pedro tie down the stupid tarp 50 times = priceless

We left San Angelo at 1:00pm Tuesday. We stopped by the hospital in Ft. Worth to meet Gracelyn and Ellie and see David and Julia. I'll post pictures later. It is now 1:40am and we just crossed over the Mississippi River. We fianlly made it out of Louisiana! We had to stop so much b/c the $32 tarp we had to buy at a truck stop, b/c it started raining, kept flying up. These pictures are of Pedro tying them back down for the fourth time in 10 miles. And guess what, it's not even raining anymore, but dangit, we're not losing a $32 tarp.

Monday, December 22, 2008

The Twins are Here!!! I'm an Aunt!

This is Ellie Jenay, about 3 1/2 pounds

This is Gracelyn Joy, 3 pounds 13 ounces

They were born December 19 at 5:54 and 5:55 pm. Daddy David sent this pictures from his phone so they are not that clear. I hope to get more when we go see them this week. I will post them soon. Gracelyn is the bigger of the two and not needing as much help. Ellie has been on and off the ventilator, but they both look really healthy. Mommy Julia will get to go home tomorrow, and the twins in about a month. We are driving to Atlanta tomorrow. We'll spend Christmas with my parents, Nana and Papa. We'll be back next week. Hope you all have a great Christmas Holiday!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Merry Christmas from the Flores Family!

Our family Christmas picture was supposed to take about ten minutes. It turned into about 45 minutes of me running back and forth from the camera to press the button to my position in the picture. It's pretty tough getting two dogs, two kids, and two frustrated parents to take the perfect picture. Here are some of the shots we got.

Here we are all smiling!

We love Emma here, showing how much she loves her Daddy, but no smile from Libby.

We love Libby here, showing her true colors and posing, but not Emma's best shot

This is what we do!


love our dogs

dance with our dogs

help Emma

be cheesy

show our dogs how to be cheesy

try to make our dogs horses

be cute at gymnastics

Princess Christmas Tree

The girls have their own tree in their room this year. Of course it's a princess tree. Here we are decorating.



Friday, December 12, 2008

Thanksgiving Trip to Mathis


Emma, Libby, and Ariana (Libby's friend) after gymnastics one night.












Here are some pictures of my Grandma's 75th Birthday party, a day at my Grandma's house, and Emma and her favorite Tia Estella (Pedro's favorite aunt).

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Where did she learn this from?




This is a couple weeks old, but I had this basket of clean clothes in the living room, b/c I was supposed to fold them. This always takes a couple of days. Well I found little miss helper, sometimes, folding them by herself. What a pleasant surprise! Then I found Emma trying to join in on the fun, but she was driving Libby crazy. I have more pics from Thanksgiving, but I haven't downloaded them. I will get to that post eventually. News about the TWINS, Julia has been on bedrest for awhile now. She has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks too. We really want the twins to stay put until Christmas Eve. They will be 32 weeks then, and that is really good for twins. Keep them in your prayers. Hope everyone's Holidays are blessed.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Little Gymnast


Since volleyball is over I have time to be a Mommy again. We have started Libby in Gymnastics and she loves it. It's a bittersweet time. I'm sad v-ball season is over, but I'm looking forward to having a season off to be with my family and get things done around the house. I have always coached b-ball and have dreaded v-ball being over b/c I had to go straight into basketball. Not the case this year, no b-ball for me, Yeah!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Pumpkin Patch Day 1



These are the only pics I could get the girls to take yesterday at the Grape Creek pumpkin patch. Emma was so unhappy. We're going back next week and maybe we'll get some better shots.

DISTRICT CHAMPS 8-0!!!



Just bragging about my team. We went undefeated in district. I will be coaching my first playoff game in two weeks. I can't wait. I believe we can go deep in the playoffs. Please pray for my team, and me. I'm so excited!

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Volleyball and Dogs!






Just a few pics of Jax and Jensen. Libby loves having more "people" to be bossy to. I just wanted to post a few pictures of my other family, my team. I took them to Austin yesterday to watch UT play. We had a picnic at the park, walked along the river, went shopping at the outlet malls in Round Rock, and then went to the game. My two managers are 8th graders and they got to be in a halftime contest. Yes, that 6 foot girl is in 8th grade, future looks bright. We had some good, girlie bonding time. I needed to treat them b/c I've been so tough on them lately. We are 2-0 in district right now. We should go undefeated and win district. I'm ready for my first playoff game. Anyway, my first family is doing great also. The girls are doing great, and Pedro is hard at work as usual. We found out this week that Uncle David and Aunt Julia are going to have two girls. We just can't seem to produce boys. Papa will have to settle with teaching girls how to play b-ball and tennis.