Faith, Love & ..... PARIS

Going home for Christmas

2011-12-07T05:49:00.000-08:00

I can't believe our time is here....

The last few weeks have felt like f o r e v e r. It honestly feels like Jair has been gone for a month or more. I truly hate these times he is gone, but we are soo blessed by his job and he loves it so that makes me happy.

Tonight around midnight we head for the airport and at 3am leave for Brasilia. PRAYING Jair can change his tickets to come to Belém first and then Brasiia cause i have no idea how Nanci and I would get my two large, heavy, packed full suitcases down 3 levels with no elevator :/ But I know God is in control and everything will work out!!! Then tomorrow night we will be in Birmingham, Alabama!!!!! Yeahhh. Not sure if we will like the cold, but we are SUPER excited to spend some time with David, Renata and Sofia. Friday Renata is having a Christmas party so I'm hoping to help Renata cook, clean and take care of Sofia :) I miss that girl sooo much. Kids are my passion and I miss them all greatly.....

Then Dec 14 we head to Cali and David, Renata and Sofia head for Brasil :) SUPER excited to be spending Christmas with MY family this year. I have been in Brasil the last two times. It's going to be fun cause I haven't celebrated a Christmas with Cora ever and now Josh n I are also married, so we will all be together!!! :) Christmas in Brasil has been nice the last few years. Thankful for a HOT Christmas and so fun to experience different cultures...like starting Christmas celebrations and the big dinner on Christmas eve, midnight....wow. Talk about hard to stay awake lol It's been fun, but I am ready to be with my family. :) Who knows how many more times we will all be able to be together, so taking this opportunity to be filled with joy!! :)

2011-10-28T09:25:00.000-07:00

I know I dont blog very much these days....and thats mostly because I never get comments which makes me feel like no one reads...so whats the point to blog n post pics if no one cares???......but then I thought, maybe its just a good way to get things off my chest....so who knows...

First off, Id like to say that I am SOOO blessed beyond what I deserve. God is my rock and shield and he is my everything. I wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for him. He is my best friend and the only person I can ALWAYS count on to be there for me, be a listening ear, and offer advice and guide my footsteps. Often timees we, as humans and especially Christians, get so comfortable in our life. God didn't put us on this earth to always be comfortable. Thats why I was so willing to move to Brasil to support my hubby in his career. Of coarse I didn't want to leave my friends, family and life I've always known, but at the same time I knew I needed to STEP OUT OF THE BOAT. I knew I wasn't put on this earth to just live comfortably. I prayed through it all and to this day, thank my Heavenly Father for his continued guidance, love, support, care, concern and help to name a few. Its not easy moving to a whole new country with whole new beliefs and ideas and ways of doing things. Speaking a new language. Driving amongst the chaos. Always having to watch your back and purse and belongings. Being careful not to say something in their language wrong so they dont get offended or confused. Sitting in church trying to worship, but not really knowing whats being said or sang. Meeting new people and trying to talk with them and get to know them and build relationships with them, but being frustrated because you just CANT get the right words out. UGHHH! I just want to KNOW Portuguese already!!!! :)

Its also so hard to be away from friends and family and even with all this new technology, they just seem too busy to pick up a fone and call or email or write. I know I know I know...I dont work, have school, have kids etc....so my life is WAY less stressful. TRUE. I totally agree. BUT at the same time, I just wish EVERYONE would have a chance to move to another country and be alone....and see how it feels...even just a scheduled once a week or once a month phone call would be nice....My other American friends that are here get phone calls, emails, mail, care packages etc and they are so blessed and grateful for them! I just have to think.....that would be nice.....But I know everyone has crazy busy lives and their own families and thats SOO important. Thats why I never say anything, but just wish they all knew what it was like to live in a far away land and not have family close. Its hard. VERY hard. My heart breaks to not be a part of the things my friends and family are. To not see my nieces and nephew grow. To not help my bro n sis in law with their new house. To not celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, births, holidays, weddings etc. ....BUT through these hard times I HAVE to rely on my Heavenly Father or else I'd go crazy.

