My Familia

12/19/13

Thanksgiving {2013}

The next day was Thanksgiving and the rest of the family had finally arrived. We were so excited to see them and for the Cowboys game this day!!

Being out of town on Thanksgiving makes food options a little different. We had lunch at Whataburger! My kids (and Hubby) loved it!

Then it was game time!!! Robert and the kids in front of the stadium.

This one cracks me up!! I just had to share!

Our little guy was ready for some football!

Our seats! (Pretty dang high - but there really is no bad view!)

You basically can't take anything into the stadium with you so all my following pics are from my phone.

This little guy was a trooper! A football game is long and you can only have so much popcorn and cotton candy before you start to crash!

But both kids pepped up for the halftime show which was Selena Gomez. Elena was so excited!

Then we decided to let the kids run around a little and we met with Marie who also happened to be at the game!!

and she gave Elena this cool sign which was pretty much her favorite thing of the day! ;)

Marie had a much closer view!

I'm so glad we got to meet up with her!

Then we finished out the game back at our seats.

"Go Cowboys!"

It was a great win for the Cowboys which definitely made the game even more fun to be at! Fun times! Elena proudly walked out with her Cowboys sign!

It took all of 5 minutes for Dominic to crash on the way out. :)

What a great experience!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!

12/13/13

Thanksgiving Vacation - part 1.

We possibly started a new tradition this year for Thanksgiving...going to the Dallas Cowboys game!! This all started when Robert's Mom mentioned that she had always wanted to go to a game, so Robert and his brother thought, why not?? So the Tues before Thanksgiving we headed down to Texas. When I went to pick the kids up after work I found them like this...

Lol~ thanks for sugaring them up for the road trip Mom!! :) Ha ha!

We packed our stuff up and headed out. We planned to stop in OKC after a few hours for the night. Dominic and Elena are growing up so fast -- look how old they look --

We grabbed a bite to eat and the kids immediately went for the king-sized bed! Ha ha.

Look at these two - caught them doing exactly the same thing! Sometimes its amazing how many little mannerisms and things they do that are exactly alike.

The next day we headed out. The kids were troopers, especially this little guy who was snacking and watching the iPad like a big boy!

He was ecstatic to use the iPad -- this is the first time we ever let him hold it. Can you tell how excited he was?? :)

Woo hoo - Welcome to Texas!

Elena insisted on bringing not only her baby doll, Olive, but also her pack and play just like Dominic's. :) Too cute!

He thought it was pretty funny!

Then we headed to Gas Monkey grill for some dinner -

The rest of the family didn't get in until much later that night so we went back to the hotel and awaited their arrival...

12/6/13

Girls on the Run 5k and Kiddie K.

Ever since our Diva Dash, Elena has been asking when she is going to do another race! So when another Girls on the Run 5k and Kiddie K came up I thought it was perfect!! The weather was so much better than last time!!

I started towards the middle of the pack so I think my time was actually better than this, but not too shabby!

Then we had to wait for Elena's race to start. She was so excited, it drove her nuts having to wait!

Daddy went to the start line with her, while Dominic, Grandma and I waited at the finish!

Here they come! Do you see her on the right?

She finished the 1/3k at 1:16! Yay Elena!!

A picture from the photographer at the finish line -

Check out that form!! :)

She was so proud of her ribbon!!

We decided to grab some linner (as we like to call a late lunch/early dinner) and then hit Mickey D's for an ice cream cone. (and Dominic's first time in the play area!)