Happy New Year !

2008 has been a good year for us. Last June, we traveled to Ethiopia to bring home Angela. Both Ben and Angela are in good health and growing up fast and doing very well in school. We are very happy and blessed to have them in our lives.




















From our family to yours, we wish you all the best for 2009!

Trip to San Francisco, California

For Christmas, we went to San Francisco. We took the Amtrak train from Salt Lake City and got off at the Emeryville station in Oakland, CA.

Christmas day, we went to the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland and visited Nana at the hospital.

The following day, we visited Nana again and then went around the city. We took the Bay Cruise and went to the Aquarium of the Bay.

Saturday, we drove up to Sonoma County and Napa Valley. We took the TrainTown Railroad tour and had dinner at the Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant at the Culinary Institute of America in St. Helena, CA.

Sunday, we went to the Steinhart Aquarium and visited Nana for the last time. We took the train back home early Monday morning.

It was so nice to visit and spend some time with Nana and Papa and with the rest of Matt's family. Here are the pictures from our trip.

Visit to the Treehouse Museum

A few weeks ago we brought Ben and Angela to the Treehouse Museum in Ogden. This is really a cool place for kids. There are so many things to do and even if you keep coming back, there is always something new that the kids would love.

Ben and Angela had a wonderful time trying all the different things the Museum had to offer. Matt and I had lots of fun, too!

At the park

Pictures of Ben and Angela playing in the park. Enjoy!

Riding the Frontrunner

Last Saturday, November 1, we went to the city via the Frontrunner. Just this summer, UTA started this train ride service that runs from the city up to North Ogden. We took the train at the Layton station (just a few blocks from our house). It is a double decker train and we sat at the top level to have the best view.

As you can see, Ben and Angela had a wonderful time.

Thought I'd also share with you my attempt to fix Angela's hair. It took about an hour and a half to finish it. I started by braiding the hair but changed to just making loops. Braiding the hair would have taken double the time and Angela was already getting impatient.

My work is not very polished (amateurish) but practice makes perfect and I'm sure I'll have lots of practice with my beautiful and charming model.

Tigger and Little Bee

This year, Ben and Angela were Tigger and Little Bee.

The first set of pictures were from the Halloween Party at Angela's school.

The second set were taken Halloween night. Although it was drizzling a bit, Ben and Angela enjoyed the experience so much.

Hope you had a wonderful Halloween!

St. Rose of Lima Mother's Group Halloween Party

Last Friday, Oct 31, the Mother's Group in the Church hosted a Halloween Party for the kids. Ben didn't have a class that day and I took the day off to bring both Ben and Angela to the party.

It was such a fun event with lots of food and activities for the kids. Here are some of the pictures.

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

Latest pictures - September 08

Warm hello to everybody!

Here are the latest pictures of Ben and Angela!

Watching a video



He's getting to be a big boy!


Yet another pretty smile :-)


First day at new school


Till next update. Take care.