With all of that said, I truly am blessed here. God put me here for a reason and put that desire to share his love in my heart for a purpose. I have made a lot of "friends" or acquaintances you could say and have been really trying to let Gods light shine in me and through me. Its hard not having a b i g vocabulary, but I know God is still using me. I have met so many wonderful people at the gym, grocery store, mall and just anywhere. Some still stare at me and follow me around....maybe cause they've never seen a real live, blonde blue eyed American....but through it all my goal and purpose is to bring people closer to Christ. God has blessed me with wonderful friends and family here from church and Jairs family and I am so appreciative of them too. Although I wish I could TALK more with them.....and see them more often. They are all busy here too. But God has also allowed Jair and I to come across some American Missionaries that are starting a new church here. We felt God calling us to help them in any way we can. So far we have been attending their at home bible study. Jair goes to the study and I help in the childrens study with one child who we think has autism. My job for now is to just hold him and keep him quiet so his searching mom can learn more about the bible. I hope to learn the songs and bible study lessons too, as they are all in Portugeuse and what better way for me to learn than to learn like a child!! :) So we have been really blessed by that. And we are also a part of their small at home church on Sunday nights. We go between the Fowlers house and the Kings house and once a month we all go to another city about 45 min away to worship with their church. So God trully has been blessing us. Its ESPECIALLY nice to have some American friends close by to speak English with, celebrate both Brasil and American holidays, learn from, grow from, get new recipes from ;) and just be encouraged by!! I have also been able to start a little bible study/prayer group with some of my Brasilian friends and that has been a goal of mine! This last week I was also invited to the Kings house to help teach them how to teach their son the alphabet etc....so I was able to use some of my expertise and teaching skills and give ideas which is something I have REALLY been missing.....teaching and kids. GOD IS GOOD!

So all in all, we (I) am blessed. God has protected us, kept us safe, worked out details with doccuments etc, brought new people into our lives, taken away others (lots of my old friends that lived here have basically all moved away or gotten married and moved or went away to college....kinda sucks, but thankful for the new ones:). Hes blessed us with a home and slowly putting things inside of it, given us opportunities to travel, kept us both pretty healthy (except for Jairs triglyceroids which we are finding out runs in his family), provided a car that is AMAZING (and I recently put some scratches on from parking too close to a concrete pole....grrrrr) and allowed us to grow spiritually, emotionally, physically and mentally. God loves his children and wants what's best for us. We need to be open and aware of HOW and WHERE God wants to use us! That may mean outside of your world or it might be right in your backyard. But dont let life get in the way of you living this short life for Christ!! We have and will continue to pray about the possibility of Jair transfering to Texas (I would prefer CA....but there isn't an oil field there) in the next few years, but even with this move I hope we can be the light of Christ and share it with others. If you want, you can join us in prayer about this. I, personally, dont want to start a family here for MANY reasons....but we both know that if it happens GOD IS IN CONTROL and he will guide us!!

If you made it this far, thanks!! It feels good to get some things from my head and heart to paper...or a screen...I really do love and appreciate everyone God has placed in my life and I am SOOO grateful for the few who try their best to communicate!! Thanks Dani, for our constant chats. Even if we are both busy its just the "Hi, how are you doing" that makes a difference. Connie B., Thanks for our random skype dates/chats. You are a blessing and I know you are busy with Emma and Tyler and it means a lot. Im thankful for the few times Ive gotten to skype with Jay n Jess and my parents and see how they are all doing and chat with my sweet n adorable Gav n Cora. MISSING THEM LIKE CRAZY. And I am thankful for a few of my friends who skype once in a while or chat or leave me comments on FB. Its nice to know you aren't forgotten.....cause alot of times it feels/seems like I am. I am so blessed with you all and love you dearly. God bless and have a wondeful Fall/Thanksgiving and Christmas. EXCITED to prayerfully be coming in Dec!!! GOD IS GOOD!

One of my theme verses while living here in Brasil:

Philippians 4:4-9

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹ Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

2011-05-01T13:32:00.000-07:00

Home again Home again Jiggity Jig...................

I am so privaleged and blessed to have been able to come to the US for exactly 3 months!!! God has blessed me so much and my husband is so wonderful for letting me go for that amount of time. I had such a great time visiting friends and family from Florida ---->Alabama---->California---->Indiana---->to Ohio!!!
Weddings, Birthdays, Suprise Parties, Babysitting, Shopping, New Births, Coffee Dates, Lunch dates, Almond Blossom, Easter and lots of packing!!!! I wish it didn't go so fast, but at the same time I'm excited to be HOME!! One more day until I get to spend it with my husband. I love him soooo incredibly much! Can't wait to start decorating our house to make it our home!!! Already looking forward to seeing some of you in December (prayerfully)

HOME

2011-01-25T06:45:00.000-08:00

Im soooooooooo excited to be going "home" to California. I NEED this time away....but wish my hubby could be with me :( I can't wait to have my freedom back and be able to go wherever I want when I want!! :) Just like now...I was ready to go to the gym at 10, but just received a call that my ride wont be here till 3 now....I hate going in the afternoon.....but when I have to rely on others, guess I go when they have time....not when I have time....

