All of the cousins, they love each other.

More pictures

Erica's newest addition on top and her girls again. Syd on the right is my mini-me, she looks just like me and has the same attitude. She is going to be a handful...

Thanksgiving Pictures

I am finally posting pictures of the nieces and nephew from Thanksgiving. With permission from their parents of course. The two on the left are Erica's and the two on the right are Becky's. (Becky is also currently pregnant with twins!)

Photography courtesy of Carrie Castillo (Gonzales, for those of you who know her by her maiden name). Which is the whole 2 people who actually read my blog. :)

Christmas Spirit

Why is it that people seem to think the rules of the road no longer apply at Christmastime? Temporary insanity brought on by too many things to accomplish and not enough time?

I'll admit I shouldn't have procrastinated my Christmas shopping but I've had a little trouble getting motivated this year. So I of course found myself stuck in the mall gridlock this weekend. As I sat idling in the Nordstrom parking garage for over 15 minutes I found myself daydreaming about driving into the wall. Seriously. Ususally just pulling into that parking garage lifts my spirits. (I know it's pathetic but I love Nordstrom, everything in it's place, organized by color and size, it's like a little piece of heaven on earth.)

There really is no point to this story except that I hope the spirit hits me soon or else I am in for long December.

Oh, and I am posting pictures from Thanksgiving and watch for pictures from our trip to Portland in a few weeks!

Happy Holidays!`

It's raining, it's pouring...

My first blog...

It's Saturday afternoon and it has been raining pretty much non-stop since yesterday morning in my neck of the woods. The constant rain is the only reason I have finally created this blog, I just can't bring myself to go out and accomplish anything.

I know people usually post pictures along with their blogs but I am not that adept at this whole blog thing yet. If I was that tech savvy I would insert a picture of myself here. The caption would be something like: Me, on the couch and in my PJ's (at 3:00 in the afternoon) blogging on the laptop.

Be glad I spared you the picture, it would not be pretty.

So, the weather is making me lazy and a little bit out of sorts. This is particularly worrisome considering Ben and I will be relocating to Portland in just a few short months. Let's hope the rain doesn't have the same affect on me there!

I guess I had better get motivated but more exciting news and updates to follow (and probably pictures as well)!