Ian's solutions!

We were on the way to visit my sister in-law and Nicky was so bored I guess. From no where she told us that she didn't want to be named Nicole anymore. She told me, "MOM, I WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER NAME. ANOTHER MORE BEAUTIFUL NAME." Glenn and I asked her what was wrong with Claudia Nicole, and she said that she liked it, but that she wanted another MORE beautiful name. Then Ian was thinking and told her very cooly, "HOW ABOUT NICOLE WALKER STINKY BUM?" Then Nicky got mad and told him, "NO, IAN! THAT IS A SILLY, UGLY NAME." Then he was so concerned and thoughtful, and had another great idea, "HOW ABOUT NICOLE WALKER STINKY DIAPER HEAD POOPS? THAT SOUNDS GOOD, RIGHT?" Nicky was very angry and Glenn and I were laughing in silence. The funny thing was seeing Ian's puzzled face not understanding why she would be mad after all his great suggestions. After all those were not just beautiful but FUN names as well haha.

I love you Ian:)

Friend's visit, Christmas and Anniversary

After our latest visit with the Hobbs, they lent us the first trilogy of STAR WARS. We were watching one movie per night as a family. Can you tell who was so into it? The girls and I would watch it, but got entertained with other things, too. The guys of our home were mesmerized by it. Of course at the end of each movie Ian was telling us his name was LUKE SKYWALKER! (I always wanted to name him Luke, but Glenn put his foot down saying, "I WON'T MAKE HIS LIFE MISERABLE WITH THAT NAME."). Hearing Ian saying he liked that name made me laugh.

Thanks to JC Penny my kids got very cute Christmas pictures for FREE! Okay, this is not one of the pictures, but it was the day that Nicky and I went to take have her pictures taken. I haven't mailed anything yet since it's been so crazy in here.

My friends Fernando and Gloria came from Monterrey to spend Christmas with us. Fernando is a friend from law school and Gloria is his wife who just happens to be a lawyer, too. We are very passionate about law and how things are changing in Mexico. We were up most of the days until 3:00 to 4:00 a.m. sometimes talking about lawyer stuff. Fernando and I had different points of view and I still think I'm right and he is wrong! haha I did, however, feel very behind with all the law changes that our country is suffering. I forgot why I prefer to ignore some stuff. I get so into it that the first thing that comes to my mind is I WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL!

Bu that is not possible right now for three very important reason: I'm trying to at least be the best mom I can offer for my three reasons.

Anyway, we also went to Bass Pro Shop. My friends like all that hunting stuff and they were in heaven seeing all the "toys" that the store has. Hanna was in love with the deer, or at least half of their heads. Bass Pro was providing free pictures with Santa, different games to play with, and also a free merry go round with reindeer and slides. The kids loved it.

We celebrated a white Christmas with snow and everything. Glenn was on call. The kids, my friends and I made gingerbread houses, cookies for Santa, and made some puzzles that we have. We talked about the importance of this day. Since Glenn was on call he wouldn't be home on Christmas until after 1:00 p.m. I let the kids go to sleep until 1:00 a.m. (that way Glenn could be "on time" for them to open the presents). Another miracle of Christmas was that Glenn had a very relaxing call and that he was off duty very early on Christmas day.

He was home at 9:00 a.m. so he was the one who woke us up and we were able to celebrate with him such a special day. The kids were so happy to see their dad at home on time to show him all his gifts...and so was I. It made the day more special. Everybody got what they wanted. Later on that day while the kids and our friends were taking a nap Glenn and I got to go outside and have a small snow fight. For the first time, my aim was good enough to hit Glenn a few times. We had a relaxing Christmas day. The next day Glenn was home early, too, and we went and did some more shopping. Before that, Glenn and the kids got to play in the snow. BTW Nicky thought that was her favorite thing about this Christmas season. That night was our friends' last night with us. They hit the road to Monterrey at 10:00 p.m. We had fun and appreciate their effort to come and visit.

Glenn and I celebrated our anniversary in the most relaxing way possible. Glenn worked hard to get home early from work to make me a nice breakfast in bed. We talked to the kids about the importance of that day in our life. Of course, we kept saying that we cannot believe it's already been 6 years, 3 kids, medical school, and now residency. We didn't think about the future, we just enjoyed the moment and the generosity that our Heavenly Father has for us. We went and visited Glenn's sister in Fort Worth. The kids had fun and we had a good visit. It was fun to see little Christian and little Emma playing with Hanna.

We came back home and put the kids to bed. We let Hanna play with her favorite present and it was fun to see that she really likes following Nicky's steps for ballet doing tip toes all the time :)

BABE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. I LOVE YOU. I'M SO GLAD GOD HAS PUT YOU IN MY LIFE AND THAT YOU ARE THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN. I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER GIFT THAN HAVING A RESPONSIBLE, LOVABLE, FUNNY, HANDSOME, SMART, LOYAL, GOOD MEMBER OF THE CHURCH, BEST FRIEND, THOUGHTFUL, CARING HUSBAND. It's been 6 years and I can't wait for our whole eternity together. I'm so proud of your parents and grateful that they raised a great man. I'm so thankful to our Heavenly Father that we have temples and hope to have an eternity together. I love you and like I always tell you, all the good things that our marriage has been through are special. But the bad things are so special, too, because we're still here, together, and those bad things are just making us better people and a better couple. God trusted nobody else but us to be able to go through that. I feel special and I really think we are special. God loves us so much and I'm so grateful that he keeps holding our hands to guide us back to his presence someday.

