Our family

Easter 2009

One of the best holidays of the year is Easter! It is a wonderful time of remembering God's love and sacrifice and of course His triumph! He has risen indeed!

At our house we all get dress up, have an Easter egg hunt, and go to Easter service. I was so happy to have this old family tradition played out in our new home.

Me curling Faith's hair.

Caleb

Darrell

Faith

Ella

Darrell searching for eggs.

Caleb happy because he has found all of his eggs.

DJ with his itty bitty Easter basket. lol

Ella going through her Easter basket.

Rain Forest Cafe

We had the good luck to be able to go to the Rainforest Cafe with DJ's family. Wow, it was such fun. The kids had a blast!

The kids standing outside under the way cool sign.

The kids standing with the giraffe --Darrell's favorite animal.The kids standing in front of the gator lagoon.
Darrell with his cool balloon sword.
Faith with her balloon parrot.
Ella with her balloon parrot.

Caleb is not shown with a balloon because apparently he is too cool and too old for a balloon. Whatever, wish I had the opportunity for a balloon. I would have taken it. lol This isn't actually at the cafe. It was taken at a boutique in the same mall as the cafe but it was so cute I had to post it too.

Coming to the States

Well all good things come to an end. So true are stay in Italy. I will always love Italy. I will miss it's culture and it's beauty. I will miss the wonderful and true friends I made there. Italy where I made my first true home and gave birth to two of my children. Italy is also where I grew closer to God.

Now we are stationed in Fort Benning Georgia. Hopefully we will make a home here as we did in Italy.

Snow

Snow in Italy is a fabulous thing. For one, it happens about once a year. For two, when it does happen school gets canceled.

This is what my babies did on there snow day. The lack of proper snow wear is due to the normal lack of snow and cold weather in Italy.

The kids being silly posing with their snowman.

My baby girl

Ella is my sweet baby girl. I swear the child LOVES to pose for pictures. I don't know where she gets it from. I can't stand having my picture taken. I guess most little girls like it though. I know Faith used to love to have her picture taken. Here our some random pics of my little sweet heart.

Ella hanging out on the front stoop.Ella posing with her new hat

It was so quiet all the sudden that I went looking for Ella and this is how I found her. Sleeping with her baby doll in her stroller. Isn't she cute?

Ella posing with a new pair of jammies. These are her favorite.

Halloween 2008

Halloween in Italy. Without a doubt, it always rains. lol

Faith as Hannah Montana

Ella as a butterfly

Darrell as a pirate

Caleb as a pirate

Faith, Yolanda "grandma", Ella, Darrell, and Caleb

Angie and Ella

DJ and Caleb

DJ helping Ella trick-or-treat and Darrell

Ella's Early Second Birthday

First, off so sorry that it took so long to update our blog. With moving and all I have been really busy. Terrible excuse but the only one I have at the moment. :)
These are pics from Ella's early 2nd birthday party. These pics were actually taken in the end of October in Italy. My friends wanted to celebrate Ella's birthday with her before we moved.