Christmas is such an amazing time. Hope, life, excitement, beauty, stillness, prayer. . .What a beautiful time. I await 2009 like you can't believe. I just want to brush off 2008 and hope none of the dust of the year clings to my shirt yet I know that the whole point of life is to learn from our mistakes, know that He is there for us, know that He has a bigger plan for us. One that maybe in this life we will not ever understand. One whose lesson maybe gets taught to generations in the future. Yet I still have this huge hope for all of us. My immediate family, my friends, my business, my community, my state, my country, my generation, my world. . . I wish on all of my friends a magical new world in the future. Pray and continue to pray. . .ceasesessly. . .

Found the Time

I am here in my mothers hallway at her condo in Florida. I found a great place to practice!

Hana was in her first school Christmas show this year!! She is wiped out from all the ballet dancing she had to perform this weekend!

The cute little Bo Peep Sheep! Ryan dragged them around through the hole show and fell in love with one of them! The one on the left! Eliza!!

Toymakers assistant and the little wind up toy duckie! I can't believe I didn't get a picture of all of us together. It was one of the best times having my 2 kiddies on stage with me!!
xoxo

My little toymakers assistant!! This is back stage and although at first Ryan didn't like the fact that he had to wear makeup, by the 5th show he was getting used to it. He actually liked it! I have to say he looks so beautiful!

Highland Fling at The Beach Club in Palm Beach, Florida. Rami, me, former Sec. of State Alexander Haig, Mary Francis Turner and my uncle Russsell Sherrill.

Seaquarium

My cuties at the Seaquarium. This is right before we all got soaking wet from a Killer Whale.

Seaquarium

My cuties at the Seaquarium. This is right before we all got soaking wet from a Killer Whale.

Miami Beach

Miami Beach was so beautiful. So are my kiddies!!

Need I Say More. . .Thanksgiving in Homestead, FL

My Little Pilgrim

1st grade does the cutest presentation at mass for Thanksgiving. Sooooo. . . Cute!

Cooking Pumpkin Bars with R

My Litlle Ducky

Hana was so excited to try on her duckie costume for the Babes in Toyland Baller but when it came time to take a professional picture she freaked. Tha'ts why she doesn't model like Ryan.

Here are my two angels!! Ryan came straight from Karate and Hana is eternally in her princess dress. They are sooo cute!

Halloween

Halloween preparty!! I was a spider woman and Rami was a rock and roll guy!! We always are the only parents that dress up!! Rock on!! Young forever!!

Hana's Birthday Party #2

Hana and Caroline at her party. She insisted Caroline get equal attention! Cuties!!

Notice they both chose the same bears!!

H's Birthday Party

Hana and Kaley, her best buddy from preschool. This is a picture of our princess at her birthday party. She had it at build a bear and had a great time. As you can see she is still wearing her costume from Halloween.

Sunny California!! Oh how I would move there in a second. This is my BF Vik, me, Chris and Sis. We had just taken one of the best yoga classes ever at Bryan Kests studio in Santa Monica. I envy my sister to have that within a bike ride from her apartment. What a life!! And now she is a yoga addict like Vik and me!! heehee

Gone are the dog days of summer but this is one of the cute pictures I took of the kiddies out on the pool deck.

Our son, Ryan climbed our tree this afternoon. He looked so awesome amongst our fall leaves. Ahhhh! Fall my favorite season!