{US Army Africa Holiday Ball} 10 Dec 2010

Last night we got to get all dressed up for the US Army Africa Holiday Ball. We had a wonderful time.

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{Student of the Quarter} 10 Dec 2010

WooHoo Kieran--she was named Student of the Quarter for her class! Yesterday there was a 3rd grade assembly. We are SO proud of her!!!

Kieran with her principal.

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{Vicenza Middle School Winter Concert} 9 Dec 2010

Mark and the band did a fabulous job performing in their winter concert. Mark is doing really well playing the trumpet. What's really impressive is that most of the students didn't know how to play their instruments at the beginning of the year. They worked hard and it definitely paid off---beautifully!

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{Bathtime}

Our kitties definitely like water! I was getting Kieran into the bathtub and while we were waiting for the water to warm up, Rude kept jumping in the tub. So after, we turned the faucet on in my tub and the kitties had FUN. Reason was a little curious and didn't get as wet as Rude. Rude LOVED batting at the stream of water.

Enjoy :)

Ciao!

{the STAR topper}

When we decorated our tree last week, after I took and posted a picture of it, I realized we didn't have a star on the top. We had to buy new lights (220V) and the star we usually put on top had lights, but we couldn't use it here. I found a star at the PX---now our tree is complete!

Next up--trying to get a picture for our Christmas card this year!

Enjoy :)

{new KITTY pictures}

They are fitting in quite nicely. Both LOVE to jump in the bathtub after we finish our baths--from what I've read about Maine Coons, it's very typical of them to like water and play in it. Sometimes when we don't know where they are, we just have to look in the bathtubs or showers, and there they are :)

Enjoy!

{It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!}

We decorated for Christmas today :)

We had snow earlier this morning too!

Enjoy.

Ciao!