Ashlyn's New Development...

Ashlyn has learned to stand. Once in a while she lets go and stands on her own. She's getting it. I also see an outlet that needs to be covered. Oops. Nice of us to post proof!!!

It's "A NEW CAR!!!"

OK, so the gas price was starting to take a toll. With work and school, I put a lot of miles on the road. I finally started to run numbers and track mileage about a month and a half ago. What I found was a bit shocking. Our truck was getting 15 miles per gallon. The Jeep is getting 18 miles per gallon. In the truck, I am on target to hit around 26,000 miles for the year. When I ran the numbers, gas was $3.75 per gallon. That brings us to $6,500 in gas for the truck alone. When I included the Jeep, we were just under $11,000 for the year. To top it off, the truck is at 60,000 miles and the tires were so bald that they were starting to blister. One of the benefits to having a truck with an upgraded wheel package is the ability to buy tires at a price of $2,000 a set!!!

After spreadsheeting out gas prices and mileage, I found that I would save quite a bit of money by trading in the truck even if I had to make payments on a new car. To make a long story shorter, we traded in the truck for a 2008 Honda Civic at 30 MPG.

I tried to find a photo of the truck in our files, but this was the best I could do. I think you get the point. It was big!!!

Kayla's New Pool

Kayla was very excited to pick out her new pool. This is the only thing better than bath time to her.

Ashlyn wanted NOTHING to do with the new pool. It doesn't appear that she is quite as big a fan of the water as Kayla is. She much prefers sitting in the shade and playing.

50 Years!!!

Elisa's parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday!!! It was a great day. It started with a surprise midnight serenade. Her Dad has been in Mexico with family for the past couple weeks. He flew back to Orlando unannounced and waited at Silvia's house until midnight when he drove over and entered to the sounds of the Wedding Waltz.

The whole family met for lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, Timpano (the mussels are fabulous). We then headed to a sitting for family portraits. Everybody then came to our house for a surprise party for both of them.

I had to share this picture from that night. These are two of the closest sisters you will ever see!

Congratulations Brian and Stephanie!

We had the pleasure of attending two big religious occasions in the past

few weeks. Brian has been working hard over the past several months

leading up to his Confirmation. Here he is with the Bishop.

Stephanie also hit a big milestone. She received First Communion just a week

after Brian's Confirmation. She looked beautiful!

Grades are in...

My first semester back in school has drawn to a close and the results are in....

Statistics "A"
American Government "A"
Computing for Business "A"

I start my summer courses on May 13th. I will be taking two classes; Accounting: Cost Management, and International Business. After the summer, I will have a total of 9 courses left for the requirements of a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.