This is what my kitchen table looked like immediately after Adriel left for his work trip to Central America. I was sad to see him go, but decided to make it a time to make lots and lots of cards to restock my almost emtpy card box. Asi es que como estaba mi mesa del comedor [...]

Since moving to St. Louis, Adriel and my date nights have become next to none. So, when we heard about “Night on the Town”, a fundraiser for a mission organization in St. Louis that included fancy adult time in a fancy place, we signed ourselves up (so much easier to get a babysitter when you tell them [...]

In another attempt to keep Eliana occupied while I cooked, I put a magnet at the bottom of our refrigerator. Unfortunately her fascination with this one magnet kept her attention for a total of maybe one minute. And since I have not mastered cooking a whole meal in one minute, I needed a new plan. Alphabet magnets are now covering the bottom [...]

Once a week, Eliana and I pack our lunches for us and for Papi (aka Adriel) and we drive down to the Purina headquarters where Adriel works. It has become a lunch hour that we have come to treasure. Not only does it break up our week and give Adriel a good break from his work, but it [...]

We started the weekend of Halloween with pumpkin carving. Although Adriel carved a great face, you can tell how much Eliana enjoyed the end product. Empezamos el fin de semana de Halloween tallando una calbaza. Aunque Adriel tallo la cara, podran ver que tanto lo disfruto Eliana. Dressing up was more successful…for the total of [...]