The Hawkins Family

Family Photos

2009-11-16T12:28:00.000-08:00

This is a park near our home in Allen. Aiden loves to go there and feed the ducks.

We go to this park all the time, and I had never noticed this little waterfall.

The two men in my life.

My sweet baby girl.

My handsome little man.

Silly Aiden has his finger on his nose.

In Love Forever!

We decided to get our pictures taken outdoors this year. We are friends with a photographer from church and she did an awesome job. We love them. Here are a few.

Brazil Trip

2009-10-25T20:07:00.001-07:00

Us at the cinematographic city where my brother is filming his soap opera.

At the buffet pizza place. Dale is contemplating the chocolate with strawberries pizza...yumm!

Giovanna's Birthday.

My cousins and their younger children and Giovanna and I.

All of us at the Circus. We had a lot of fun.

The four of us.

View from the top of the moutain where the Christ statue is.

Playing in the water. Giovanna loves it and Aiden stayed as far from it as possible.

Not so sure about this sand business.

Playing in the sand.

Matt and Dale being proudof their super deep hole.

The Christ Statue. It was being remodeled, but it still looked awesome.

Aiden playing in the sand with his cousing Lucas

I know I haven't posted anything in a long time, but after the trip to Brazil I had to post some of our pictures. I have been busy with a new job and trying to manage the house and the kids at the same time. Hasn't been easy, but not too bad either. We had so much fun in Brazil. The Giovanna had her first day at the beach and loved it. She wasn't so sure about the sand at first, but once she got used to it, she didn't want to leave. The water on the other hand, was an instant hit, she loved it. Aiden was a little scared of the water, but loved playing in the sand. He and his cousing Lucas playied in it for hours. They loved building castles and digging holes.

Matt and Dale also loved playing in the sand. Go figure. Two goof balls together. They dug a hole so deep that they could fit Matt's whole leg in it.

Myrtle had a good time, but I think we made her do too much. She was so tired at the end of the trip. Janet had fun taking lots of pictures and enjoying the good food. Anyhow, here are the pictures.

6 months photos.

2009-07-01T06:29:00.000-07:00

I brought Giovanna to get her six months pictures taken and this is one of the ones we came home with. I love this one. She didn't smile much and by the end of the session she was really annoyed at the flash from the camera, but we made it through.

Family NIght.

2009-07-01T06:16:00.000-07:00

I made these fun little sheep cupcakes for family night. Ok, I know they look like bunnies or something else. Aiden called them bunnies. They didn't taste very good (too many marshmellows), but Aiden thought they were so much fun. He ate his and most of ours.

Imagination Movers.

2009-06-30T20:05:00.000-07:00

My in laws gave Aiden tickets to see Imagination Movers for his birthday. Imagination Movers is one of Aiden's favorite shows on the Disney channel. He had an awesome time. He danced and sang the whole time. It was lots of fun. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!

Catching up.

2009-06-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

Ok, I haven't put anything on the blog for a long time, so now I am going to try to catch up. Here it comes.

Pacifiers are for what?

2009-03-11T15:36:00.000-07:00

Ok, so ever since Giovanna was born, I have been trying to get her to take a pacifier. Most of you know that I have not been successful. The other day she was being fussy and I had a pacifier in my bag and I decided to give it yet another try. She LOVED chewing on it. She won't suck on it, but oh well, the heart wants what the heart wants.

Aiden is 3!!!

2009-03-06T08:06:00.000-08:00

Aiden turned three years old on February 1st. We had his birthday party at this place called The Little Gym. My very talented cousin Leah made this awesome Lightening McQueen cake for the party. Aiden had the best time, and so did his little friends.

Sometimes it pays off to get sick.

2009-03-06T07:33:00.000-08:00

Last week Aiden came down with a virus that was awful. He started with vomiting, than diarrhea, fever, the works. For the first two days he ate almost nothing. On the third day he seemed to be feeling a little better, so I made him a especial breakfast. He loved his Mickey Mouse chocolate chip pancake. He was so excited he ate the whole thing (starting with the ears)....AND kept it down. So exciting.

Spring is near.

2009-03-06T07:06:00.001-08:00

Spring is almost here and we have had some 80 degree weather this past week. I am so excited to dress Giovanna in her spring outfits and so decided to share the last two I put her in. So much fun.

Geee mom, what is THAT?

2009-03-04T12:38:00.000-08:00

So the time came, and oh it came so fast, to feed Giovanna cereal. I delayed it for the longest time, but she is almost 6 months old and I thought I just had to do it. Well, after looking at this picture, there is not much else to say about how Giovanna felt about the whole thing. She hated it and after a few tries she got really irritated. Oh well, we will keep trying. She will like it eventually...I hope.

Giovanna is just being cute.

2009-01-16T10:05:00.003-08:00

Giovanna loves to sit in her Bumbo chair and watch me while I cook.

Just chilling and being cute.

First Day at School

2009-01-16T09:56:00.000-08:00

This is his new teacher Mrs. Laura. She is showing Aiden his new Cubby.

Aiden is so proud of his backpack and lunchbox. How cute!

Aiden just started preschool today and he was very excited about his new school. We went shopping for a lunch box and surprise, surprise...he picked out a Car's one. He was very excited about it. Hopefully he will adjust well to the new routine. We started him on friday's only to get him acclimated to going to school. Hopefully we will be able to transfer him to the mondays and wednesdays class soon.

Giovanna is growing up!!

2009-01-14T19:45:00.000-08:00

I put Giovanna to play in the saucer for the first time. Does it look like she was having a good time or what?

Baking Cookies for Santa

2009-01-14T18:26:00.000-08:00

After stuffing ourselves with our Christmas eve dinner, Aiden and I baked cookies for Santa. They were these lemon-sugar cookies that were really yummy. Can you tell I ate most of them?

