Welcome Baby Kylar!!

We welcomed our new cousin, Kylar Ascua, today at 10:55am weighing 8lbs 6ozs and measuring 20inches long. He is such a sweet and precious baby! Amy did great through her labor and daddy Marcelo and big brother Dyami couldn't be prouder. OOOooo!! He's SO cute!

Knock 'Em Soccer

It was Voisin cousin day at the soccer fields today.

Michael and Nathaniel are both SHARKS! They won their game 8 to 4 today with Michael making the final goal! Go Michael! Nathaniel is a natural soccer player - even with no practicing under his belt, he knew just what to do!





Huntie, #5, represented the girls as a COUGAR and, although her team didn't win, she showed significant improvement from last week. She's learning so fast!


Dyami, #13, is a Houma TORNADO. The Tornadoes didn't come off victors this week either, but man can those boys hustle. It was such a fun game to watch.


The cousins were fantastic spectators too.


Dyami helped Elle pick flowers and reminded her to stay away from traffic - now that's a man ;). Good work Amy and Marcelo.

Happy 9th Birthday to Huntie

I can't believe Huntie is NINE! Every year she gets older, I just can't believe how much she's grown. Maybe it's because she's my oldest and the first to reach these milestones. My Huntie is just such an amazing person. She is a true friend and a tender daughter. I love every minute with her and continually learn from her observations of life.

We celebrated her birthday with Angel Food Cake filled with vanilla ice cream and covered in whipped cream. Huntie is a vanilla girl - straight up. If we could have added 10 more vanilla toppings to that cake, she would have been thrilled. Alas, we stopped at a vanilla cake, with vanilla filling and vanilla icing. We broke up the monotony with fresh fruit. But Huntie was thrilled with the vanillaness of it all. Success!




Of course, you can't have cans of whipped cream at any event without SOMEONE getting creamed. Huntie was the winner here today.





Huntie's menu for our after-church-lunch celebration: ham and cheese sandwiches on white bread with mayo and iceberg lettuce, baked Lays, veggie tray and the pre-cut apple slices from Sam's (We LOVE those!), and of course, vanilla dressed Angel Food Cake (did you know those cakes take 12 egg whites to make?!!).


Uncle Greg, Aunt Jenn, Scottie and Bronson, Aunt Amy, Uncle Marcelo, Dyami and Amy's unborn baby, Aunt Sandy, Uncle Brett, Nathaniel and Roland all joined us. Plus, Janice, our friend Clarence and the Sister Missionaries made an appearance too!



All the little cousins were "Commanders," saving the world in grammy and papa's backyard all afternoon. Huntie was so happy, she had to dance for joy!

Happy Halloween

Introducing Huntie, "the Saints fan," Emily, "the mommy," Elle, aka "Dora," Kevin, as "Kevin Voisin for Council," and Michael, aka "Jango Fett" - our 2008 Halloween brood. Kevin and I are neck-n-neck for "most creative costume." Our original plan was for us all to be Dora characters: Elle as Dora, of course, Michael as Diego, Huntie as Isa the Iguana, Kevin as Benny the Bull (that's Benny the Bull as a potato, for those of you die hard Dora fans) and I was voted to be the Big Red Chicken. How could I pass up such an overwhelming honor, you ask?


Our super cousin Dyami entered the scene as a Pokemon Trainer! He looked pretty dang awesome - complete with his own life size Pokeball.


Kevin Fett.


Don't mistake Elle's sheepishness in this picture - she was a candy hog! She would accept the candy she was offered at each house, then proceed to dig her little Dora hands into the open candy dish until I pried her away. She'd then say, "OK, that's enough." She finally got the picture after about a dozen houses. Good thing she's so dang cute.


Uncle Greg took us all on a hayride through the neighborhood.


Ellie and Didi.


Coleen and baby Anabelle.


Not only was Uncle Greg an NBA star this Halloween, he was also Superdad feeding both himself and baby Bronson in a single bound. Very impressive Greg. You've got mad skills.

Punkins in the Pumpkin Patch

Every year we go to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins. In years past we've foregone the ritual pumpkin carving and just enjoyed the pumpkins the way God intended. This year - we will carve.

Elle has been SO captivated by pumpkins! Every store we go into, picture we see or whatever that suggests pumpkins just draw her in. She LOVES them! So when we found this "Ellie-sized" one she didn't let it go.

We loved having Megan, Quinn, Uncle Jason, Aunt Sally, Aunt "Mamoo" Amy and cousin Dyami at the pumpkin patch this year. We really had way too much fun. We took pictures, ran around, carefully selected pumpkins and spent a good 45 minutes there. During that time we saw about 5 other families come, select pumpkins and rush out of there in less than 2 minutes flat each. We'll just say we knew how to enjoy the expereince ;) - poor pumpkin patch attendants.