Utah ( haging out with the cousins)

Finally we were able to take a picture of all of us together.
Visiting Aunt Julie and Uncle Brian . So many cousins to play with.


Easter egg hunt. Claire thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Look at that cute face vovo.

Utah (General Conference)

Having lunch (almoco) at my Uncle Elias' house. Good fejoada tia Marilia!

Time to head to Temple Square. It was freezing that day, this is why we were all bundled up. Remember this was the first week of April and it seemed to snow every day we were there.

Leah and Claire visiting their buddies from Utah.

My good friend Jaquelina. It was nice to hang out with you even though it was only for a short period of time.
Thanks for dinner it was awesome!

The girls! Anatanielle (my cousin), me and my sister-in-law Kristy.
The whole gang at the old Tabernacle.



My parents were sealed at the Provo Temple.

General Conference Day. It was a wonderful and uplifting experience. I loved seeing the Prophet and listening to all the talks. The chorus was amazing and I was so grateful that I was able to be there with my husband, brother, and sister-in-law. My uncle came with us too and he is a really fun person to hang out with. Thanks tio for everything.

My brother and sister-in-law visiting us from Brazil!

In the middle of March my younger brother Israelson and his wife Kristy came to visit us from Brazil. They left their kids with my mom and their other grandma so they could travel around a little bit. I was so excited to have them here, especially because it was the first time they came here to visit me. We had such a fun time with them... Leah and Claire loved their tia and tio, especially because they got extra attention from them.

While they were here I got to show them around Dallas. I took them to the Dallas Aquarium which I think is pretty cool and they liked it a lot.

Here is a leopard just taking a little nap.

Here they are surrounded by sharks.

Here we are at the Dallas Arboretum. I just love going there specially during the spring when all the tulips are out. They had Binny the Bull around. Very cute!

By brother was amazed at how many Texas flags he saw around the city. Go TEXAS!!!

My beautiful Leah. Every time we go to the Arboretum we take a picture with this dear.

Happy brother and happy sister.

Eating out at Leah's favorite restaurant " Olive Garden".

As you can see Claire had some desert, yummy!

I totally look pregnant here, it is the shirt people!

One of Dallas most famous sites, where President Kennedy was assassinated (how sad is that).

Tia Kristy and the girls!

They look so cute and relaxed!

I love this picture!!!

This is our new pet puppy, it is the best dog ever. He is quiet and you don't have to fee him.

Claire is 2 years old!

My baby girl is getting big. She is no longer a baby, she is officially a toddler now. She turned 2 a the end of February. She is super cute but has a mind of her own. She loves to provoke her older sister and she likes things her way. What am I going to to with this little stinker!
Claire's favorite things at the moment are playing dress up with her sister, watching movies (the princess kind), eating cookies, cake, candy or anything else that starts with the letter C. Her favorite song is "Jesus wants me to be a Sunbeam", and the popcorn song. She loves going to nursery and playing with her little friends. She is a daddy's or papai's girl. She just loves to be with her papai. She is talking a lot more but still needs translation for some of her words. She is very independent and I love her little personality. She does makes me laugh a lot with her cute ways of doing things. Love you my Claire Bear.

So for her birthday I decided it would be fun to take her to the Rain Forest Cafe. I know she loves animals and that would be a good way to celebrate her birthday. Here she is all happy looking at the fish in the aquarium with her papai.

Here she is not happy at all, this is when we are inside the restaurant, she got so scared and she kept saying "go home". Poor thing, she hated the whole thing. It was dark in the restaurant and she got frightened by the gorillas that were right by our table. The lighting was the last straw for her. She didn't eat anything and we had to take our food to go. Sorry Claire, happy birthday!

Now she is happy, after we left the restaurant.

Look, this crocodile is rich, lets get him!!!

Once we got home she was happy, especially when it was cake time.

Here she is playing with her presents.

We didn't have a party for her this year, but I still got her some balloons and a cake of course.

Look how she devours that cake, yummy!

Happy second Birthday my sweet girl!!! We love you so much.