Halloween 2008

Here is Leah in here school singing Halloween songs. She is on the far left in pink of course.

Leah at the trunk or treat party at the church with her super friend Afton. It was Sleeping Beauty meeting Cinderella at the Ball.

What would I do without my princess sleepers?

Claire was a lady bug just in case you can't tell.

"Just breath taking"

I 'm cute as a pumpkin.

We are just hanging!!!

Sisters forever...

The best things are the simple things.

Rain drops falling on my hand...

"Just Breath Taking"

Dallas Arboretum

What a beautiful day we had at the Dallas Arboretum a week ago. My in-laws were in town with my sister in-law Jenny and we decided to go to the Dallas Arboretum. Jenny who is a professional photographer took some wonderful pictures of the girls. It was hard to have a good picture of both of them since one is always looking down, away, or just not sitting still. I'm really grateful to her for her patience.



Did I mention that Jenny (my sister in law) is going to serve a mission in Brazil? I'm so excited for her plus she will learn Portuguese and we can chat when she gets back . She is going to the Campinas mission, really close to Sao Paulo. I hope we can see her when we come and visit my family in Brazil next year.

"My little ballerina"

Leah has been taking ballet classes for the past couple of months. She is so tinny compared to the other girls. She loves to spin around and she fells so cool in her ballerina outfit.

She is definitely the dancer of the family. She loves any kind of music and she loves to sing along too.

As you can see Leah is like a giant next to the other girls, ha, ha!

Pumpkin Patch

Just hanging out with my friends

I feel really chubby and short in this outfit.

Don't I look so cute in this pot?

First day of Preschool

This is my big girl going to preschool for the first time. I was more nervous then she was. She had a great time and said that she wants to go to school everyday. She only goes to school two days a week and I'm loving having a little time with Claire only. I think Leah looked so cute with her big back-pack, so grown up.

Brian and Caitlin's Wedding!

This is Brian ( Brad's younger brother) with his blushing bride Caitlin. A sweet girl that is just perfect for him. They got married on August 16th and they were sealed at the Albuquerque temple for time and all eternity.

We were excited to be there, and enjoy such a nice day with the family. As you can see we all wore either green, yellow or mango colors. Those were the colors of the wedding. It was really fun and summery.

Leah and her cousins Caitlin and Ella waiting patiently for the bride and groom.

It is almost impossible for us to take a picture of our whole family, so we can't miss any opportunities.

Little Claire is matching with grandma . So cute.

My dear sister Vivi!!!

My dear sister Vivi I will always think of you and I will always treasure the good times we had together. You will be missed and I can't wait to see you again. With all my love your little sister Danielle.

Having fun at the Dallas Arboretum! Beautiful Day!

Meeting her niece Claire!

My sister's passing

My dear sister Viviane passed away 8 days ago at my parents house back in Brazil. She had down syndrome and had been sick for a few months. She also had heart and lungs problems. She died of the age 43. She is the oldest at my family and she is my only sister. When I heard the news I immediately called my family and they replied that she had a peaceful death, my parents even had time to hug her and say goodbye. I can't even imagine how hard that was for them. I became very sad and wanted to be there to help, but living so far away it makes so difficult to just jump in a plane and go there. I realized that my baby doesn't have a passport yet and that would take at least a couple of days to get ready. So I decided that I will just wait and come in a few months. My parents are doing well given the circumstances. I'm just so grateful to have the gospel in my life that helps us understand the plan that Heavenly Father has for us. I'm also grateful to have had a wonderful sister that was so pure and loving. I have so many wonderful memories of her and I will always treasure the times I had with her here at my house a couple of months ago. We danced, we played dominoes, I cooked for her and she met her new niece Claire. I will always remember you Vivi. I love you minha querida irma Vivi.

L.A. and Universal Studious

Sunny California it is just nice! Here are some pictures of us in LA, Universal Studious and at the beach. It is hard to find celebrities there but I was so lucky that I found Matt Damon, he is so hot! I bet I'm making all of you jealous.

Disneyland Fun!!!

