Thanksgiving with Papa's family

Cell phones are the new favorite toy...and actually to date he has 3 of them...all passed down by family members. We send warm wishes and love to you all in this Holiday season. Merry Christmas and may still moments give you opportunities to reflect on the meaning and joy of the season!

backing up a bit...

We've suffered from limited internet so I haven't posted many photos but wanted to try to post the photos from when "Tiotstia"(Russian for Aunt) Stacie came to visit and we went to the pumpkin patch. If you remember last October the pumpkin patch photos are VERY different! Wow, what a year will do!

Halloween 2008

Phoenix... it's what's for dinner.

and now we know why curiosity killed the cat.

Sir Phoenix, Your Chariot Awaits You

Phoenix Walking...and Falling

This is for all you "Phoenix Followers" in Indiana, Hawaii, Bend and soon to be Greece. Enjoy.
Oh...and buy the way, he was fine.

Aloha from the Big Island!

Aloha everyone! We enjoyed 10 days in Hawaii visiting Tia Panambi and Uncle Josh with the family...Tia Veronica, Abuela Nini, Grandpa Mike, Enrique (a family friend). We did the grand tour of the big island. Our time was complete with going to a Luau, seeing a volcano (lava!), kayaking in the ocean, snorkeling, swimming, and gazing at the millions of stars to name a few. It was my joy to see Phoenix enjoying the sand as much as he did...I don't think I've ever seen him smile so big! He loved the black, yellow and green sand. We hope to build a sand box for him soon as we often find him with his sand shovel trying to dig in the carpet. Mahalo!