Black Friday th the San Antonio Zoo

Yesterday was alittle sad because we spent the holiday here without our friends or family. But we did OK. Juan made Cornish hens and we watched movies and hung out. Then today, instead of shopping, we went to the zoo. It was alittle chilly here... around 65 degrees. We rode the train and saw the animals and then took the kids to Panera Bread (LOVE). We miss you all so much....

Deep in the heart of Texas!

Halloween..... gabe LOVED his Monkey costume!

This is the Graduation Field on Lackland Airforce Base. There are tons of old planes..... heaven for Kian.

This is at the "Kiddie Park" an old time amusement park in San Antonio. the rides are from the early 1900's!

Mommy had to ride with Gabe! Yikes!

THE ALAMO

So here we are..... finally all settled in! We miss Colorado and all of our friends but, it is all going well. The weather is nice here right now and we hear we missed the worst summer in 20 yrs. It supposedly got well into the 100 degrees here for several weeks. NOT looking forward to that! But for now, it is gorgeous and the kids are doing well.

Jake is going to a little Charter school and he is the toast of the town there. He is also doing his MMA on base and has really impressed his teacher. Sophia is her same self... loving and kind and making friends. Kian has had a few more issues adjusting but he will pull through. Gabe is funny and a stinker, as usual. He has been singing with the radio and doing a lot of lip syncing when he doesn't know the words. Brittney Spears watch out! Juan is being the family driver right now because we are down to just the truck. He has adapted well to the crazy Texas drivers here. SCAAAARRRYYYY....... And I am adjusting back into the military life. It is a good life and I like it so far. I am not sure they like me but, no one ever does at first! :)

Here are our newest pics.

Gabe after his haircut!

Gabe before his haircut!

We had lot's of fun this summer! Now it is on to Texas!

Summer is over..... another fall is here

Time is going by so fast. No word on the Air Force yet. We are all waiting with baited breath. We will update everyone when we find out.

Beautiful Gabriel

My Brother Lucas took this pic of Gabriel when we went to visit our family in Utah. Beautiful pic... thank you brother!

Happy Birthday Mommy and Daddy!

So I am now offically 36! Ughhhh! This means I am no longer in my mid thirties. I have moved on to my LATE thirties. Though this scares and mortifies me, I feel younger and better than I ever have. There must be some great, cosmic irony in this. Juan will turn 34 on July 20th. So he is NOT in his late thirties yet! :)
We had a blast with our friends from Denver last Friday. We went to downtown Denver to celebrate our combined birthdays. It is crazy how many people are on the streets at 2 am! Denver is basically an all night, full on party! We are so grateful for the many wonderful people we have in our lives. They are so generous and loving. And a little bit off their rockers...... just like us!

Happy Birthday Kian!

All the Albalate Atencio kids are another year older! Mom actually made two out of the four cakes..... even if it was from a box! :)