Sunday, November 30, 2008

The Giving of Thanks



Last week Ricardo and I went to Florida to spend time with a couple of Ricardo's old high school friends.  We flew in to Orlando from Texas, Fernando and Brisa flew in from Michigan, and Marco and Jacquie hosted us at their home!  We mostly ate (a LOT) and walked (a LOT), since there were lots of sights to see...and talked a lot, and the guys played a lot of playstation.  

First time at the Atlantic Ocean? 



The guys!  Ricardo, Marco, & Fernando



Brisa and I trying to show off our baby bumps.  It's still a little early to show, but we're pretending!  She's due about 2 weeks before I am. 


I do this in every beach we go to.




Fernando and Brisa!


Marco, Jacquie & Bianca!


3 years married & so in love!


Baby belly (I'm giving it a little help) at 16 weeks!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Mini-Mission Trip




I just got back a few hours ago...I'm wiped! But it was a great weekend, and I'm stinkin' proud of our youth group. They did such a good job and worked hard all the whole time. Here are some pictures...probably a lot of them, actually.






We started out making Apple Pies on Friday night.
It's a tradition...and a fundraiser for the youth.
1.5 hours, and 45 pies later...


























And then on Saturday it was wake up early (after a late night--lights out was 12:00am, but by the time I got stuff cleaned up and made it to bed it was 1:30) to go WORK!  We built a wheelchair ramp (and raked the yard), organized the garage, and did some more work on the labyrinth the youth built a year ago.  
Did I mention it was early?  And FREEZING?












It was loads of fun though, and I enjoyed it and all of them.  But I was really glad to come home, shower, and know that I get to sleep in my own bed tonight.  
















































Other news? Ricardo got home tonight from Washington D.C. (math conference),  Katie (who's wonderful) helped me maternity clothes shop, which was a very good thing...I needed to start looking for clothes that fit better!  I'm guessing that in another few weeks I'll suddenly be visibly pregnant.  When it happens, I'll be sure to post pictures.
























Good night to you all...I'll post again, probably after Thanksgiving, though it might have to wait until after Finals.  Sigh. 

Monday, November 3, 2008

Pink or Blue?


Surprised?

Baby Rodriguez arrives in May 2009
So far I've felt okay (not great, but not horrible either),
pretty tired most of the time (and that makes me cranky),
but Ricardo and I are excited to share this news!

Cast your vote--let us know what you think it will be!
(P.S. the voting booth is in the upper right hand corner of the screen)

And... if you don't mind, we're trying to keep this news 
OFF of Facebook for another week or so...just to allow 
us the chance to tell everyone without them hearing about it
via social networking or gossip...you know how it is. 
Comments on the blog, e-mails, or phone calls to us
are totally accepted!!
Thanks!