January 30

Hola! Como estan? We are doing well here in San Antonio. We had a great trip visiting our friend Courtney down in Del Rio. We met them back in UPT. Her sons, Noah and Joshua, and Bootsie had a good time playing together. The weekend allowed us to catch up in a relaxing time frame rather than the quick couple of hours we have had in the past to visit. Courtney was such a blessing to me and an encouragement in parenting and discipline. We had fun going to the park, feeding ducks pretzels in the river and playing at Pizza Hut (Dino pic) and McDonalds. The drive wasn't too bad (2hrs) because Bootsie and Luvy slept most of the way.

Peso is doing well. He is working, sleeping and, I assume, playing PSP or Xbox. He said he has been able to finish a lot of work on his masters, which is good because he has found it difficult to work on while at home. We miss him terribly. When Bootsie saw a picture of hime on the computer she said, "Hi Daddy!" I almost cried.

My dad put up a swing set yesterday, which Bootsie is thrilled with and played on for an hour last night. This outside activity will help entertain and give a chance to burn off her high amounts of energy. The weather is quite a bit warmer than Idaho. Sorry friends in Mt. Home.

We met new friends yesterday. My dear friend Meggan, who has been my friend since first grade, has a one year old daughter Caroline. She loved hugging and poking at Luvy and Bootsie. Bootsie didn't seem to like the attention as you can see in the picture, it gave Meggan and I a good laugh.

We miss all our friends in Idaho and pray for God to bless you and meet all your needs.

Hugs, Ralee