Month: November 2024

3/29/24

The Orlando Florida Temple is beautiful!

Then we went to our favorite ice cream spot when we go to the temple:

3/25/24 Franklin and Franklin Jr. are best buddies with Luna!

On their phones together:

Happy Birthday Franklin Jr.:

Dad made pavlova:

The Araques also brought a Venezuelan dessert:

We had gifts for him too:

Movie tickets:

Happy Birthday Franklin Jr.!

3/11/24

Rachel and Mom went to the Natural History Museum and The Butterfly Rain-Forest. There is a cool simulation at the entrance in the museum:

One of our favorite exhibits in the museum:

Time for the Butterfly Rain-Forest Exhibit:

One landed on Mom:

We had a very nice day together!

3/04/24

They went out for Sushi!:

03/05/23

They continued their celebration the next day with a yummy dessert:

Grandpa Ed and Grandma Joyce sent them a beautiful card:

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

2/14/24

The table was filled with Valentines!

There was an awesome assortment of beauty products and treats for us:

Lizzy gave Rachel a Valentine’s day gift as well:

Lizzy had one for Dad:

Rachel had one for Dad too:

Grandpa and Grandma Beck sent Valentines as well:

Mom and Dad exchanged Valentines as well:

Valentine’s for Mom too:

Later that evening we had a very special Valentine’s Day Activity at church. We had a dinner and a movie night:

It was a Very Happy Valentine’s Day!

2/06/24

Our lifelong friend Haden played Gaston in Beauty and The Beast:

Mom and her friend Dimple went too:

He did an incredible job!

2/5/24

We went to visit Joy and celebrate her birthday:

Happy Birthday Joy!

1/18/24

Dad’s sister-in-law Becky (Married to uncle Patrick) came for a visit. Mom took her on a hike:

Yes, there were gators on this hike!

1/20/24

We celebrated Mom’s Birthday. Mom got a card from her friend Nancy:

Grandpa Ed and Grandma Joyce sent Mom a birthday card:

They also gave her some exercises bands that she really wanted:

Lizzy writes the best cards!

Lizzy gave Mom a new book:

Dad gave Mom a new Personal Trainer Shirt:

Rachel made Mom a beautiful card:

Rachel got mom a book about hiking the Appalachian trail. Miss Kitty would rather be petted than sit through all this:

Dad also got mom more toys for her gym:

Dad made mom her favorite chocolate heart cakes:

Happy 54th Birthday Mom! We Love You So Much!

Wait, Aunt Becky is also celebrating her birthday. Surprise!:

Make A Wish!

Happy Birthday Aunt Becky!

1/10/24

Service Project Activity: Free Babysitting

We played Duck, Duck, Goose:

While the younger ones were in the nursery room:

Lizzy made a friend:

We had races too:

It was actually a fun service project for our ward families.

01/07/24

Today we saw the Araques at church and we exchanged gifts. We brought them home to open them because we weren’t able to at church:

We are very grateful for the Araque family!