It seems like we've made a tradition of eating as a family at the Japanese steakhouse in Roanoke each New Year's Eve. Everyone was quiet about making plans this year but Joey called the day before to see if we wanted to go! The only reservation they had left was 4:30, but it worked out well anyway because we all skipped lunch and were ready to party early. We missed Mom and Dad, Stephen and Michael.
We decided at the last minute to treat it like a fancy night out, so we all dressed up and I curled the girls' hair.
My lovely sister-in-law :)
Hank wore a clip-on tie for the first time! Handsome :)
He was so bad during dinner, though...lots of impatience (read: screaming). We try to limit eating out with him...
Love this profile...cute nose and it shows her curls!
Happy New Year from the Fernandez crew!
We did a mini photo shoot in the lobby.
I was sad that this turned out blurry...but what a beautiful family!
This is my favorite shot of course :)
Hank's tie matched Joey's shirt so we couldn't resist a picture of the two of them together.
Afterwards we went to the Maggi's new home to ring in 2014. We just put the kids to bed there at their house and it worked out so easily! Awesome start to the year with family and dear friends.
We spent a couple of hours at the new library one day when Vivian was out of school. They played on the computers a little but also got into the bins of toys. I am so glad they are not too old for this kind of entertainment...makes our days interesting to see what they come up with and how excited they get over little things! 
Hank can only sit still for a matter of seconds to play with anything. It's true. This is one of the biggest differences in him vs. the girls...he plays with or works on something for a few seconds and then has to get up and search around for other things. The girls used to sit and play for a long time with their toys. But anyway I had him on my lap for a tiny window of time putting these pegs together and it was so precious to me!
We are getting ready to start a kitchen remodel next week! We sold all of our appliances today, but before I cleaned them up I took this picture to remember how full our lives are :) We love a cluttered refrigerator!
Boys and their toys! Brett got a motorcycle for Christmas, so he and Aaron when for a ride on New Year's Day. Jody and I met them with the kids to eat an early dinner. It was fun to hang out with them at the start of a new year! Very thankful for our friends! 
It was wonderful to have a little extra time to do fun things with the kids while Vivian was home on Christmas break. We went to Pump It Up (giant inflatables to bounce in) one day, and on Tuesday of this week we met a few friends at the art museum to play in the kids section. If you haven't been, go! It was free and the kids took a few hours to dress up and do a show on the theater stage, do art projects, and try out lots of different learning toys. She is already back in school, but I was very thankful for the extra time with her. It made me really look forward to summer when we can do lots of fun things together! 
I think I can get back into this! Just got a new camera to replace the broken one, and downloaded an app to blog from my phone. Maybe that will help with being able to easily put pictures from my phone on here, since both Aaron and I take lots of phone pictures!
We've had a wonderful holiday season and hope you have too!
Aaron really enjoys hosting friends to come over to shoot targets at the back of our property.
A few weeks ago we were so glad for John John to celebrate his birthday at our house in this way.
He got a new gun as his birthday present and so several men came over to shoot with him.
Gretchen made a huge pot of chili and so we ate lunch together before the festivities began :)
This girl is getting so big! She just turned 10...very thankful for her because I know God will use her to be a great example for our girls.
The girls just wanted to play in Sam's truck the whole time...
Beautiful view at that time, near the end of fall. It's so bare now, though.
Cami did awesome on her first try shooting a gun.
Little man finally woke up from a long nap to come join us for the end.
I realize that you probably think we only dress him in these Carhartts because all of the pictures of him on this blog lately have shown him wearing them. It's coincidence, I promise. He does wear them often though, I guess!
We love John John...he is the happiest guy we know and he loves kids. Happy birthday, John.
Hank really likes him...he has even babysat for just Hank recently :)
We are thankful for our pastor and his family. Such a faithful testimony of a godly household.
Fernandez Family
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This blog is a way for us to journal about the fun events and milestones of our days as husband and wife and new parents. Enjoy catching up with what's going on in the Fernandez family!
Aaron and Lisa
Married December 18, 2004
Vivian Gray: born June 18, 2008
Kate Leigh: born August 5, 2009
Hank Michael: born August 8, 2012
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