Bye, Bye, La visite...

This morning we said "goodbye" to Mamie and Papie and sent them on their way...I'm not really sure the girls fully understand, but I'm sure they'll be telling us all about it in the nest few days! So the coffee maker will get put away until their next visit, and the house will recover from having 7 people in it and then things will be back to normal. But not for long!

Easter is comming and this year we are travelling to Victoria to visit Grandma, as well as many others who we didn't get to see at Christmas! We'll be in Victoria from April 9 to the 14th and then Bailey should be dropping in on us for about a week! By then it will be almost May and summer will be just around the bend - I'm still figuring out summer activities for the girls (to preserve at least some of my sanity!!)

Spring Break 2009

The first few days of Spring Break this year were cold and rainy (cold by Houston standards!!!) but after that the weather was beautiful and we were able to have lots of fun!! Both Alix and Zozo were out of school so everyone couls come (this does not happen often!!). On Thursday we spent the day with a few of our neighbors - we visited the Bluebell Ice Cream factory in Brenham TX, yum, yum...but no pictures of that since we weren't allowed cameras ;0( Then in the afternoon we went to this Monastery where nuns raise miniature horses (not ponies....) It was so much fun, there was a tiny one that was only 5 days old!!! So cute, no bigger than a Labrador! Then today (Saturday) since Daddy was living it up in Vegas, we went to the beach with Mamie and Papie, the weather was great and we had a great picnic lunch! To check out all the pictures, go to: http://alixetzoelie.shutterfly.com/!!!

Wow... already it's March!

I know, same excuses as usual!! I need to spend more time updating the blog....but I'm a busy lady!!!

Nic and I just got back from a great trip to Mexico - as much as I love my girls, it's great to get away from time to time and just relax! We had so much fun and met some great folks. Spent one day visiting the ruins at Coba and then swimming in a Sinote (underground cave filled with fresh water) and then rapelling and zip-lining in a Mayan village before returning to our resort!!! That was a very busy day but well worth it! But all the other days we mostly just sat around the pool and relaxed!

In case you thought that maybe we just abandonned our kids... (LOL) don't worry!!! Nic's parents are visiting with us and watched the girls while we were gone. Now it's back to the regular routine.

Alix is, of course, doing very well in kindergarten, even if she is the youngest in her class, and Zozo is loving every little bit of pre-school, she goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 until 2:00 and is never entirely pleased to see me at the end of the day!! Madeline is walking and running around and getting bigger every day, she is starting to really get the message across and talking is surely comming soon.

We are looking at getting another series of familly pictures taken soon, so be on the lookout for those!!

Love,

Julie, Nic and the girls xxoo

Noel!!!!! Christmas!!!!

I've uploaded over 100 pictures of our Christmas break onto Shutterfly (http://alixetzoelie.shutterfly.com/). Just to update everyone, Christmas was nice and calm for us, we stayed in Houston this year and started our own traditions... Ha! These included; eating sushi on Christmas Eve and then staying up late watching cartoon Christmas movies, Christmas morning opening gifts in Pjs and then having roast beef and ham for lunch at Van and Sheila's house (they are Jeremy's parents, Jemery and Alicia are our friends here in Katy!). Then we put the girls to bed early and had a lovely candle-lit dinner just the two of us!!! Not your typical Christmas, but a GREAT one for us!!! Then on the 26 - but it turns out the 27 (long story, 34 hour story to be precise) Joel and Genevieve came down to visit (but I haven't posted those pictures yet - soon!!). Alix goes back to school tomorrow, and with that our lives will return to normal!!! More news soon!!!

Finaly recent pictures!

Yesterday, I spent the better part of the afternoon uploading pictures to Shutterfly... which I hadn't done since we had our fabulous pictures taken in June.

So follow the link on the right to Shutterfly to view everything we've taken since then!!!

Here is a teaser...