Past Photos

I am in the process of transfering Ada's photos from her camera to a cd. She has an unbelievable amount of pictures saved on the camera. It appears that it has never been emptied. As I am cleaning them up, I am finding some great shots from the past year or so. I thought I would post a couple of my favorites. Sorry, no royalty payments Ada!

Trip to Disney

Ryan posted about their trip to Orlando. I thought I would add a few photos from our day at Disney! We have had some great family visits this year! We look forward to many more. If you haven't been down, get it on the calendar. If you have been down, we look forward to you coming back soon!

Spring brings hot sweaty yard work!

Yesterday, the girls and I spent the day working on landscaping the front of the house. We have now been in the house two years and we couldn't put it off any longer. There is still more to do, but we put a good dent in the work yesterday!

Looking back through posts of when we moved in, I found the one after I had painted the inside of the house. In it, I said that I had not taken any before pictures to compare to the after pictures. I also said that I had learned my lesson and I would make sure I do this when I change the landscaping. Well, I did it again. Here are some after pictures, but again, there are no before pictures.

another semi annual post

So I get worse and worse. Now I have gotten to an all time low... A Mobile Post.... I am now posting from my Blackberry.

For those that don't know, I was recently laid-off for a week of rest and relaxation and then promoted. I am now General
Manager of the Residence Inn Orlando International Drive. It wasn't the most relaxing of weeks, but it all worked our wel

Sorry for the short post, but my thumbs are getting tired as I get used to this thing. Hopefully soon I will figure out how to post photos from the phone. I have to say that the Storm has a great camera for a phone!

Halloween Pictures

Here is our semi-annual posting. I wish I was kidding but it appears I'm not. The girls had a great time trick-or-treating... here are some of our pictures.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July with the family. We headed to Celebration for a picnic and activities that the town put together. Check-out Ashlyn coloring!!!



Uncle Brety called to wish Ashlyn a Happy Birthday!!!



Daddy's girls...



Viva .... Los Estados Unidos de America !!!



At night we watched a great fireworks show. Ashlyn and Kayla loved them.

Ashlyn's First Birthday

Ashlyn spent her birthday with some of her friends from the neighborhood.



Here is Ashlyn showing her new birthday dress "Thanks Grandma"




Ashlyn loved her cake and had seconds!!!



After a long day of dancing, eating and playing, the birthday girl took a few minutes to rest !!!

Morning Doo

Here is Ashlyn showing off her morning doo.

Kristina's Birthday

Kayla and her new BFF Kristina spend the day together. We met up with Kristina and her parents at Downtown Disney for lunch. After a great time at Rain Forest Cafe, we headed over for a train and a carousel ride. After that we caught up with the fairy godmothers from "Bibidi Bobidi Boo Boutique" that sprinkled fairy dust which as they say "makes all your dreams come true". We had a great time with Kristina and her parents. After that we headed over to get Kayla her tap shoes. Kayla is taking ballet / tap this summer. Did we mention that this too happened the same weekend as Jose's wedding and Kayla's recital ... Yeah busy weekend..but a memorable one!!!

Kayla's Recital

Kayla had her first ballet recital a couple of weeks ago. Since she attends two different classes she performed twice during the recital. Aaron and I volunteered to take care of the girls during one of the sessions. They were a lot of fun. We were able to capture a couple of pictures in the dressing room. They did a great job and the night was a success. Unfortunately, we are not able to post any videos at this time. We are waiting to get the ones that we ordered. As soon as we get them we will be posting them so that you can see Kaylita in action!!!

Jose and Alexandra's Wedding

We attended Jose and Alexandra's wedding a couple of weeks ago. We are so happy for them both. They make a great couple. Their wedding took place the same weekend as Kayla's recital. We flew to Atlanta on Friday morning, attended the wedding the same day and flew back to Orlando on Saturday morning. Then, we drove about an hour to Kayla's rehersal. It was a short visit but it was great to see many great friends

Bath Time

Sorry we haven't been keeping you updated much. It has been a couple of pretty busy weeks for us. Here are the girls enjoying bath time. Ashlyn loves the water and Kayla likes having her baby sister with her.

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.

Ashlyn's Starring Role.....

I know... Two posts in the same month... It just didn't seem right to post a video of Kayla and not one of Ashlyn. Here is a great flick of Ashlyn's unique style of crawling. She is getting faster and faster, but she never gets away from the "Ashlyn Scoot!!!"

Rate this video by leaving a comment on this post. If there is an overwhelming response, we may be forced to keep up with the posts and give you more photos and videos!!!!

Pictures just can't get you quite a close as a video can.

Here's Kayla on picture day...