The Vera Family

Thursday, September 20, 2007

We went camping for our Young Commited Couples Group over the weekend of my birthday. It was an awesome time to connect with one another. God is really changing us in an awesome way and it was definetly revealed to us there. As life takes its crazy turns and I get closer and closer to God, I start to see that we are dealing with things that we can't deal with on our own. Every situation that I thought was too difficult or that I wasn't going to get through it, I did and I will with his strength!

Ariana started Kindergarten on September 5th. There are four kindergarten classes at her school. She was so excited to be with one of her friends, Skyler from pre-school!

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Create Your Own

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007

We had a day at the lake/ocean on Saturday with our 20 something bible study group. We had a contest between the guys and girls to see who could get the canoe the farthest across the inlet w/o sinking. Of course the girls won!!! The other game was to see who could build the tallest and most creative sand castle. Yusef & Jeff won that one! The girls had a blast and we had so much fun playing volleyball. I love how tall I look on that block, even though it was a really short net!

Thursday, August 09, 2007

My aunt sent me this picture. Who do you think it looks like? That is her holding me when I was a baby!!!

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Last night we had a family night at our church. They were doing a skit about Esther and asked the girls whose first name started with the letter A to come on stage. Ariana is the little one!!!

Monday, July 16, 2007

We got a babysitter from church and had a date night last night with one of our bible study groups, YCCG (Young Committed Couples Group). We went to the Ocean City boardwalk and ate pizza, went mini-golfing and acted like kids again at the beach! It was so much fun!

Saturday, July 14, 2007

One of the Pastors from our church called me and asked if the girls could use a play kitchen. It was donated to the church, but we already have three of them so they gave it to us! It is a huge Little Tykes kitchen and it came with pots & pans, dishes, food and silverware! The first thing that Ariana said was, "Now that is a blessing!" It is so awesome to hear her praising God and understanding that it truly was a blessing!!!

Jyden, Alexia and Ariana cruising to the beach!

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

We went down to D.C. for the weekend to spend time with Yusef. Thanks to him and prayers, we stayed the weekend in a 2bdr. apartment style room for cheaper than one night in another hotel! It was at the Bolling Air Force Base. It was so fun and we can't wait to do it again!

The Smithsonian

Hanging out at the pool. This was the first time that Yusef and Ariana had been on a diving board! Alexia loved the water and Ariana made friends right away!