All Eyes Are Still Fixed On The Baby Jesus

Our Parish has a beautiful Nativity set outside the Church and it always attracts little children including ours. Our girls never get tired of looking at the Baby Jesus. I think we should all learn from our children how to adore the Baby Jesus, in a simple and most loving way!

Christmas Octave with The Friars

We had a fun day with the Franciscan Friars bowling yesterday. Most of the Brothers and Priests were there and even my Mom bowled too. Father Miguel was the winner from our group. I guess he's still got it!

After that my parents and Fr. Miguel came over to our house for dinner and we opened our gifts. Thank you Papa and Mama for the Christmas gifts for all of us. The girls love their dresses (Abigail didn't want to be in this picture with her sisters). Thank you Fr. Miguel for the goody basket.

Father Miguel and I just had to do something silly for this picture.

Wishing You and Your Family the Joy of God's Miracles This Christmas!

From all of us in Alabama,
Michael and Coby + Baby,
Gabriela, Rebecca and Abigail

Gifts From Troy, Michigan

Merry Christmas to Tom, Barb, Amanda and Rob and thank you for all the gifts for us, especially for the girls. They love it! Your buckets must be full by now. Love the Merry Mochacino! Thank you and we miss y'all.

Thank You Albert & Ira for the "Warm" Gift

Merry Christmas to all in California! Thank you for the throw blanket, we need it more during this winter - freezing days!

Visit to Grandma and Grandpa

We went to visit grandma and grandpa on Tuesday to deliver their Christmas gift (they are sitting on it in the picture above). We also helped them plant their little trees in the front yard. The girls were a big help for Daddy, especially Abigail! She wanted to do everything Daddy was doing, from shovelling to pouring the dirt.

Therese and Her Family Paper Dolls

Rebecca received a great Christmas gift from her godparents, Monica and Marius; "Therese and Her Family Paper Dolls". They were busy the rest of the day cutting the paper dolls, dressing them up, lining them up and listening to the story of St. Therese and her family. You can check it out here if you'd like to purchase Therese and Her Family Paper Dolls
Thank you very much to Monica and Marius! This is more than paper dolls, a great gift and a great teaching tool!

First Confession for Gabriela

Today was a big day for Gabriela, she had her first confession. She chose to have her uncle, Fr. Miguel to hear her first confession. She also chose to do it now rather than later (sometime in March before her First Communion), because she wanted to give Jesus this gift for Christmas.

Afterward we let her choose to have lunch at a place where she wants to celebrate this big day, and she picked to have lunch at Chuck E Cheese. Thank you to Grandpa and Grandma for coming out to celebrate this big day with us and thank you to Fr. Miguel too.

Poinsettia and Abigail

A very nice combination!

God's Covenant

This beautiful rainbow was over our house a couple of weeks ago. Just a thought . . . with all the doom-and-gloom happening in this world, we know that God is not going to destroy the earth with the flood again.

(Genesis 9:12-17) 12 God added: "This is the sign that I am giving for all ages to come, of the covenant between me and you and every living creature with you: 13 I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds, 15 I will recall the covenant I have made between me and you and all living beings, so that the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all mortal beings. 16 As the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and recall the everlasting covenant that I have established between God and all living beings--all mortal creatures that are on earth." 17 God told Noah: "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all mortal creatures that are on earth."

Maryland Blue Crabs from Publix!

We got really excited when we came across some blue crabs at Publix's seafood department... So we bought them all, cleaned them out (okay, it wasn't a bushel, maybe 16 pieces)! Took them home, heat them up and picked some crabs. It wasn't as good as the one we've gotten in Maryland, but enough to enjoy and to remember the good old days when we used to live in Maryland and picked crabs for hours and hours with our close friends.