Fun at the Park!

During our stay at my mom's house we took Collin and my cousin to the park because they needed to run and be free from the house. My moms backyard is only so big for one child let alone two so we went towards downtown Merced. This park was gorgeous! It had so many leaves on the ground and constantly falling down from the tree. The boys had a blast running, playing with the leaves and kicking a ball around.

It was very cold outside and Collin was very excited because he was able to wear his new gloves that he got for Christmas.

Playing with the leaves!

was worried that the leaves would get in his eyes.

Finally was able to get him to look up at the leaves, well sort of!

taking a breather with the leaves.

He really wanted to take a picture next to this tree.

he was playing hide and seek with the leaf. he still thinks if you cover just your eyes everyone else cannot see you. i love their way of thinking.

I love the sport feature on the new camera!!!

He cannot wait to play soccer, he has to be 5 years old to join the city team.

waiting for the ball from my cousin.

he likes to take a running start for he can really kick the ball!!

Collin had a blast at my moms house and a little bummed that we had to leave but excited to come back. Seeing as next semester is Jed's last (yippee!!!) it will be another hectic one :( I am not sure how I feel about the reality of another hectic semester, we barely survived the last one. At least we have a short break from school to recuperate. Then back to the books. We cannot wait for the new year.

xoxo
veronica and jed

Merry (very late) Christmas!!!!!!

So I know this is extremely late but I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! We went to my mom's house in Merced, CA to celebrate Christmas like every year. Collin was so excited because it was difficult to make it out to my mom's during the semester; it was actually our first time back to Merced since the summer time. Decemeber is usually Christmas time the whole month. We are either celebrating it before, on or after Christmas. A lot of family and we like to be equal with everyone.

So we started with the gingerbread men decorating project. It was Collin and my cousin Leonardo's first time decorating gingerbread men. Collin has eaten his fair share of gingerbread (thanks to starbucks) however, it was my cousins first time decorating a gingerbread with the full spread of candy and icing.

Seriously looking on to see which bowl of
candy he wants to add on to his cookie.

sweet reward after the
decorating

My cousin Leonardo Antonio
having a blast

My mother every year changes the color of her ornaments.
Last year was all silver, this year was all gold, next year all red and
the following year after would be traditional where it is a hodgepodge of colors and
ornaments. She even has wrapping paper to match each year.

My mother's beautiful tree!

Our family tree. We like to use blues, silver and clear glass ornaments.
Jed and I both like the combination of the colors because it just
reminds us of winter and snow. Jed loves the snow but not enough to
go live in the snow full time (thank goodness). Don't get me wrong
I love the snow, however, I love being able to drive away from the snow and
go home to the beach and clouds or sun depending on the day it is .

We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope you all did too!

lots of love
veronica and jed

New Camera!!!!!!

So we got a new camera!!!!!! I am sooooo excited as you can tell with the amount of pictures I have taken in one day, in a span of maybe 20-30 min. Who should I take pictures of???? Collin of course, at least as long as he lets me.

Of course he had to do some funny faces first.

Look at his face!!!
He could do no wrong right???

Eyelashes to last a lifetime!!!!
Why can't us women get eyelashes that long.

Pearly whites!

Is my nose clean?

Say Cheese!

more pictures to come soon

lots of love
veronica and jed

Gatorade Ad or Security Guard?

So this is very old, however I love these pictures. This was when we were having the random heat wave during November and December. It was probably a good 80 degrees in Salinas this afternoon and Collin loves drinking Gatorade (i'm sure it probably is not the best for him but we already drank the two water bottles we had.). So I think this can totally be a Gatorade ad.

Gatorade. Even refreshing for kids!

If you need a security guard for your next party
just let Collin know. He may be able to help out!

lots of love
veronica and jed

Collin and Golfing

So Collin is all done for the year with his golf lessons. He starts back on the 9th of Jan. These are a couple of pictures of his last golf lesson. Towards the end the instructors would allow the children decide what they would want to focus more on, whether it be putting or the driving range. Collin has really enjoyed the putting greens. I am not sure why, it could be because he has to slow down and really take his time or because he does not have to hit the ball as hard to make it fly up in the air? Nevertheless, he has enjoyed his lessons and cannot wait until they start again.

So close to getting it in the hole. He just hit it a
little to hard and it went past the hole.

Second try was a charm. I shot the
picture just in time, before it went in.

Cannot wait for the next year of new lessons and more pictures.

xoxo
veronica and jed

Thanksgiving!!!!

So I definitely know this is really late, however I do think it is better than never. Just keep in mind the very hectic schedule we lived during the semester. Thanksgiving was great with a lot a food and with family around. It was my aunt and cousins first thanksgiving ever in the states so we made everything you could think of.

The wonderful spread. Basil-garlic mashed potatoes, cornbread stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole (Jed's favorite), and rolls.

The main attraction......the 14lb turkey. This big old turkey and only a little left behind. First time we did not really have left overs to last for at least a couple of weeks. 10 people can eat a lot.

Collin is thoroughly enjoying his big old plate of food.
Yes he does eat that much on a good day!

Needless to say Thanksgiving was great full of good food, company and of course the football games. Still bummed about the minimal amount of leftovers, however we did survive ;).

lots of love
Veronica and Jed