Christmas Morning

2009-01-14T18:05:00.000-08:00

We bought Aiden a Train table and put it under the tree. His little face when he saw the table was precious. He also love the other gifts, but it took some convincing to get him to go open the gifts under the tree. Too funny.

Santa

2009-01-14T18:00:00.001-08:00

I brought the kids to the mall to get their pictures taken with Santa. Aiden had lost his shoe and I didn't notice it until we went to a different store after we had left the mall. Oh well. No shoe, but he was happy to tell Santa all that he wanted for Christmas.

Making Christmas Ornaments

2009-01-14T17:42:00.000-08:00

So, we decided to make Christmas ornaments for Family Night. Aiden had a great time. He made a star and it had so much paint that at the end we could barely tell the ornament was a star. Matt made a stocking with the BYU logo on one side and University of Chicago on the other. Mine was Santa.

Ear Piercing.

2008-12-11T20:23:00.001-08:00

As the mean mommy that I am, I took Giovanna to get her ears pierced. It was soooo sad. She cried for the longest time and I felt really guilty for causing her unecessary pain. It does look really cute though.

Trick or Treat.

2008-12-11T11:14:00.000-08:00

Ok, I know this one is way past due, but here it is. Aiden went trick or treating this past Halloween and he had a whole lot of fun. We had a little glitch with the costume (which was supposed to be a lion) but my brother in law rescued us with an old costume from my nephew. We was a knight. The first house we went into, Aiden went right in. The other houses we stopped by he did what he was supposed to and got a whole lot of candy, which are still stashed all over the house. I am trying to get rid of it, because they are oh so tempting.

Bolt in 3D.

2008-12-11T10:45:00.000-08:00

So, we decided to attempt to bring Aiden to the movie theater again (the first attempt didn't work so well), and he had a blast. We brought him to see Bolt in 3D and surprise, surprise...he even wore the glasses for almost the whole movie. It was the cutest thing ever. Giovanna did her part and slept he whole time.

Giovanna's Blessing

2008-12-11T10:29:00.000-08:00

Last sunday was Giovanna's blessing and she behaved like a champ. Her daddy did a fantastic job and was not interrupted once by Giovanna. She was half asleep the whole time. We found the cutest dress for the special occasion, but the bonnet was huge, so she wasn't able to wear it. I put a bow on her instead. After the blessing we went home and had a simple brunch. It was a good day.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-08T20:03:00.000-08:00

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year, and even though it was a lot of work it was also a lot of fun. We had our in laws over, my brother in law and his kids and my cousin and her family. The food was awesome and my weight watchers was totally out the window that day. I still got on the elliptical, but I don't think it helped all that much...I ate a whole lot that day.

It's a party for Paris and Sydney at the Zoo.

2008-12-08T19:03:00.000-08:00

Our nieces Paris and Sydney had their b-day party at the Fort Worth Zoo and Aiden really enjoyed our trip out there. Aiden followed his great aunt Gayle wherever she went and when she wasn't within his sight he freaked out. It was very sweet. We got a chance to go around the zoo before the actual party and that was really neat. Giovanna slept the whole time we were there.

Gingerbread House

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

We decided to try to build a gingerbread house with Aiden for family home evening. Needless to say the child had a blast. He actually did really good as far as decorating the house goes, but we had a hard time keeping him away from the frosting. He wanted to eat the frosting I had put on the house. We made a huge mess on the dinning room floor but it was all worth it. Aiden is very proud of the finished product and shows it to anyone that come over to our house. Very cute.

Let's bake some cookies!!

2008-11-20T06:46:00.000-08:00

The kids and I went to Michaels the other day and they had all their fall and Halloween stuff on sale. We found this bottle of sprinkles for 20 cents, so we decided to get them and go bake some cookies. Aiden had a blast. He loved putting...or pouring the sprinkles on the cookies. The ones he decorated tasted pretty much just like sprinkles, but the sprinkle free ones turned out pretty good.

Pumpkin Patch!!

2008-11-13T21:22:00.000-08:00

We met up with some friends from Chicago who ended up moving about an hour from us to go visit a pumpkin patch. This was the biggest pumpkin patch I have ever seen. There were hundreds of pumpkins everywhere. There was also another really big pumpkin patch just beside this one. The kids had a blast. Aiden loved the hay ride and playing with the pumpkins that were for sale. He wanted to bring all the little ones home. We did end up buying a few little ones and two big ones. One of the big ones will be made into a dessert and the other is for carving.

There was a train ride that Aiden really wanted to ride on, but the line was huge and so we didn't wait for it. He was a little disappointed, but there was no way he was going to be patient enough to wait in line for his turn. Poor kid.

Visiting our sons

2008-11-05T15:04:00.000-08:00

October 31st was a really sad day for our family. It has been one year since the passing of our twin sons, Alan and Thiago. It's hard to believe that they are gone from our lives. They stayed very little time with us, but we treasured every minute we got to spend with them.

We went to visit their burial site in Oklahoma. I still have not been able to pick a headstone for their grave, but I am determined to pick something really pretty for them soon.

The funeral home we used put a really nice little plate to mark the site and so we were able to leave them some pretty flowers. We did not take any pictures of it this time, but my sweet aunt Gayle went to visit them a few months ago and she also left them some pretty flowers. She did take some pictures of it and so this is the one I posted here. Our sweet angels in heaven will be forever in our hearts.

Let's give it a shot.

2008-11-05T14:45:00.001-08:00

Ok, I have no idea of what I am doing here, but I decided to try to make a blog for our family so that we can keep our family and friends on what is going on with our family. We'll see what happens. I will probably have the most boring blog on this website.