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Papa and Gramme's house  

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We are back in our house now after the kitchen remodel. We spent a little more than a month at my parents' house and it couldn't have gone more smoothly. Everyone is so thankful for having a perfect place to live while out of our home. It was challenging at times because all of our belongings were disorganized, but the kids slept well there, we had good meals there, and plenty of toys to play with! Here are a few pictures during that month that I have on my phone:
4 kids in the bathroom trying to get ready for the day...Hank loved the stool because he felt like a big kid.

We watched the NFL championships one sunday afternoon (hank was into it!) and also had friends over for the Super Bowl. 



We spent lots of time playing in the playroom.


We cuddled on the couch on most mornings to watch Sesame Street for hank or sprout channel for the girls. We had to detox a little on watching tv when we got back home ;) but it was nice to have that on the long winter days when they were out of school for snow, which happened several times during that month.


Papa, I'm ready for you to take me out to lunch! 

I walked down the driveway one day because the snow had come fast and I was nervous about getting my car back up the hill.

Good days at school! 

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oh, the toddler years  

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It is much smarter for me to take my shower before the Tazmanian devil wakes up. If I bring him in the bathroom with me he does things like dump the q-tips on the floor and find a way to get Daddy's day-old Pepsi and helping himself to it.
He is so cute while he's doing it though!

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Science museum in Center in the Square on a day off school!
Mistake: not bringing a stroller. Jody mostly walked through the museum with the girls while I chased after Hank :)

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be mine  

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Getting ready for Valentine's Day!

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before and now  

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 We have begun a kitchen remodel at our house! We are excited about the finished product but unsure of when that will happen. Thankful to have a place to stay at my parents house! 


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new year's eve dinner  

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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.

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pump it up  

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Here's one more post about a fun morning we had while v was on Christmas break. They jumped and climbed and bounced every second we were there! I really loved being able to get in with Hank and play with him. He is so fun to wrestle and squeeze.

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blue mouth...guilty boy  

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We are dealing with a recurring issue of Hank eating markers and making huge messes with them. The girls now know that they can't have the markers out if he is playing upstairs!

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library visit  

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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!

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full fridge  

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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!

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New Year's Day  

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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! 

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art museum  

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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! 

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Back to the blog!  

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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!

I visited a great friend, my bible study leader in college, at the beginning of December. Kristina and I took a train from Lynchburg to DC to spend the weekend with Allison and her family. It was such and encouraging time and I was able to return refreshed and a better mommy :)

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shooting day  

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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.

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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!

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      Married December 18, 2004
      Vivian Gray: born June 18, 2008
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