Sunday, May 22, 2011

Easter and Easter II

Bennett with his Easter Basket
Always time to kick a ball
Easter Dinner was Greek this year, we started off with assorted Greek Olives, peppers and Dolmas
With Rotisserie Lamb and grilled vesetables
Not sure if they are Greek but we had Deviled Eggs and Cup Cakes for dessert

Easter II the Sunday after Easter we all got together for and Easter Egg Hunt
Spencer and Jude
Dinner was Southwestern style Chicken Tacos with Cilantro lime rice
Jude with Curious George
Bennett found an Easter Bunny
Rachel examining her goods
Dave checking out his basket and Bennett playing with Thomas the Train
Nery's Pineapple Upside-down Cake
Jude learning to swing
Lola and her grand babies

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Jude's Big Day


Presidents Day weekend was also Jude's big weekend. Spencer and Rachel had Jude blessed on Sunday. Saturday Rachel's family from St George arrived and we had a celebration at our home for the families to come together and celebrate Jude's blessing.
Here are some pictures:
Jude's paternal grandparents
Steve and Nery Coleman

Jude's maternal grandparents
Kimball and Jonna Forbes











Jude and Lola
Jude and Lolo
Jude and his daddy
Uncle Jacob Forbes with his niece and two nephews
Forbes Family
Coleman Family

Grandma and Grandpa Great Coleman
Great Grandma and Grandpa Forbes
Jude and his Great Grandmothers
February 25th is Auntie Kristan's Birthday. Bennett and Jude wish their Auntie Krissy Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Krissy from Bennett
Happy Birthday Krissy from Jude

The Blueberry




We have been looking for several months to replace our commuter car, our old Deawoo that had more wrong with it than it was worth to get it fixed. We were looking at Kia Soul, Volkswagen Golf, or a VW Beetle. This is the car we finally ended up getting. Neither of us had ever driven a Beetle before but we fell in love with this one. We have been calling it our Blueberry.



Sunday, November 21, 2010

People Watching in Saronno

Train Station in Saronno Italy

During our Stay in Saronno Italy, Kristan and Nery wanted to do some shopping. I don't like to shop so I went out on the street and watched the local people and took some pictures. I know nothing of this region of Italy I know very little of Italian culture but spending time watching these interesting people I have drawn some conclusions. I'm not sure if I am correct because I really have no way to verify my conclusions only what I observed during one of the most interesting hours of our trip.

Some observations I made are:

  • They Love to visit with friends, everywhere people were sitting on park benches or just standing on the street talking. 
  • There are a lot of small children and babies in this area, there were people pushing baby carriages and strollers, riding kids on their bikes. 
  • Many children are taken care of by their grandparents while their parents are working, I saw a lot of older people with babies and small children. 
  • Italians are very affectionate, I saw many touching displays of affection, boys and girls walking arm in arm, Older men and women walking arm in arm and as you will see, older ladies walking arm in arm.
  •  Italians love to walk and ride their bikes everywhere people were walking and riding bicycles, all the way from small children to senior citizens. 
My impression of these people is they are down to earth, they love their families, they love their friends and they love their way of life. Saronno was beautiful and charming, I hope I will be able to return there some day.





















  








Nery came out from shopping and my hour of watching the good people of Saronno was over