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.

Gonzales Gang on the Go

The Boys are Back in Town

Yep, we're back in town from a great week of baseball. Dad was brave enough to jump in the car with the three of us and drive us to Dallas to see the Rangers. We went to three games all against the Angels. Dad bought us each a shirt with our favorite players names and numbers on the back. We also got Adri a pink Ranger shirt with Kinsler's name and number on it. We got to see one of the best Ranger games ever the second night we were there. If you were watching Rangers Live after the game you probably saw us. We stayed to celebrate with the rest of the fans. Dad lifted us up so we could be on TV. Mom, Adri, Grandpa Severo, Grandma Mae and JRod were all watching and got to see us. We even have it recorded. It was fun!! We got to take a picture with David Murphy on the third night and he signed a baseball for each of us. We also had a great time at the Dallas Zoo and the Grapevine Mills Mall. We had no idea that there was a skate park inside the mall or we would have brought our skateboards. It was really cool. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe - that was pretty cool, too. The only bad thing was that we only got to swim once 'cause we were so busy the rest of the time. As much as we missed Mom and Adri, we really enjoyed our Boys only trip. Mom's going to post a slideshow with more pictures from our trip so you can see what a great time we had. Dad is already talking about going back to a game before the summer is over - this time I guess we will take the girls. Hope you're enjoying your summer 'cause it's almost over. Till our next post!! Bye!

July Fun!!

July Already

Wow!! Can you believe it's July already?? August will be here before we know it and Matt and Zach will be starting school again. We haven't updated since Father's Day. Not too much happening since then. We finished up baseball season and are enjoying the break before Matt starts Fall Ball on the 26th. The Boys will be taking their baseball vacation this week starting Tuesday. We are going to three games - Rangers vs. Angels. Mom had to stay behind since her boss is out of town. But we're sure her and Adri will have lots of fun by themselves.

Yesterday was July 4th. We didn't make it to the parade because we overslept, but we weren't too upset about it. We went to Grama and Grampa's house and Mom grilled. Later in the evening we went to our cousin's house. Our Tio Marin grilled some food and Tia Georgia made a brisket. We had fun hanging out with our primos and bouncin' on the trampoline. Once the sun went down, we headed downtown to watch the fireworks. Since Dad had to go to work at 5:30am the next morning we popped our fireworks in our backyard. Shhhhhh! Don't tell the cops. It was a great day!!

Today we spent a lot of time with our friends Jaden and Megan. They will be leaving to California on Tuesday, their Dad got a job in Modesto. We are going to miss them a whole bunch!! Alex asked if Megan will still be his girlfriend... don't know why not. Anyway, we had a blast with them - starting at Legacy Play Village, ice cream at McDonald's and hanging out on the playground at Matt's school. We included some pictures of our day with our friends.

Hope you are enjoying your summer! We sure are!!! Have fun!!

Feliz Dia de los Padres

Happy Father's Day!!! We love you Dad!!! Thanks for not only being the best Dad ever but for being our best friend!! (sorry Mom) Also, a big Happy Father's Day to our Grandpas Marin & Severo, and our Uncle Marin, Jr. Happy Father's Day to our Godfathers Pat & David. A Happy First Father's Day to Uncle Dan. Finally, to our Grandpa Chickens, we love you very much and miss you with all our hearts!! We wish you were here with us, but know you are watching over us from Heaven. Thanks to all these men for being such a blessing to us in your own special ways. We love you all sooo very much!!! Thank God for you!! May He bless you all on this and every day!!!

Happy Birthday Tio Daniel

Happy 28th Birthday to our Tio Daniel!! We hope you have an awesome day!! We made you a poster and took a picture with it. Thanks for being so great to us and for always playing baseball with us. You're a great uncle and we know you're going to be an awesome dad to our baby cousin. Here is what we have to say:

Alex - "Happy Birthday Daniel, I luf him"

Matt - "I just wanted to say thanks for always letting us jump on you and I know it gets on your nerves sometimes, but we like it too. And thanks for playing baseball with us.

Zach - "Happy Birthday Daniel. Thanks for playing with us alot of times."

Adriana - "Thanks for holding me on my birthday when everyone was singing to me. I was a little scared"

Adriana Update

Well, we thought we would update you on how fast Adri is growing up. She will be 13 months on Saturday and has finally decided to start walking. She is really brave when Mom and Dad are helping her with it. She hasn't really decided to take off on her own yet, but she'll be doing it any day now. She doesn't really say anything other than Alex, Matt and Zach. But this weekend Dad bought her a little babydoll and she kept saying Ba Bee and hugging the baby and kissing her. She will also cuddle the baby and pat her back when we say "mimi baby". She communicates well, by shaking her head and pointing to things she wants. You'll see in the picture below she loves fried chicken just like us and Mom. She shakes her head at the things she's done with or doesn't want anymore. Oh, and Tio Gabe. She shook her head at Grandma Rosa's yesterday when Gabe came into the room, like she didn't want him there. (Poor Gabe - we think she hurt his feelings). She loves going to our baseball games and hanging out with us wherever we go. Her hair is still growing but Mom said she was going to get her hair cut because it is sooo hot here and she sweats like crazy. Anyway, we love our Baby Sista and can't remember what our life was like before her. Even when she's mean to us - and believe us, she can be mean. Mom says it's ok because she needs to be like that in a house full of boys. Whatever that means! Talk to ya'll soon!! The Gang!

Adri's Walking!!!!

Happy Birthday Dad

If we had all the money in the world, what would we buy Daddy for his birthday?

Alex -"a baseball hat, cause he lost his other one".
Zach - "well, what does he like? A lot of Ranger stuff".
Matt - "a lot of sports stuff".
Adri - "a book on how to comb baby girl's hair".

We had fun hanging out with Dad on his birthday. We all went to McDonald's for breakfast and played on the playground. Mom made some blueberry muffins and put candles on them. We sang Happy Birthday and then pigged out on the muffins. They are Dad's favorite. We were going to go to the drive-in to watch Kung Fu Panda, but the clouds and lightning rolled in so we decided to wait. Instead, on Sunday we went to $1 bowling at the bowling alley down the street from our house. It was fun! Of course, Dad wanted to go to a Ranger game for his birthday like we do every year, but decided to wait until the end of the month. We don't get to go on our annual boys only trip this year cause Tio Pat isn't here anymore, so we're taking the girls (Mom & Adri) with us this time.
Happy Birthday Dad!!! You may be old, but you're still cool in our book!
Love ya, The Gang!!

Matt's HOT Homer