Matthew's Splash Party

Better Late Than Never!

You all know how Mom and Dad like to put things off until the last minute? Well, they've done it again. But we're not complaining 'cause we had a BLAST today. Matt's actual birthday was last Saturday the 24th. We finally had his birthday party today. We had it at The Seahorse Swimming Pool. This is the place where Daddy took swimming lessons. The time of the party was 5:30pm - 8:30pm and believe us, we swam from start to finish!! Even Adri got into the pool and swam with Dad for a while. The only time we stopped was to eat pizza and cake. And thank goodness for the pool, it was VERRRRY hot today. Mom mixed the pieces of video she shot of our friends coming down the slide and posted it right below this. Tomorrow she will be posting a picture slideshow of our friends and family. This party was definitely worth the wait! Happy Birthday Matthew!!!

Matthew's Birthday Splash

2nd Grade Awards Day

Today was a big day for Matthew. The last real day of school and Awards Day. The rest of this week is all fun and games! Matthew received a handful of awards which include:

• "A" Honor Roll (gets it from Mom)
• Principal's Citizenship Award (also from Mom)
• Perfect Attendance (guess who)
• Spelling Award (maybe Dad)
• Super Reader (does Dad read?)
• Best Boy Athlete (voted by his classmates)

We are VERY proud of Matt and can't wait to see what he'll do next year in 3rd grade. Of course he'll have to really shine since Zach will be watching him from kindergarten. Yes, Zachary was accepted and completely registered at Westwind. We expect great things in the next school year from both!! Look out summer... here we come!!!!

And the award goes to.....

Happy Anniversary Pat & Rita

Bonded

God is the One who joined you together with your beloved. He is the One who ordained marriage between a man and a woman. If you need guidance in your marriage, and you will, ask it from the One who abundantly and freely gives.

Matthew 19:6

Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.

Christopher Matthew Gonzales

Happy 8th Birthday Matthew!!!

There is nothing on earth like the moment of seeing one's first baby. Men scale other heights, but there is no height like this simple one, occurring continuously throughout all the ages in musty bedrooms, in palaces, in caves and desert places. I looked at this rolled-up bundle... and knew again I had not created him. He was himself apart from me. He had his own life to lead, his own destiny to accomplish; he just came past me to this earth.

Katherine Trevelyan From "Through Mine Own Eyes"

With My Own Two Hands

Zach the Grad

The Graduate

Zachary's Big Night

Well, tonight was the night we've all been waiting for...Graduation night! Zach did it! All the months of hard work have finally paid off. He is finally a PreK Graduate. Zachary's plans after graduation are to enjoy his summer with his family. He hopes to play lots of baseball and go on many picnics this summer. He will soon be submitting his registration to further his education at Westwind Elementary in the Frenship District. He plans to follow along in the legacy his big brother Matthew began by striving to achieve straight A's. While in PreK 4, Zachary was a member of the Cobras soccer team where he was named MVP for most goals scored, and starting pitcher for the Red Wings baseball team. He attends Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Slaton and is a very prayerful little boy. Of his many accomplishments he is most proud of learning his ABCs, learning how to write his name and how to count to 100. Congratulations Zachary!! We love you and are very proud of you!!

Sunday Family Picnic

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Birthday Deja Vu

Our Birthday Girl

It's hard to believe it's been a year already since God blessed our lives in a way we could only imagine about. Adriana Rose Gonzales was born to us a year ago at 4:56pm on a Monday afternoon. Today she is a beautiful princess with a radiant smile and a head full of flowing hair. She is Mom's best friend and our sweetheart of a sister. She speaks her own language and looks at us like we should know exactly what she is saying. She has a personality that is all her own. She has our Dad wrapped around her pinky and the three of us wrapped around the other fingers. Her smile will melt your heart and her kisses will fill you with love. She can't quite walk yet, but she already runs all over us. She has brought much joy and happiness to our home and we can't imagine life without her. Happy Birthday Baby Sista! Happy Birthday Adri!! We love you!!!

May Madness

Well, it's May and of course there is madness. Yesterday was Mother's Day and we took Mom out to eat at Furr's. She had all her favorites and was very grateful for an afternoon with all of us. Mom and Dad have been pretty busy at work and with everything else at home. Zach is getting ready for graduation from PreK4 and Matt is getting ready to move on to 3rd Grade. We're really excited 'cause Zach and Matt will both be going to Westwind next year. Zach has his end of the year field trip tomorrow to Kenny's Korral and Matt has his Buddy Day coming up too. Also, we have 2birthdays and an anniversary to celebrate this month. Adri will be 1 this week and Matt will be 8 later this month. And of course, we're still in baseball season. We have 3 games this week alone!! It's been great and Matt and Zach are having lots of fun! Alex is still Alex. He just keeps getting sweeter and sweeter everyday. Just wanted to stop for a moment and say Hi and just catch you up on what's going on in the Gonzales household. Hope you're doing well and hope to hear from you soon!

Mother's Day 2008

Happy Mother's Day

We just want to say Happy Mother's Day to our Mom, our Grandma Rosa and our Grandma Mae. Thank you for all you do for us!! For taking care of us and for letting us spend the night with you. We are very, very lucky to have you in our lives! We pray that God give us many more years with you!! And we love you!!!