TE AMO BEBE ERES EL MEJOR ENSERIO TE LO DIGO! FELIZ 6TO ANIVERSARIO!

Great vacation.

My dad, being a wise man, told me once, "THE ONLY COMPANY OTHER THAN YOUR HUSBAND YOU WILL CHOOSE IN THIS LIFE ARE YOUR FRIENDS. MAKE SURE TO CHOOSE GOOD ONES. THEY WILL BE THE FAMILY ON EARTH THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE." Since then I have been very careful when I pick my friendships. I'm the 11th of 13 kids and have just a few friends that I made through my life. I never thought I was going to move to the States and marry a gringo. I didn't know I was going to leave my family and my choosen family in Monterrey (my friends). I was scared that I wasn't going to be able to find good friends, but man I was wrong. The Lord loves me so much that he kept sending me more "chosen family."

Last week we went and visited our friend Lindsay in Oklahoma. I was planning on visiting Laura (one of Glenn's cousins), but she was in Canada at that time.
The kids and I had so much fun during this visit. We went to the science museum (where Hanna and I sled for the first time together and Ian kept running into himself in the mirror room). Lindsay and I were excited to recognize some of the stars in the planetarium and Jay was so pleased to be able to show Nicky all his favorite spots in the place. Grant was delighted with the idea of screaming at a big tub to hear the echo of it. Bass Pro Store was another of our fun dates. The kids got the chance to take a picture with Santa and asked him what they wanted for Christmas. Nicky told Santa of course she wanted just a camera and Ian was just in a pause until I reminded him about Spiderman...then he started saying so fast, "I WANT A SPIDER MAN AND A BREEN BOBLET [green goblin] and a robot like a mask and cars and something else." The Hobbs clan was having fun shooting while that happened. Then Lindsay gave us a tour of the store, and it was fun to see what they have. Then we lost Nicky for a bit; I was so scared. For the fist time in my life I was truley scared and about to cry in panic. Then I found her and I was yelling at her like crazy holding the tears back in my eyes. Then we thought we lost Lindsay, so Ron, the kids and I were looking for her until we finally "found" her . She was smart enough to wait in the exit in case that somebody wanted to take Nicky out of the store without my permission. Besides that everything was perfect . Wait I think I'm lying: I'm out of practice with making pizza. I made one for the Hobbs that night and it was horrible. I felt so bad that I didn't do it right. She made some apple dumplings that I'm still drooling about YUM! She rented a movie and even though she watched the whole movie I fell asleep after 10 minutes. We also went to Edmond museum. The kids had fun. Nicky was the tender. Jay was the customer who thought he got a very good deal by buying a $7 carrot lol. Grant was the banker and Ian was "Billy the Kid." Lindsay was doing crafts and I was the cow nursing Hanna every time that she would cry because her teething situation.

We made gingerbread houses, played some vtech games, and went shopping. My goodness we had a blast. If somebody knows how to be a great host, that is for sure my friend Lindsay. I'm so happy that my dad taught me well. Lindsay is indeed one of the best friend I have made here in the States. I feel very lucky and blessed that God has put The Hobbs on our path. If somebody knows how to be Christ-like, it's her. Lindsay, thank you so much for everything. You are the best, and I SO OWE YOU BIG TIME THE NEXT TIME I SEE YOU!

Hanna's Christmas letter!

My sweet little peach is teething again and man she is so miserable. I was drooping off Nicky yesterday at ballet and we were listening to this song and Nicky soon told me LISTEN MOM IS LIKE THAT SONG WAS MADE FOR BABY HANNA. I couldn't agree more with her.

Everybody pauses and stares at me. These two teeth are gone as you can see. I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe! But my one wish on Christmas Eve is as plain as it can be! All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, see my two front teeth! Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, then I could wish you "Merry Christmas."

MAMA,MOM,AMA...

...that is how my little peach called me during the whole day. Since very early this morning, when she was in need of me and of course when she was smiling too. Her first word was Dada but now she is saying MAMA, MOM, AMA. My other two kids were very excited to see her following me crawling while exclaiming my "name". I have a video ,unfortunately this dumb laptop won't let me post it. Perhaps if I give it a try through FB. Anyway I just wanted to remember this special moment.

I'm to lazy to fix the pictures in order. I'll just explain like they are showing.
The kids got new PJ's:)


My kids like the new Sesame Street show:S

Nicky, Livy and Ian like to say stinky songs on the way to Livy's house after school. They thought they were hilarious.
The kids got to pick a candy from Halloween just because they are so cute:)

After Thanks giving we decorate for Christmas:)
We play Wii, Hanna was happy doing her silly happy face and also being one of the Indians.
Here is the feast and my sister playing with Ian pillow fight. My man serving the Turkey YUM!

Here is Hanna thinking that there are not best way to cure a rash but bottom free and of course next picture so fashion with the bugger cleaner and the cream rash of course with her sunglasses. Isn't she adorable?
until next time:)