GuatFest 2011 at Nick Hotel

Mario and Tere's 25th wedding anniversary and wedding

Wedding Anniversary

Don and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary in Orlando.  We stayed at the BoardWalk and this time we were lucky and got a room on the boardwalk.  It was so nice to see all the activity, the water and even some fireworks.

Summer 2011

A new school year!

Today was Carlos' first day in middle school!  He was very nervous during the weekend but he slept very well last night and he woke up more relaxed.  He has to wear polo shirts in any color and he chose to wear a red one.  He is wearing size Adult small and the shorts were also adult size.  He is still very skinny but she is getting taller.  It looks like he had a good day.  His bus was very late because there were too many kids in the bus coming back and they had to call for another bus to take some of the kids.  I waited for him at the clubhouse and he was very happy to see me.  It has been a long time since I have waited for them at the bus stop.

Titi was very excited to start school.  She got the same teachers Carlos had last year so she was very happy about that.  She had told them her dream was to have them as her 5th grade teachers and maybe they made it happen.  Don and I are so happy about it!  We have known them for a long time and they know our family very well.  I am sure Titi is going to have a great day and a better year!

Don's birthday

This year, Don's birthday was on Easter Sunday.  Since I do not really celebrate Easter, I decided we should go back to Jupiter to celebrate Don's birthday there.  When we arrived at the beach we had been the year before, everything was different.  We could not see most of the rock formations and we got confused but then we realized there was high tide and the rocks were under the waves.  Titi was very dissapointed because she wanted to search for tropical fish.  She soon became interested in the things she saw on the visible rocks.  We did not stay long and we decided to go to the other park by the intercoastal.  Don and the kids went to search for fish on the water and I sat on the beach.  It was a very nice day and we enjoyed being outside.  On the way back we stopped at a Latin market and we bought some meat to cook at home.

Passover 2011

Steven, Janie, Hailey and Andie invited us to celebrate Passover at their home.  We were very happy to attend and we felt so lucky to be able to share it with Mema, Grandpa, Emily, Karol, Larry, Keri, Allie, Marcy and her mom and daughter.  It was a wonderful reading, most of it done by the kids.  We were so proud of Carlos and Titi, they read beautifully and everybody told us that.  The food was delicious as always.  I had matzo ball soup twice but everything else was great too.

We had to come home as soon as dinner was over because Carlos needed to go to bed early. Tomorrow he has his Science FCAT and the school had asked us to send him to bed early.  I am sure he is going to do very well.  Mrs. H. has been preparing him very well. We are so lucky to have such caring and dedicated teachers in our local school.

Carlos' Safety Patrol Trip to Washington

Carlos says he had a great time in Washington.  I did not have such a great time while he was away.  I worried too much :-).