The NEW party of 5!

That's right folks! Tina & Jaouad are awaiting baby #3! Nana & Papa are expecting their 14th!!! grandchild sometime in June! They were planning on saving the exciting news for Christmas, but with our family it's just so hard to keep secrets. They will find out right about the time that Sweet Pea is due if they're having a boy or girl. Amar has been so sweet lately...Tina & Jaouad ask him to "kiss the baby" & he'll walk over to Amy's belly to give Sweet Pea a little kiss. So, that's how they told us all the news. They asked Amar to "kiss the baby" so, as usual, he walked over to give Sweet Pea a kiss. Then Jaouad said, "Kiss the OTHER baby!" That's when he went to kiss Tina's tummy. They both just stared at us & waited for our reactions. It was so cute! They must have been practicing that with him for a while. Congratulations to the Boutchich family. We are so excited for our next niece or nephew!

Tina & the boys

the OLDER brothers

a preview of what the Boutchich family crib will look like within the next year...

Baby Bella

Here is the one from 0-3 months incase you didn't see it before!


Create Your Own

Our brown-eyed girl!

I've created a new slide show with pictures of Isabella from 3-6 months. It's amazing to us how fast she is growing up. (She'll be 8 months on Friday!) So, hopefully next month we'll have another slide show.

Breaking News

After almost 5 years since the disappearance of Rachel Cooke, yesterday was to be a day of many unanswered questions. Michael Keith Moore was being charged for Rachel's murder & in a unexpected turn of events, changed his plea to not guilty surprising all, including his attorneys. A day that was supposed to bring the Cookes a bit closer to some sort of closure only seemed to reopen the wounds. Please continue to keep their family in your prayers. We miss you, Rachel & will never give up hope!
Visit www.kxan.com for continual updates.
Rachel's family also created a website after her disappearance back in 2002:
www.rachelcookesearch.org
Thank you all for your prayers...it means so much!

Happy Halloween from...the Flintstones?

Saturday night we had a small Halloween party with some of our family. We had some yummy chicken wraps made by Mr. Flintstone himself, chips & queso.....& TONS of candy!!! Just ask Zoe, she was on a major sugar high!:) The best part was seeing all of the family dressed up & everyone looking so cute. Originally we were planning on having a contest for the best costume, although I think it's better we didn't. I don' t know who the winner would have been because everyone looked great!

Amar, the Moroccan prince

Amy & Sweet Pea as a Deviled Egg

Todd & Pene make such cute pirates!

Cassie is like...totally, the coolest chick EVER!!!

What a cute lil devil!

the adorable little pumpkin boy

the Hawaiian tourist with the Bloomin' Idiot!

Have you ever seen such a cute witch?

Amy & Marc's Wedding

Saturday night we got to go to Amy & Marc's wedding in Houston (actually Spring,Tx.) Amy was in Phi Beta Chi with me at A&M and we haven't seen her since our wedding. So, it was really nice to get to see her after such a long time & watch her as she celebrated the beginning of her new life with her husband. It was a beautiful fall wedding & the dresses were gorgeous. It made me want to get married all over again. This was also the first time that Isabella got to meet Allison in person. It was so sweet. Allison started crying as soon as she saw Isabella. It just seems so crazy that she is already 7 months old & some of our very best friends (& family) haven't even met her yet. Isabella had so much fun dancing with Brandon & as everyone would expect, Isabella fell in love with Allison. I guess she's just got a way with the little ones.:) I don't think either of them quit smiling the whole night!

the happy couple

Allison, Amy & Alice (the A team....hehehe)

Allison, Isabella & Brandon

Mommy & Bella girl

dancing with Daddy

what silly kids

Look who caught the bouquet & garter...somehow I think they planned this!:)

Walking for Hadley

This past weekend Isabella & I decided to join Mom & Dad at Dell Diamond in JDRFs Walk to Cure Diabetes. A little girl in Mom's class, Hadley, was diagnosed last year with type I juvenile diabetes. The past year has been quite an endeavor for her & her family, although, you would never know it with the amount of courage both her & her mom have. "Hadley's Circle of Friends" raised the 3rd highest amount of money for the walk behind Dell & WellsFargo...pretty amazing. It was so sweet to see so many of the children from the school there walking alongside Hadley & all of their supporting parents.

Go Team!

Mom & Dad walking with Isabella

the kids all walked arm in arm most of the way

As any great walk for children should be, there were many opportunities along the way for distraction....

voting for the best shirt...

group photos...

bat racing...

(no, you aren't seeing things....Elvis DID make an appearance)

rolling down the hill...

& of course, saving the wildlife...crickets that is!

Colin, Kira & Hadley...quite the trio!

Mom, Allie & Isabella

Party, party, party!!!

September & October are both busy months for birthdays in the Kemper & Guajardo families. Our two youngest nieces, Zoe & Tori, share the same birthday (only 5 years apart.) So, last weekend we celebrated Tori's 2nd birthday on Saturday & Zoe's 7th on Sunday. This weekend was Vaida's (Anthony's cousin's daughter) birthday party.

Tori's Party in the Park

Alexis

Amar

our little goober

my other little goober

Tori wasn't very thrilled with the idea of the pinata...everyone hitting her friend Dora.

Although, once the candy came, the worries were gone.

Horseback riding with Zoe

Lukey

Amar looking so serious

Luke, Zoe, Amar, Tina, Isabella & Jamal

Princess Vaida's Jumping Party

Vaida & Annie

Sadie & LeeAnn

Isabella on the jumping bean

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRILEY!

Briley turned 1 year old on Saturday. I was so sad we couldn't make it to the party, but of course we got some great pics from Missy & Nathan. My favorite one is of Briley licking cake of Nathan's face...too cute!!!