Spencer Viernes Family

2010 Gone too!

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2010 is gone too, time really does fly. Again I am recommitting to updating this blog so family and friends can keep up with us. Don't hold your breath you see how last year went...oh well try try again.

Where did 2009 go?!

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Wow it looks like I have missed an entire year, on this blog. I am not even going to try to catch up, just recommit to this blog and hopefully have more posts in 2010! Arie and Zoe are growing up way too fast, I need to put some of it down on paper with pictures or it will be gone and in my old age when dementia sets in at least I can go back and look at pics and read about what happened because surely I won't remember. ( I can hardly remember what I ate for breakfast this morning!)

The way the girls love each other is so precious. Arie is 4 now and Zoe turns 2 in May. Tonight, Zoe kept telling Arie, "go sleep sweetheart." Now just imagine it with a cute 2 year old voice. Zoe has grown out of her crib, and Arie and Zoe are both snugglers who like to sleep with someone, so I thought the perfect solution would be to put them in a bed together. They sleep together on a queen mattress on the floor. When Zoe is having a hard time going to sleep Arie sings songs to her, and when the screaming stops and I go in to check on them they are snuggled together, Arie's arm around Zoe. It is the sweetest thing! Arie said to me a while back. "I love Zoe, she brings joy to my heart." A couple of times I have been washing dishes as Zoe hangs on my land crying to be picked up, after some time she gives up on me and runs to Arie arms outstretched saying, "Arie, hold me." I am so glad they have each other, sisterly love is so sweet!

Halloween 2008

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Summer 2008

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Wow am I way behind in keeping this blog current. So much has happened since my last post. First and foremost... Zoe Carmen Leilani was born May 8, 2008. She weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. Since then...well Spencer took a job in Salt Lake City and so we moved across the country...again! Our house in Indianapolis has not sold yet...gotta love the current economy...and what do you know it is now six months later...Zoe can sit up on her own...and I have finally unpacked my computer cords and I can upload photos. So here are some updated pictures.

Check out my Slide Show!

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Happy Easter!

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We had a great time visiting the family in Utah in January. It was a week full of fun. Arie enjoyed all the time she had to play with her cousins. We went swimming at the Murray Rec Center, we saw Kent play volleyball at BYU with all Willardson clan, Spencer and Nick went snowboarding, Arie visited Grandma's school, we went to the Aquarium and the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. And when we arrived in Indiana we slept for days! Arie prays we will get to go back soon, and she misses Tigger (Grandma's cat) the most!! Enjoy the slide show below.

Check out my Slide Show!

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Check out my Slide Show!

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Merry Christmas

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This year has been a challenge. Moving to Indiana, away from the homeland (Utah) has been rough for me. However, as a family we have so many things to be thankful for. Spencer works a lot, but we live comfortably, and enjoy the time we do spend together as a family. We have so many good friends, spread across the nation, and we are continually making more here in Indiana. We are all healthy, for which we are thankful. Arie keeps us on our toes, but also provides us with immeasurable joy! She is full of personality. The other day she told me I was driving too fast, and that I needed to turn the music down. A back seat driver at age 2, what will I do with her as a teenager! A few days ago we were in a hurry to get to the grocery store so we just went in our pajamas. Arie was sitting in the cart (a rare occassion), and about half way through the store she looked down at her legs and exclaimed, "Oh no, I'm in my jammie, jammies are for sleeping in!" It took me a minute to convince her that it was ok to be in the store in our jammies, at least just this once! She is truly a sweetheart. Spencer and I were getting ready to go to his firm holiday party, Spencer was in a tux and I had just put on my dress and finished getting ready when Arie came wandering into the room. She stopped for a second and looked at me and then she said, " Mommy you look so pretty, just like Cinderella." Talk about melt your heart! It is those moments that make it all worth while. I hope all is well, and have a Merry Christmas. Love, Spencer, Jeni, Arie and soon to be baby girl Viernes.

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You know it can't be good when the weather man describes the temperature as FRIGID!
Welcome to Indiana!

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More fun in the Snow

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Where are my legs?!

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Daddy I'll help you shovel the snow.
Arie, stop throwing the snow where I have already shoveled!

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Arie loves to play in the snow, and she insisted that her baby come too. However, baby would need a jacket and a hat. Arie was very distraught that all the snow hats were to big on the baby because the baby wouldn't be able to see. Don't worry, mommy saved the day with a sock on the baby's head to keep her warm! Arie was so proud of her little snowman, and so sad when it "broke down" the next day. It must have melted in the sun, small, small, small!

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Mom, it snowed, let's go play in it!! What, I have to eat breakfast first?!

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Thanksgiving with the Viernes Family 2007

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"Five Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate"

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Arie loves to sing. Grammy sent her a tape of halloween songs, which she listened to over and over and over! This is one of the songs she learned. It is called "I'm a Mean Old Witch in a Hat."

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Hi Aunt Katie, thanks for the stylish jacket! It will look so cute with a cream sweater and brown pants. Am I not the cutest two year old girl you know!!

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Mommy and Arie in our Halloween socks.

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Thanks for the Halloween attire Grandma. I love it! I'm getting pretty good at singing the Halloween songs too!

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Our Little Coach Arie!