Being away from Jair is soooooooo hard. It was a blessing yesterday to not receive his phone call at 9 am saying he made it to the other city by plane, but to receive HIM cause his flight was cancelled until the night. One more day together, THANK YOU LORD! God blesses us so much! I am so lucky. But.....saying goodbye 2 times in one day was soo difficult for me. I cried like a baby last night and couldn't stop. It felt like our dating times again when we only say eachother 1 or 2 times a year. The departures were rough....OH how I hope I can become used to this one day....Until now, I will just cry like a baby!!

Honeymoon to Paris

2011-01-08T21:44:00.000-08:00

Guess its better late than never, right??? :) Here are a few fotos of our honeymoon to Paris in August.

Us on the plane to PARIS

We landed!!! WAHOOOO

In front of our amazing hotel

Waiting at the sub station

me waiting for the train

We are in line to go up the tower!! Long wait, but worth it.

My dream came true!! :) (thanks baby I <3 you)

We went to a lot of yummy restaraunts

I love this one!! BEAUTIFUL day

At another yummy restaraunt close to our hotel. He bought me 2 roses! <3

We walked alot and saw many beautiful buildings etc (but I didn't want to bore everyone with buildings...)

Jair also took me to DISNEY PARIS!!! Soo much fun with him, but cold n windy too.

Princess Castle

Happiest Places

Our last night at our favorite restaraunt (we ate there about 3-4 times cause we LOVED these salads we are eating and the french green beans)

At the top of a building looking at the Eiffel Tower alllll lit up. Gorgeous but FREEZING

I couldn't get a good foto of it....but here's the best I could do

At the bottom of the really tall building on our last night in Paris!!! AMAZING time and I will never forget our honeymoon. Jair wanted my dream to come true and it did. We can't wait to go again!!!!

2010-09-06T18:10:00.000-07:00

Wedding bells are coming

2010-07-31T21:54:00.000-07:00

2 MORE WEEKS! HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Things are coming fast and going on around me and I feel overwhelmed.
I want the day to be here, but then again I wish I was more prepared!
AWWWWWWWWWWW time to get a move on....night~

2010-06-03T09:32:00.000-07:00

I leave for Brasil in ONE WEEK!! Sooo excited to see Jair and his relatives and some of my friends again! Not ready for the LONGGG plane rides and extreme heat, but it comes with the territory! At least in the end I get to see Jair again!! These 14 days on the oil platform are difficult. I hate not being able to talk with him! :( But God is faithful and sustains me! =)

2010-05-31T08:07:00.000-07:00

Forgot to post that day....but Jair and I are moving to Belem!!!! I am leaving in 11 days to move more of my things!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I cant wait.

I am officially DONE with work. Its gonna be soo weird, but so NICE to actually work on wedding plans! God is good and always provides!!!

Happy and Safe Memorial Day! Thank you to all the men and woman who serve and protect ME! Our Country appreciates you!!!

God is IN Control!!

2010-04-16T09:01:00.000-07:00

We find out today where Jair will be stationed and where we will be living in Brasil!! GOD IS GOOD! I am praying hard and know that its in HIS best interest as to where we live! Any prayers would be coveted!! Thanks!!

2010-03-14T14:58:00.000-07:00

Meet my new niece: Sofia Sanderson

Born 3-11-10

weighing 6 lbs 15 oz

and 20 in long

2010-02-28T01:13:00.000-08:00

As I was writing some words of encouragment to some dear friends, I realized God was really speaking through me so that I could take a look at my own life and be reminded that I am only put on this earth for a short time and season. What am I doing with this time??? Am I serving Christ and living my day, moment, as if it were my last?? Even though I thought I was writing these words to my friends, God was actually speaking to myself as well....

