Bye Bye 2008...welcome 2009

Dear friends and family we hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and that...you like what Santa brought you! Ours was spent with dear friends and family. We are now looking forward to the year 2009 and all that it will bring to us. We are gratefull for all the blessings we have received as well as the challenges -such as driving in the snow and shoveling- thank goodness for ice melt!!! Here are some recent picks of Dad and Brian enjoying the white powder!

Signs that Christmas is getting close....

Well... last week we had our Ward Christmas party. Not only we enjoyed great inspirational music, stories from the primary, a nice evening with friends and neighbors but also we had the opportunity to have a special visit from Santa (Babbo Natale) before he takes off for his long, long trip around the world.
Brian and his friends took sometime to talk to Santa, asking a few questions and most important of all, getting a good juicy candy!






Of course our home is also ready for the visit! Here you can see some pics from Judi's lovely decorations. The funny thing is that our "daughter" Tibi thinks we have made all these changes just to increase her "fun" at home! She is definitely spoiled!



Judi's favorite spot





Gio's favorite spot