Baby's Dedication

While in El Salvador both my sister and I had our little girls dedicated by their Grandfather. It was a once in a life time experience!! It was so cool to be able to not only do it together but to be able to have our Dad do it! A cool little note, both girls are wearing gowns made from their paternal grandmother's wedding dresses.

Panajachel, Guatemala

So about four days after getting into El Salvador we left for Guatemala. That is our family's vacation spot. We grew up going there and I have a lot of childhood memories there. And speaking of my childhood we got to go with a family we grew up with. They are the Caminos. They are the closest thing we have to cousins in El Salvador. Not everyone could go but Manolo son and his girlfriend Astrid got to come along with his parents, Manolo and Vilma who are like my Aunt and Uncle. It has been a long time since we got to spend some quality time with them so that was nice. We did some shopping, played a little Crockett and a lot of board games. It was a nice relaxing time.

The Lake

So we got to go to Panajachel in Guatemala while in El Salvador. The small town in located on a crater lake. We took a boat ride around the lake and got to see the beautiful landscape! (Can't put too many pics up sorry) but another thing we got to do on the lake was kayaking. Well Todd and Chris went in one together I stayed with Reagan. But they had a blast. The first time they tried it was too windy and as you can tell both Todd and Jonathan were very disappointed!

Day at the Beach

The day after we got into El Salvador we got to go spend the day at the beach! It was so much fun and the weather was very nice! This was also Reagan's first time seeing and touching the ocean. She also got into a pool for the very first time. She didn't like how cold it was at first but she later came around to like it.

Christmas in El Salvador

This Christmas we all got to spend it in El Salvador with my side of the family. It has been 8 years since we have all been together for a Christmas. Reagan got to experience a lot of new things like flying, going to the beach, going to Guatemala, meeting family and she even got to be dedicated by her Grandpa! I will do a blog for each event so stay tuned...

WWII Jeep

So our friend Dave got to drive an old Jeep from WWII era that, as you can tell has been redone very nicely. We thought it would be cool to have pictures taken with it. And in true old Jeep form the boys ended up having to push it to get it started. It was quite humorous to watch. In the Jeep with me is our friend Kate and her son Aiden. Her husband, Dustin, is the one helping Todd push the Jeep. The picture of the boys sitting in the Jeep made me think it should have a caption under it stating: “Our boys off to war.” Anyways, it was a fun day and a cool Jeep!!

Christening Gown

So I have been meaning to get some pictures up of Reagan’s Christening Gown. Sunny, Todd’s sister, made it for Reagan. The beautiful thing about this gown is that it was made with lace and pearls from Mary’s wedding dress. Mary is Todd’s mother. And the story behind the lace and pearls is Mary’s mother sewed on the lace and pearls by hand onto Mary’s wedding gown. Mary always wanted her wedding gown to be reused and Sunny found a perfect way! We put Reagan in it to take some Christmas pictures… There is a picture of Reagan with her proud Mimi who is behind the making of the Christening gown. {We call Mary Mimi :) }