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   For our big family vacation this year we picked Disneyland! We decide that it would be fun to take my niece there. It was also my first time in Disneyland. I bent to Disneyworld but not Disneyland, I have to say is all the same, except that Disneyworld is a lot bigger and the main castle is a lot prettier. We had a great time! the best part was looking at Leah's face when she saw the princess. She was so happy and could not stop shouting all the princess names, Cinderella! Snow White! she loved the pared and was absolutely exasted by 9:00. We stay until 11:00 p.M. and it was a very long day. The bad part is that Leah will not even remember anything, oh well at least we had fun.

What did you think about Disneyland?

• Claire's point of view.
• I think I liked but I kept falling asleep all those people made me tired, but I did like my milk.

• Leah's point of view.
• I just loved all the princess specially Cinderella, she was nice. I liked Mickey mouse too and all the rides.

• Daphynne points of view. ( my niece)
• A world where you dreams can come true. Just awesome!

• Danielle point of view.
• I liked because everybody else liked and were happy. Now of course I had a good time who wouldn't have a good time at Disneyland?

• Brad's point of view.
• There was a lot of standing in line. Very expensive! Dads beware I don't recommend taking your family there! ( just kidding).

Chicago my kind of town!

I just love Chicago during the summer. Brad's is working in a project down in Chicago so we decide to come and visit the family. We had such a great time. My niece Daphynne is here visiting us from Brazil. She is 15 and she is a lot of fun. This is her first time in the U.S. and I'm glad that she could come and spend the summer with us. She loved Chicago!. We visit the main sites such as Navy Pier, Buchkinghan fountain, Sears Tower, Millennium Park and saw the 4th of July fire works downtown. That was absolutely crazy! Just so you know a couple of people got shot that day. Thankfully nothing happen to us but I have to say it was kind of scary. There were thousand of people at the place trying to find one little spot to see the fire works. When it was over it was like a flood of people trough out the streets of Chicago and we could barely move. However we still had a great time with our cousins and their kids.

We also celebrated Leah's birthday there with our family down in Chicago. Thank you Cibe for preparing everything, Leah was so excited that we sang happy birthday to her again, is like the never ending birthday.

I also have to thank you Gizelle for the great barbecue at you house and for the trip to the zoo.

Well over all Chicago is my kind of town. It has great food, great sites to see, great people and during the summer it has the perfect weather. I'm glad I got to experience Chicago again. So long!

Below are some of our pictures.

Brad's family reunion!

Brad's grandmother turned 85 years old on July 4th. So a couple of weeks earlier we all gather in South Boston for a family reunion, where we celebrated her birthday plus grandma Hunter's birthday and four other granddaughters birthdayas including Leah's. It was a lot fun to get together with everybody. We also went to Maya's baptism, (she is one of our nieces) in Nor Fork. Her little brother Iam was blessed on Sunday.

1. Us with Grandma Phillips who turned 85 years old! We just love her so much...
2. Claire 4 months, Molly 6 months and Iam 2 months. Cute cousins just laying around.
3. These are all the Hunter grandchildren, 17 kids. They are sitting with aunt Heidi.
4. Leah with her cousins waiting for a turn to hit the pinata. What a troop!
   

Leah, mamae and her sister

Leah I love you so much!!! I can't believe you are already 3 years old. I'm so glad that you are my daughter, because you make me laugh everyday. You are so silly and sweet. One of my favorite things in the whole world is to hear you laugh and sing. You can always brighten my day. Thank you for being you. Love mamae!!

Leah and Claire after a long day!!!

Leah's 3rd Birthday

Leah finally had her birthday party! I made the mistake to tell her about her birthday party about a month ago. She really wanted a Mermaid birthday so for the last month every day when she would wake up the first thing she did was ask if today was her Mermaid party, so I had to say not yet. Now you can imagine the joy that she felt when I finally said today is your mermaid party! She kept running around and screaming! She had so much fun with all her little friends. I put up some little polls in the backyard where the kids could coll off. The parents tough were boiling since we don't have any shade in the afternoons. Well, over all it was a good birthday and Leah is excited to be a year older.