My post:
"Aunt Nell said...

girls~

Im thinking and praying for you both!!! I know how hard it is to find a place you can call "home." A place you love and a place you can always be content at....but girls, remember, God puts you where HE wants you! According to HIS will. It may be for a time...for a season...and then he may move you. He is in control of your lives. Not your friends, not your husband (sorry Jeremy ;)~ )not your circumstances, not your job, not the weather...but GOD is in control!! This earth is NOT our home....our home is in Heaven!! So even though you aren't currently satisfied with where you are at....use these moments to rely on Christ and serve Him!! Our time here is but a vapor!! I love you girls and am sad that you aren't satisfied with where you are at, but seize the day that you have to serve the God that created you!! "

VALENTINES DAY 2010

2010-02-15T09:24:00.000-08:00

My beautiful 14 red, long stemmed roses from the love of my life!!! I LOVE YOU BABY!!!

2010-02-14T14:44:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!!

Its been one year since we got engaged!

Just 6 months left!!! That means 182 days left!!!! :)

*I just received 14 long stemmed, red roses at my door!

I Love Jair!!!!

wedding date finally set

2009-08-08T11:55:00.000-07:00

AUGUST 14th, 2010 is our FINAL wedding date!!

Super excited to start getting things rolling!!

The Proposal :)

2009-02-16T00:39:00.000-08:00

I love my ring. Its a beautiful 1/2 K, Princess Cut Diamond with side bagets (sp?) ( Jair and I designed it several months ago ;) Love love love it)

On Feb 14th Jair and I went to the Chaya Brasserie Restaraunt

on Embarcadero St. in San Fran. It was a cute, little, romantic place right across from the water. After a 3 coarse meal we were full and decided to walk across the street to a Pier that overlooked the Bay Bridge.

As he tried to free the ring from his small inside coat pocket..it got a little stuck....then he got down on one knee and said shaking and freezing, "Shanelle! Will you marry me?" I said "y y yesss" from the cold and wind, we kissed and then ran back to get my car from the vallet parking. It would have been better if it wasn't so cold and windy, but it was still sweet and romantic :)

2009-01-22T20:47:00.000-08:00

Jair arrives at 9:33 pm on Tuesday!!!! :) Can't wait. Hes leaving Brasil on Sat mornin and heading to Georgia I think for a few days to take his mom n sis on a tour of the city cause they wanna know the city :P What a guy! lol Love him and can't wait to see him for a WHOLE MONTH!!!

2009-01-18T09:49:00.000-08:00

9 mais dias!!!!! 9 more days!!!

Till meu amor arrives!! :)

Can't wait. 4 weeks with him

will be nice. Although...I still have to

work and prepare for his sisters wedding in

Alabama and I just found out they want

me to sing....whoa. Totally nervous now.

God is good! Always.

2008-12-26T18:12:00.000-08:00

Oh Christmas Tree oh Christmas Tree..........

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2008-12-24T23:22:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing you a joyous celebration with your friends and family!!
I wish I could be with Jair :( He's all alone on Christmas and without him I feel alone too. But with Christ there wouldn't even be a celebration. So on this day I celebrate Him! :) Love you all. More pics to come after the celebrations!! :)

THANKSGIVING

2008-11-26T23:39:00.000-08:00

During this time I am greatly reminded of the MANY things I can be thankful for. If I listed them all out right now I am sure you'd all fall asleep trying to read it all!
God has SO blessed me by putting the family, friends, collegeues, brothers/sisters in Christ, mentors, teachers, leaders and various other relationships in my life. ( and you know who you are!!! ;) Without these people, I would be lost. Life is all about relationships and without them we wouldn't be where we are today. I have been blessed beyond what I had ever imagined with Jair. He has taught me sooo much and loved me even more. And most of all, my relationship with Christ!!! I let him down soooo many times and he continues to love me and show me grace as he directs me to the right path. This Thanksgiving I pray that I can refocus on Him and His will for my life.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Promise Ring

2008-10-26T10:29:00.000-07:00

Jair gave me this beautiful 18 K White Gold w Topaz ring at the airport right before he left.....:'( He didn't want to propose in the airport, so he just gave it to me! It was a long, fun week of going to SF, Pleasanton, Malls, movies, restaraunts, and jewlry stores!! :) He wanted to ask permission from my dad, but didn't get the chance until 30 min before we left. So he GOT the permission from my dad to marry me, but probably won't propose until Jan when he returns!! I know...so much for it being a suprise, but thats ok! I still don't know when or where!! ;)~ God is good! When we rely on him and are patient...OUR time will come! Our Prince charming will come and sweep us off our feet. Thank you, Father, for showing me that waiting on you is the best thing to do! I love you and can't wait to see how you use me and bless me! I can't wait for the day to become Mrs. Shanelle Lynette Boyd Vieira Morais (or maybe something a little shorter......)

