February Update

Happy Valentine's Day

We want to wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day!! We were lucky enough to have two Valentine's Days. Matt and Zach had our Valentine's parties on Friday at school. Mom and Dad surprised us with a stuffed animal, balloon and a heart filled with Skittles. Pat and Rita sent us a Valentine's package too. It was loaded with 3 Wii games, a Dora nightgown for Adri and a whole bunch of candy that wasn't chocolate. Grandma Mae bought us heart shaped pizzas. All this on Friday, the 13th. Today our uncle Daniel took us to buy bats for the upcoming baseball season!!! We are sooooo excited and can't wait to start hitting homeruns. And Mom gave herself a Valentine's gift and took us to get some pictures made. She said she wanted one more picture of us before the baby comes. Matthew has his first basketball game on Monday. We can't wait to see how that goes. We'll post some video of his first game. Zach is doing Great in school and is also excited about coach pitch baseball this season. Alex has been really good lately. He is a great big brother and helps Dad watch Adri during the day. And guess what?? He's playig teeball this year!!! REALLY can't wait to see how that goes. And Adri... what can we say about Adri? She is an angel. We can't remember what our lives were before her! She is ready for potty training so pray for her... and all of us! We'll post again soon. Just wanted to say Hi and that we Love you all!!!!

A Moment in History

Today was a very special day. Today the first Black man became President. We got to see President Obama being sworn in today. We witnessed history. We are very excited about our new president. As Matt said yesterday (on Martin Luther King Day), "It's a good thing Martin Luther King, Jr was born. If not, McCain might have been our president". God Bless America and God Bless our new President.

Lost in Time

Wow! Time flies when you're having fun!! We haven't posted anything since Alex's birthday. We blame Mom!! It's all her fault! We'll see if you can catch you up in fast forward mode. November was a great month. Mom was gone for only one week. She hasn't had to go back to Houston since then. Thanksgiving was AWESOME!!! Our Tio Pat and Tia Rita came down from Detroit. We had sooo much fun hanging out with them and the rest of our families. We were lucky to eat together with both sides of our families together at the same time. We were very sad to see Pat and Rita go! Now it's our turn to go visit them in Detroit. We're gonna wait till it's a LOT warmer!!!

Christmas was awesome too!!! We were pretty worried that Santa wasn't going to be stopping at our house on Christmas Eve. We weren't bad all year, but we certainly weren't good all year either. We had our moments! We got together and decided to ask Santa for one big gift for all of us instead of a gift for each of us. We asked him for a Nintendo Wii and a Weiner Dog, a real live one. Well, guess what?? We got both!!! Zach was the first one to wake up on Christmas morning - he said the puppy woke him up. And right there in front of the fireplace, our puppy, our Wii and a Dora Fiesta Doll for Adri.l Our puppy is black with brown patches and his name is Toby Max. We have had sooo much fun with him. He's always so excited to see us and play with us. Adri was a little nervous around him at first, now she bosses him around just like the rest of us.

New Year's came and went. We had a big night planned. We planned on spending the night with Grandma Mae and having a game night playing board games and our new Wii. But guess what? We all fell asleep before 10:30. We're such party poopers. Happy 2009!!!

Well, we know this is a bit long, but it's been a while. We'll catch you up on the rest tomorrow and post some recent pictures. Take care of yourselves and God Bless you all!!!!

Birthday Boy Baby Alex

Texas Roadhouse YEE HAW!!

Happy Birthday Baby Alex

Zach & Matt - Off to a Great Start

Well, first of all, sorry for the delay in posting. Needless to say, it's been a litle crazy in the Gonzales Jungle. As we said in the title, Matt & Zach are off to a GREAT start this school year. Mom & Dad met with both of their teachers during TIPS conference. Both teachers said that they were excellent, well behaved, overall good students. We know what you're thinking... where are these kids afte 3:30 each day?? Hee hee! Mom & Dad said the same thing. We all know that if we don't do well at school, it won't be good when we get home. Matt earned straight A's during the first six weeks, and Zach continues to earn green and shiny stars each day! During Gold Card Assemblies, both were awarded with the Principal's Award & Perfect Attendance Award. Zachary received an additional award - The Teacher's Choice Award! Mom & Dad were invited to see him get this award!! The same week, Zachary was selected as the Star of the Week in his class. He had to take a poster with different pictures describing himself. This was fun!! All his friends said he was cute as a baby!!! Which we all know is soo true!! Enjoy the pictures and video! Another posting to come!

