Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Friday, January 16, 2009

Our 15th Wedding Anniversary


Yesterday was our anniversary. We will be celebrating it tomorrow with wine tasting in Lodi and the foothills. We'll also go to dinner at an Italian restaurant in Murphy's, recommended by our pastor, Monsignor Gus. We are also looking for a fountain for our front yard as a gift to each other. :)

Monday, January 12, 2009

Francesca Photos at 10 weeks old



Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Fresca Preview

Here's a preview shot from a photo shoot of Francesca. I'll be posting more pics soon!

Look who's smiling!

She's actually been smiling for a while now, since about December 9th.

Friday, January 2, 2009

I'm a winner in 2009!


I won my first giveaway in the blog world from...

Cajun Cottage Under The Oaks

Thank you Cay and the author, Josephine Nobisso!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year 2009!!!


Have a wonderful New Year! May God Bless America in 2009!
May she turn to the Lord for guidance!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Day

Christmas morning we opened gifts, ate some french toast sprinkled with powdered sugar, drank some coffee with Baileys (Jason and I), played with some fun flying balloons in the cold but sunny windy weather, and little Francesca snoozed most of the day.












Jason chopping wood.

In the evening my mom, Ray and Raymond joined us for dinner, presents, and dessert.


Francesca on Gramma's shoulder.






Uncle Ray got the boys their own cool tool box filled with tools and even a real hand saw!

Getting Ready for Christmas

Here are photos of some Christmas preparations.

Below is Vincent trimming the tree on December 23.

Zachary sprinkling peppermints on the minty fudgy bars.


Below are photos of the kids getting ready for Christmas Eve Mass at St. Michael's Parish. The boys and Jason were part of the choir during the children's program.



Christmas Day gingerbread house decorating.




Just for fun

I found this fun quiz on Farmer Julie: Just for fun

Highlight the one you have done
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (a photo I took of a car wreck)
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby (three!)

95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

100. Read an entire book in one day