Sam's first prayer by himself! Primeira oracao do Sam sozinho!

We are so proud! Friday night When Marcio said it was time for family prayer, Sam eagerly volunteered (we usually help by whispering to him) but when Marcio started helping, he shouted exitedly, "NO! I do it!". So here is his prayer, translated as he said it half in Portuguese:

Heavenly Father,
thank you Gina,
thank you trains,
Jesus Name
Coming!

One aside, as much as we insist and tell him it's Amen, he still says "coming". He also pronounces Jesus as "Shoes". It's very cute!

Estamos super orgulhosos! Sexta-feira a noite quando o Marcio falou que era hora de oracao em familia, o Sam disse que queria fazer. Sempre ajudamos ele cochichando no ouvido, mas dessa vez ele anunciou que ELE queria fazer sozinho!
Entao eis a oracao do Sam aqui:

Papai Ceu
Obrigado Gina
Obrigado tchoo-tchoos (os trenzinhos dele)
Nome Jesus,
Coming

Ele insiste em falar coming ao invez de Amen! e muito engracado!

Regina, Makaylah & Isabelle

Alo? Papai?

Priminhas brincando juntas
Little cousins playing together

Please pick me up?

Por favor, me pega no colo?

Bathtime!

Regina has only had 1 bath her whole life (we only do showers on the kids) So she stayed in here for about 30 seconds before flipping out. Only enought ime to take this picture!! hahaha

Hora do Banho!
A Regina so teve 1 banho de banheira na vida dela (damos banho de chuveiro nas criancas) Entao ela so ficou por uns 30 segundos antes de cair aos pedacos. Somente tempo o suficiente para tirar esta foto!! hahaha

Sliding down the stairs Descendo de "tobogan" na escada

I don't know who came up with this game, but my creative son and niece decided it would be fun to take a silky, slippery sleeping bag and slide down the stairs! They did this for at least a half-hour!
Nao sei quem inventou esta brincadeira, mas meu filho e sobrinha criativos decidiram que seria legal pegar um cobertor sedoso e escorregadil e deslizar na escada!! Se divertiram muito, e brincaram assim por pelo menos meia-hora!

Regina & Makaylah

Too cute!
Linda demais!
Ready for Church
Prontas para Igreja
Girls at the Window
Meninas na Janela

Regina & Tio Craig

Kangaroo Zoo

http://www.kangaroozoo.net/

above is a link to tha Kangaroo Zoo, so you can see how cool it was!
Acima esta o link do Kangaroo Zoo, para voces verem como era legal!

Makaylah & Regina at the baby jumper

Makaylah & Regina no brinquedo dos bebes

Sam & Isabelle climbing up the huge slide by themselves

Sam & Isabelle subindo no escoregador gigante sozinhos

all of us in the crocodile's mouth!

Todos nos na boca do crocodilo!

Sam sliding down the huge slide

Sam descendo no escorregador gigante

Trip to Utah, Viajem para Utah Jan 2007

My mom & I went to Utah to visit Craig and his family this month. We had a lot of fun!

Minha mae e eu visitamos meu irmao e sua familia em Utah este mes. Nos divertimos muito!

Sam waiting at the airport in Boston at about 5 am or so. The Sun was just starting to rise...I love the colors in these pictures!

Sam esperando no aeroporto de Boston mais ou menos 5 da manha. O Sol estava comecando a nascer...Amo as cores destas fotos!

More pictures

Yes, our tree was made of paper! Sam helped to draw and color it.

Sim, nossa arvore era de papel! Sam ajudou a desenhar e colorir.

Christmas! Natal! 2007