Mommy's Mini Me

Overdue Update

Wow!!! We haven't updated our blog since July!! Guess you can see how busy our lives have been the last couple of months. Actually, Mom's camera is acting up so not too many recent pictures and then Dad switch internet providers so we were without internet for about 2 weeks. Like we said before, our lives have been pretty hectic since the last post. But probably the biggest news was that we (Matt & Zach) are back in school. Only now, we are both going to Westwind!!! We have to say it's been kinda fun! For the first couple of weeks we were eating breakfast in the cafeteria together so that Dad could go into work early so he could get off in time to pick us up from school while Mom was away in Houston working. Zach liked eating breakfast soo much, he's even gone by himself when Matt wanted to have cereal at home. Our favorite though when we eat at school is breakfast pizza. Pat you would like it!!! It is sooo good. Oh, and cinnamon rolls. Those are our favorites. Zach's kindergarten teacher is Mrs. Strebel and Matt's 3rd grade teacher is Mrs. Dennis. They are both new to Frenship ISD. Funny too that both their husbands were accepted to Tech medical school which is what brought them to Lubbock. We both like our teachers!! Zach brings home a colored star each day based on his behavior. Shiny is the Best and he's had quite a bit of those. Green is the other good color. He's had alot of those too.
The other big news is that Frenship Youth Football has started again!! We have two FYF pro bowlers playing this year. Yep, Zach is playing flag football. He's actually pretty good!!! Our first game is on the 21st. We are both Frenship Royal (in case you go to the website to see the standings) Hopefully, we will have an update for ya after the games. Mom's going back to Houston for two more weeks, so it may be a while.
Alex and Adri are doing great as well. Adri is talking sooo much!! And so is Alex!! Adri's favorite things are her baby dolls, cell phones, Gabriel's baby kittens, her brothers and plums. She's pretty bossy now, too. She likes to push us around. Alex is a great big brother and takes really good care of her at Grandma Rosa's. He's a great scooter rider and hopes to get a brand new one for his upcoming birthday.
Sorry for the delay in posting. Mom promises it won't take this long again. Hope to hear from you soon!!! Love you all!!!

Summer Nights

Celebrating Baby Owen

Baby Owen

Yes, Baby Owen! That is what we are calling our new cousin. We're not really sure why we've been calling him Baby Owen instead of Baby Jeremy, maybe 'cause it's easier to say. Maybe 'cause it sounds cool. Either way, we are just happy he is finally home!! Grandma Mae took off this week so she could take care of us while Grandma Rosa was on her vacation. I guess the baby knew that she was going to be off and decided to come early. He came over to play with us this afternoon. Well, not really play, but hang out with us. Daniel's sister Rachel is in town all week, too to help out. Don't ask Alex about Rachel. You know how he gets when there is a pretty girl around him?? He won't talk or even look at Rachel. He's such a player. Anyway, here are a few more pictures of our new buddy. There are also some pictures of us in the waiting room. We were waiting for him to finish his lunch so we could go in to see him. We were just being silly. More updates soon!!! Love you all!!

The Circle of Life

We were witnesses to the circle of life this week. On Tuesday, Mom found out that her Tio Dan had passed away suddenly. They still don't know what happened, all we know is that we will not see him in this lifetime again. We all knew Tio Dan 'cause after he had heart surgery last year, he stayed with Grandma Rosa and Grandpa Marin while he got better. We still remember him sitting in the rocking chair in the living room with us watching Dora the Explorer, Spongebob and anything else we wanted to watch. He was a good guy and we will miss him. We were sad to say goodbye Friday at his funeral. His life on Earth has ended. But guess what??? Today, the day right after the funeral, we are celebrating a new life. Our baby cousin Jeremy Owen Floyd was born today at 2:01pm. Boy is he a good looking baby!!! Mom's tears of sadness are now tears of joy. Mom said that the best part of Jeremy being born was that for once, she wasn't the one having the baby. Hee hee hee! We are sooo excited to have a new baby cousin in our family and can't wait for him to come home. We have so many baseball games to play and soo many footballs to throw. You can see more pictures of Jeremy by clicking on the link below/right "Daniel & Christina".

We pray that Tio Dan is resting in Heaven with God and fixing any electrical problems they may have. We pray in thankgiving for the newest member of our family. God is good.

Happy Bday Tia Rita

It may seem like it's a little late to be wishing you a Happy Birthday, but technically, it's still your birthday in California and Hawaii!! We thought about you all day at Grandma's house and hoped you were having a great day!! Hope you did burn yourself blowing out your candles. We miss you very much!! Thanks for all you do for us and for all the McDonald's giftcards. God bless you on this special day and every day!!! We love and miss you verrrrrry much!!! Enjoy your day tomorrow with Pat.