What a good big sis!

Christian fell asleep drawing so Alison went and got a blanky to cover him up! What a sissy!

Christian makes new friends...

Christian decided to play "football" with some of our neighborhood kids. We have a small field just next to our house. This was the first time he was brave enough to join the fun! 

Christian was so excited about taking a bath he didn't bother to take his shirt off!

Guy & Nan visit Leon

We had a great time when Guy and Nan came to visit. We took it slow since everyone was sick, but we had a great time just hanging out!

Christian loves the small carts at the new supermarket. He LOVES to go grocery shopping with me! And did I mention his favorite color is pink? I doubt his big sis as ANY influence on him.

As soon as Guy and Nancy got to town we took them to the fair! It was the last night so we made sure to enjoy it. The kids rode rides, ate candy, played with Guy & Nan, ate candy, played with Emma, and did I mention ate some candy!

Growing Noah...

This is my nephew! Isn't he sweet! I want to meet him so bad!

I turn 28

On my birthday, a friend from church, Ariana, hosted a birthday party for me. It was fun. Almost everyone from church was there. We enjoyed tostados and cake! It was good to be with friends!

My Baby turns 3!

I can harly believe that it has been three years! We had a fun b-day party. Here are some pics!


Eating cake!



The string from the pinata broke and the enitre thing feel on Emma! Pobrecita!

Christian picked out Shrek for his pinata!

Blowing out the candles.

Sissy wrapped and decorated some of her own toys to give to Bubba! What a sweet and giving heart!

Bubba got lots of cool toys for his b-day!

Lots of friends came to help celebrate Christian's third birthday!

Wish List

We are constantly asked by friends and family what we want/need. Usually I can not think of things on the spot. So I have created a link (right hand side) that will take you to our wish list. I can add and remove things easily in order to keep it updated. Thanks for being interested in our work here in Leon.

Pictures of Noah Wayne

I'm an Aunt!

I'm proud to announce the arrival of my very first nephew! Noah Wayne Stephens was born on Friday night. He weighed 8lbs 7oz and was 21" long. As soon as I get pics I will post them. Congradulations Wayne and Veronica! Please keep them in your prayers as Wayne will return to Iraq on Friday.

Church going strong

The church has started collecting bags of clothes and toys that we will take to a local children's home at the end of April. This is one of my projects and I'm really excited about it!
Chris has enjoyed his new role, teaching the 4 & 5 year olds!

My class: Christian, Emma & Manuel

The State Fair is Back!

Yesterday the State Fair kicked off here in Leon. We went with Omar, Tana & Emma. We ate some really good food and watched a dolphin show. We had a lot of fun. Since it only cost $1.50 for our family to get in and we can walk to it, we hope to enjoy it as much as possible the few weeks it's here. (And yes, I am wearing my Bronco shirt and we were back at the house by 7:00 to watch Denver beat the Patriots.)

Celebrating "King's Day" at our house!

The "Rosca". On King's Day they eat this traditional bread to celebrate the day the King's brought gifts to baby Jesus. Hidden in the bread are small plastic babies and if you get one you are suppose to host a meal for everyone!


Sitting and chatting!


We had a full house! Including members from our congregation, one across town and family from Mexico City!


Playing ping-pong.

Un novio?

David asked Alison to be his novia (girlfriend). Alison said yes!

Happy New Years!

We celebrated New Year's Eve across town with another Church of Christ. We got there around 10:30 and we did some singing and had a lesson from the preacher there. At midnight we counted down the new year and hugged everyone...then...they brought out an entire meal. At MIDNIGHT! We manged to leave around 1:00. It was a long night, but we had fun!

The kids love their new towels from Grandma! They like to keep them on even after their bath!