Thanksgiving Break in California

This year, we decided to spend Thanksgiving with my sister Karen and her family in California. We had a really fun time. On thanksgiving day Rob and Ryan played in a ward turkey bowl which ended up being pretty muddy since it rained the whole night before, but they had a lot of fun. We had thanksgiving dinner at Ryan's aunts home where we met up with Ryan's parents and sister. During the same week we had the chance to go to Sea World twice where Arianna, Rachel and their cuisin Kianna, had a fun time watching the Believe Show with Shamu, the dolphin show, and petting the Manta Rays. They also went to see the Polar Bears and the Beluga whales among other amazing Sea Animals. We are grateful for the creations of God. We also got to see some of our dear friends Claudia and Ira, Justin and Jen, and wished we could have had more time to visit Chris and Mel and their beautiful Malia. The girls had a blast with their cousing Kiannita, and got to play and get very wet at Sea World. Now when we mention Sea World Rachel says "Fin (delfin)Mojo!"(The Dolphin got me wet!). My sister and I got to see Twilight and to have some "sister time". Thank you Karen, Ry and Kiannita for your love and all you did to make us feel at home. We love you guys

The Day I Became an American Citizen

On November 19Th of 2008, I became an American citizen. The sworn in ceremony took place at the Phoenix Stadium, where the Super Bowl took place this year. Can you believe how important I am? Incredible! 2178 people became US citizens that day. It was an emotional and special event. To be adopted by the country that has given me so many blessings and opportunities. I also love that I can keep both my Colombian and American citizen ships. Great! That is what we do at our home, we try to bring the best of both cultures and we teach our girls to honor, respect and love, both. I don't have a lot of pics, because the camera run out of batteries,even though we had charged it the night before (haha). To celebrate the event, Rob, Arianna, Rachel, and I ate at the Cheese Cake Factory:)