Jones Beach Christmas Light Spectacular

Tonight after Natalia’s Winter Chorus Concert I surprised the family and took them to the Jones Beach Holiday Light Spectacular. We had a very nice, enjoyable time together! Well worth the trip!

Happy 13th Birthday Natalia!!!

We now have 2 teenagers in our house! Happy Birthday to Natalia who became a teenager today!!!! We love this very special girl who is funny, passionate, friendly, kind, athletic, and a real leader. Please join us in praying the Lord’s blessings over her life. She is in the middle of starting the first ever Christian Club at her middle school, seeking to shine her light and leave a legacy in her school. We are so proud of her!
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Birthday 2014 Pics

This morning Adriana and I had coffee with some of our dear friends from Michigan, Tony and Kim Brani, whom we lived with for about a month 17 years ago. We haven’t seen them in about 15 years, and it was so great reconnecting with them while they were in town here in NY. Adriana and I then drove to Freeport for lunch on the water. We then drove to Jones Beach and enjoyed sitting and enjoying the sight and sound of the beautiful ocean waves crashing This evening our family went out for dinner at Benihana. Family, friends, and food. Just the way I love celebrating my birthday. Thanks to all for the kind birthday wishes.IMG_2575

Girls Finally Get Christmas Present!

After a brutally cold winter, our girls were excited to finally be able to use their Christmas present today. They are very happy!

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Valentine’s Day 2014

imageTo celebrate our love, on Wednesday I surprised Adriana and had an Edible Arrangement with a teddy bear delivered to her at work. She was totally shocked! Today we went into Manhattan and had a really delicious lunch at Dos Caminos. During lunch we had fun reminiscing about our most fun memories together. After lunch we walked around and discovered a new favorite NYC hangout … Chelsea Market. This place is awesome! We had a great time walking around, seeing all of the restaurants, stores, etc. We even found – finally! – street tacos! We had some gelato and a crepe, and picked up some freshly made doughnuts for the girls. On our way home we came up with 20 date ideas that we are going to work on accomplishing this year. This evening we came home and our girls had set a romantic mood in the house, complete with candles, cards, chocolates … and locked us in our room to watch a romantic comedy. So sweet!

Family Painting Christmas Ornaments

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Tonight we had a nice time as a family painting Christmas ornaments.