Future Wakefield Tradition: Birthday Breakfasts! :))

The birthday girl... in all of my glory... (of puffy, sleepy eyes hahaa :)

 Finally! Here's the post on my actual birthday celebration! ...Yes, MY birthday celebration. Haha. Obviously Beth did not get my hint in my comment... So here I am, posting about my own birthday :))

Okay so I think maybe we should start a new tradition in the Wakefield family. Birthday breakfasts!! Hahaa. Naa... I'm sure I'd have a lot of family members against me on that idea ;P

But this year, everyone's schedules happened to be really full on the day of my birthday. Sooo, someone (I think it was my mom) had the bright idea of celebrating my birthday over breakfast. Being that I'm a morning person, this idea sounded great to me :D 

We have a favorite breakfast place here in Puebla called "Los Almuerzos". It is SO good! Next time you're in Puebla, this is the place to go to... But you have to get there before like 12 because this place does ONLY breakfast. And let me tell you, they do it good! 

So at 9am, the two Wakefield families and Tio Mario y Tia Hayde met at Los Almuerzos to party! Haha...

Austin, hugging the beloved sign :P

Me and Grampa

Oooh, another thing that is a favorite of mine is their cafe de olla!! (translated: coffee in a clay pot. lol) I'm not sure exactly how they make it... But from what I can guess, it's basically 1/4 coffee, 3/4 sugar. Plus a few teaspoons of cinnamon :)) 

So delicious :)

Here we all are, eating our amazing breakfasts :)

Beth, Grampa, and me. 

(See how mi abuelito and Beth are half asleep? Hahaa)

 Ohh and on my birthday, my Grampa's church got a present as well! A long awaited document that I'm not exactly sure what in the world it is, but it means a lot, and everyone got really happy. ( I'm always in the dark, and out of the loop. Hahaha...) It had something having to do with the permission of the south-side Apostolicos de Puebla church property/building. But it was totally unexpected! 

Here's happy Hayde :))

Now for the actual birthday-celebrating part of the breakfast :)

I'm not quite sure who it was that started the following, but I have my suspicions... ( ...el precioso "TIO MARIO" hahahaa. Muchas gracias hermano... Si salieron mis chapas :P)

Here I am... getting low, trying to hide from all the clapping and yelling from my family... After all the embarrassing cheering died down, it was time to open a few presents :) 

Opening gifts...

Reading cards...

Gramma and me :)

Austin and la Mom

Me and 2 of my favorite people in whole world. La hermana Hayde, y... yyy... quien es ese hombre a su lado?... Ooohhh siii... el hermano Equis!! Hahaa :))

Amo mucho a ustedes dos! :)

After breakfast, my family and I went to some other places to hang out and do some more shopping. (The kind of shopping I DO love hahaaha... Having to do with clothes and things like that ;D)

But there are no pictures of that, so oh well!

Thanks to my family and friends for coming to breakfast and celebrating with me :) I love you all muchissimo!

And another thanks to all my friends around the world for the emails, comments, posts, and IM messages :) Haha, I love you all too!

*Tootles ;)*

Mexico City and Toluca

Tuesday we headed up to the state of Mexico to go to a service in Toluca with the Loas. They are about 3 hours from us. We have to pass through Mexico City so we stopped at a mall there to eat at California Pizza Kitchen!! Yes! CPK in Mexico City!! 

Gramma, Hayde and Mom

Nicole and I

The mall...It was huge and had a ton of stores in it that we have in the States. There was a Saks 5th Ave, Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Crabtree and Evelyn, Hugo Boss, BCBG, Armani, Brooks Bros....It was funny seeing those stores in Mexico!

Cool looking buffet...

Nicole holding a scorpian. The man said, "It bites but it doesn't hurt."

Ummm...ooooookay....

There was a Coldstone.... :))

Here a some pictures of the service at the Loas :))

I finally got to meet Bro. Marti....

 Us and Bro. Trevino

I didn't really think I was this short.....haha. 

We got to see the girls from Bell Gardens!! I was so happy! We had a fun time after church talking and laughing. :) I love these girls so much!

Daisy, Cathy, Nicole, Me, Teresa, and Mary

We had a good service in Toluca. It was good to see our friends!

We have to go through Mexico City to get to Toluca which is always nerve-wracking, but this time we did not get pulled over even once!! Que milagro! ;)

Happy Birthday, Niki!

Today, February 10th, is Nicole's 18th birthday!!

Here are a FEW pictures.....

When she was a baby, she scared people because her eyes were so ginormous. :))

(Bethany, Jessica, and little 'ole Nicole)

She's fun... 

(Riding the Stratosphere in Las Vegas...)

She's kinda cooky...

(Horseback riding in Los Angeles)

She has a thing for little Mexican babies...

She conks out at the most inopportune moments....

(Mexico missions trip, 2010)

She gorgeous!

She's crazy...

(Downtown with Cassia)

She loves God....

 She loves her family....

(Hi Grandpa ;)

She's a daddy's girl..

And she's my bestest friend in the whole wide world!!

Happy birthday, Nicole. We love you sooo much!!

Celebrating Three Years!

This past Sunday we celebrated our three-year anniversary of pastoring this church, Tabernaculo de Victoria. 

I was going to say, "I can't believe it's been three years!" ...But that's not true. It feels like we've been here forever. Haha! I mean that in a good way. This is where home is, it seems like we've always been here. 

So anyways, happy birthday T.V. (Our church initials...)

We had our usual packed-out Sunday service. About 80 people...

We either need a new building or smaller chairs. :))

Here are a few pictures of the service...

Our youth choir :)

Our little drummer boy...

Elder Glenn Wakefield came and preached for us...

Afterwards we had cake and visited :)

Wakefield Junior and Senior

Hermano Fidel eating his cake

Nicole and Judah 

Bethany and Nicole

(This is our Sis. White pose haha!)

Nicole trying to cool her cheeks off ;)

After church we came upstairs and had a late dinner that Lolita (a young lady from church) had made for us.  

Beau giving Grampa some love <3

Then we sat around the living room and listened to Brian Reagan.

We laughed and laughed.......

THEE end :)