Love you Father!

Love you friends and family!!

More updates to come in the next couple of months!!!! ;)

Haven't blogged in a while....Gavin's 2 now!!

2008-09-29T00:31:00.001-07:00

Gavins 2nd birthday with mommy and baby bro or sis in her tummy! :) Gavin and his cousin, Anara, who was born one day before him!
Gavins cousins, L-R: Anara, Jude, Gideon and Gav!!

PRESENTS!! They got a lot of cool things! Can't wait to play with him ;)

Feliz Páscoa/Happy Easter

2008-03-23T13:16:00.000-07:00

Wishing you a blessed and humbling day! Celebrating Christs death for US and his resurrection and our hope for the future! :) May Christ be the center of your celebrations and not our Friends, Family, Food and Fun......that is all wonderful, but not why we celebrate in this day!

Love you all and hope you enjoy this beautiful sunny day! (if you live out West ;)

Gavin is the bomb at hunting for Easter eggs! :) He found all 15 or so.....some with a little help! ;)

FRUSTRATED

2008-03-01T11:04:00.000-08:00

I don't think anyone reads this site...nor do I care! I just need to let out some frustration, so here it goes!

I am sick of life right now....I feel like I am not good at ANYTHING in life and that life is just kinda BLAHHHHHHH right now. Don't get me wrong, there are still some things I love about life, but at this moment, I just feel crappy. I know God is going to use this time of lows to stretch me and guide me towards him. I NEED him....I WANT him.....I find comfort in knowing my God will never leave me nor forsake me!

Work is just kinda....go.....teach.....yell......get frustrated......feel like I am not making a difference.....and then go home....I am not happy anymore. I love kids and I love teaching, but when you don't have materials needed to teach or another person to do crowd control while I am trying to do crafts....it gets really frustrating. Then I am placed in several different classrooms throughout the afternoon. I hate jumping around for 30 min here and 30 min there......I want stability.

I know I have a lot of people in my life too....but at times I feel like I am soo alone. I have an amazing family, friends, community and an amazing boyfriend. However, life is soo crazy and busy it seems like everyone is consumed in their own little world and I am not part of that world. I love my boyfriend, but its hard being 8000 miles apart. Hes got stuff to do for work and school and family and can't always focus on me....and thats hard....friends and family all have their own families and life and don't want to spend any time with me.

School........OH MAN! I can't wait to be DONE! I am getting soo burnt out from hearing my professor talk for 3 hours on cells and organisms and proteins and enzymes....my brain can only take soo much after a 40 hour week with CRAZY KIDS and cramming for a test. My teacher doesn't understand how hard it is for us to go to work/school all day and all week and then have to sit in his Friday night class from 6-9 and really pay attention to what hes saying while we are frantically trying to copy all his notes into our notebooks.....he doesn't understand....or remember what its like.....and thats what I hate about some professors. They are soo stuck on THEIR subject and think its the best thing in the world. When in reality.....most of us are just taking this class so we can get the heck out of MJC. I seriously can't wait for biology to be DONE!

Well....all this to say....I really want a vacation. One away from screaming yelling kids, away from school and school work away from any responsibility other than to relax and have fun and spend time with the Lord. Maybe I should take a weekend trip to the beach just to relax and read Gods word...hmmmmm I might have to start planning! :) Well.. Time for me to head to the gym to get out MORE of this freakin frustration! LORD, I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO USE THIS TIME AND THESE SITUATIONS TO STRETCH ME AND TEACH ME AND ALLOW ME TO GROW! I ASK THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE IN ALL THESE SITUATIONS AND THAT I CAN GLORIFY YOU THROUGH THEM ALL! I LOVE YOU JESUS!!!

><> Shanelle

A wonderful Christmas time

2008-01-27T08:35:00.000-08:00

Jair spent December 22-January 2 with me!! :) It was soo nice to have him here and to be together for the holidays! We did a lot of fun things! We went to the Nutcraker, to the mountains with my family, lots of shoping, on a tour of SF and we spend New Years in SF watching fireworks. It was a lot of fun and I miss having him close by me to keep me warm. Looking forward to being with him again soon.

The begining of our boat tour around SF
The view of the Golden Gate Bridge!

Jair and I in front of the bridge

Jair in Sausilito. Cute little town across the bay

The cute restaraunt we ate at

Our stop at Lombard Street. CRAZY :)

At the Exploritorium (Or gardens..I forget the name)

Our stop at a Catholic Church

The houses where Full House was filmed :)

Jair in ChinaTown

Our view of the bridge on New Years!! :)

FREEEZING but beautiful :)

Some of the fireworks we saw!

Proof of how cold it really was!!!!!!

My baby and I............freezing! HAPPY 2008!!!

I LOVE YOU JAIR MORAIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

long time....no post.....

2007-12-15T17:43:00.000-08:00

1. My hair 2 weeks ago
2. My hair last weekend
3. My current hair........
side view

Which do you prefer??? 1, 2, 3???

My cute brother, sister in law and nephew!! :)

Me and my hot cousin, Con!!! :) LOVE YOU GIRL!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY

2007-06-16T17:01:00.001-07:00

Jared and Gavin- Gavins 9 months foto :)
Just me and my brothers when we were young :) I am putting together a suprise for my dad with these fotos and then individual ones of us now a days :)

my 25th birthday

2007-06-10T22:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went shopping at JCPenny and spent at least $125 on Dockers brand, of which I bought shirts for Jair, so that I could get a FREE round trip ticket....(probably to Chicago....and then over to INDIANA!!!!!!!!) Here I am wearing one of the shirts I got Jair (not Dockers) to show him....cause it has PINK in it!!! :) He said he would wear it, just for me!! ;) hehehehhe AWWWW the things boyfriends will do for their girlfriends!! :) I am excited to see him wear it in September :)

WOW! I can't believe I turned 25 yesterday. It seems kinda crazy....I CAN'T be 25 already.....

I always wanted sooo many things in life by 25 and honestly....not many of them have come true....but you know what??? Thats ok! I have come to realize that God has a time and place for EVERYTHING.......the things I wanted by 25 may not be the things God wanted me to accomplish by 25....so I am ok with that. I KNOW He has amazing things in store for my future, and I need to be humble and open for what He has planned for the HERE and NOW!!! God is good....alllllllll the time!! :)

long time no post :)

2007-06-01T22:34:00.000-07:00

Gavin in the whale floaty I got him...he's already almost too tal for the tale

"shade." But he enjoyed it anyway. Jared and Gavin in the pool. Gavin's driving the whale. :)
Jared and Josh bbqing......aren't they cute! :)
He's a big boy!!!! Isn't he a handsome lil man.
My dad and Gavin. Look at those blue eyes :)
Mom, striking a pose by the pool ;)
Boyd clan
Gavin loves his stars.
" cheese"

Myself after getting ready for my friends wedding! Can you see the nose bling ;) hehehe
Hopefully more to come.....now that I remember my name and password ;)

2006-08-30T01:24:00.000-07:00

Gavin sleeping! Soo precious
Mommy and baby Gavin one day old :)

Proud Daddy's! Luis and Annara/Jared and Gavin! Cousins born one day apart! Bringing home the baby!! :) Now the fun begins!!!

BABY FOTOS!!!!

2006-08-27T15:31:00.000-07:00

Gavin Eugene Boyd
8/26/2006
7 lbs 7 oz
20 1/2 inches

Handsome Gavin right before his first bath!! Soo precious!

Proud Auntie Nell

Proud Uncle Josh

Proud (and tired) mommy, daddy and baby!!
Such a cute family! :)

Daddy and mommy!
(does he have my eyes? Your nose? Whose chin?)

2006-08-11T00:58:00.000-07:00

Me posing before work today!! I haven't worn much red lately....but I like it. I think I might wear more of it!! :)

<-----Like my necklace....guess what country that is???? ;) *hint: its NOT CA, TX or AFRICA (those are what people already thought it was..)

2006-08-06T18:44:00.000-07:00

Jair and I on our first date. :) We went to a sushi bar on the lake! Very fun and romantic!! I can't wait to see him in October and go on more dates....I miss him!! :(

just trying this out....

2006-08-05T22:18:00.000-07:00

I don't know what I am doing yet....Just trying it out! :)