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Nothing says "end of summer" like the first day of school; so today, we celebrated the last day of summer and the begining of a wonderful school year.
It wasn't that hard to get up early again and go on about our day with the regular routine of getting ready for school.
Actually, the girls were really excited of this first day of class...I hope the excitment lasts for a while...:)
And, of course, like every year, mom was there to capture the essence of the moment with some snapshots...

Shannia during the Flag Ceremony...

Michelle catching up with her friends...

The girls in the main hallway...

A view of the beautiful Temple...


And this is just the begining....

Lake Powell 2009

Let me start by singing a wonderful melody with music and lyrics created by our own Brad Wilson...

"Let me tell you about the perfect summer day....Lake Powell really is my favorite place to play.....We head off from Wahweap to Padre Bay and we ski and board and laze the day away!
Lake Powell were the water's always glass!Lake Powell going fishing for some bass!Lake Powell were the sun will burn your shoulders, but the water is never cold, Lake Powell!" (it has more to it...I just can't remember...)

Well, we started our adventure on Tuesday at 3:50 a.m. Let me rephrase that...the adventure started when we were deciding what to take for the trip, too much...too little...do we really need this...you know what I mean. But finally, on Tuesday we were on our way to the coolest place in Utah State.
The drive was uneventful, with couple pitt stops for food and finally our TOA in Wahweap Marina was 9:30 a.m.

From there we had to meet with grandma Kathy and Megan,and the rest of the band and rent the houseboat, then load, and then be on our way to the camp site by "Cookie Jar"

The house boat that haul all our stuff and people to the camp site.

Cookie Jar in Padre Bay

Once we set up camp...the fun began...water ski, wave runners, bumper tubing, swimming, pinata, fishing...you name it, we did it!
By the way, weather wise we had it all...scorching sun, delicious overcast, a little sand storm, some rain, thunderstorm, and fireworks on the 24th.
Here's a sample of the fun we had...

Michelle on a bumper tub ride with Jordan....

Just for a ride...ignore the hair...please...

Up....up....UUPPP!

Pinata Time!!!


The little ones got into competitions for the "last man standing".

There was some "hoteness" to go around....

Bumper Tubing was a favorite between little ones and big ones alike....

Then some fishing....whith hot dog and marshmallows?


On the way back (because fun has to end sometime) we stopped at Grand Junction and had burgers at Big Al's...I didn't know my hubby owned a restaurant...;)

After that, it was blissful slumber....


We had a blast!




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Let The Festivities Begin!

Yesterday was the Anniversary of this great nation's Independence, and so we celebrated with millions of Americans the proud moment.
We left around 7:30 to the Lavell Edwards Stadium and without a second to spare we were getting there at exactly 8:00 p.m.



Glenn Beck was the host for the night.

The festivities began with a display of the air force from Hill Air Base.


There was some dancing, and the presentation of the colors through out history. And SheDaisy sang.

But the fun began when I saw my girls go absolutely bananas....







I never thought possible that such a little girl like Shannia could scream so loud!, and needless to say...both were hyperventilating...the reason:


THE JONAS BROTHERS.



P.S.: I took about 250 pictures of the Bros. It sure was an absolute treat to see my girls so happy.

The night ended with a very unique and very solemn "burning of the flag".



And of course, fireworks, lots of them....


HAPPY 4TH. OF JULY!!!!



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Summer...or so it's suppose to be, right?

To beging with...what's up with this crazy weather, I don't remember so much rain...ever. It really doesn't even feel like summer, but my calendar says that today is July 1st.

Anyway, I was looking at my blog thinking that, first, I need to change the header picture...(seriously!), and second, I haven't post anything interesting for a while, so, here are some of the updates in the Da Silva household.

First, we worked like slaves to get our retaining/fence wall up. That was fun, specially because I didn't have to do it, and because we live on top of kriptonite (rocks, rocks, and then some more rocks...). But now that it's done I LOVE IT!



Obviously it's a work in progress, since we still have to put the curving, plants, sod.....

Since it has been raining since school was out, we haven't done anything special. Just couple things here and there: went to the swimming pool with friends, go to a pool party, acquire a ripstick for Michelle, upgrade the bike for Shannia, run through the srinklers....



And we also brought the Arches National Park...home...



Funny, as I'm writing this there is a storm rolling in....
So this is it for now...more to come...Jonas Brothers Concert, Lake Powell, etc. Stay tunned!



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Sinners , repent!!!!

How can they do this to us...they're already enticing us with tidbits of New Moon and is still 5 month away....but I must say this....ohlala Jacob! I'm actually starting to like the guy, even though I disliked him in the book for obnoxious and needy...but now...I might start liking the werewolves....enjoy!!!!

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD





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Can't Wait (Geek alert)

As my past obsession with "Twilight", now I'm obsessing about Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince....Check this out and tell me it's not AWESOME!!!!!!
I CAN'T WAIT....




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Easter Break

I can't believe that it's April already! But with April, Spring break comes and we have some time to enjoy the interesting weather, you know, from shorts to snow boots...
This spring Break we started it in St.George, and that means swimming pool, play, eat, sleep, and nothing much at all (every body's dream). But this time I'm not going to post swimming pictures like always, but some of the wonders of nature down south...including some humans.
I'm extremely fascinated by the colors, they're so vibrant, the contrasts between rock, sky and greenery, and the textures...just fabulous.
I wish I was a better photographer to capture the full enchilada...but, you will have to do with these...



Here's little Lucas with Shannia with a tree stump that looks like a horse...how cool is that?



Here's one of the examples of textures, aren't those swirls on the rock so cool?



We went to this little hike, and had a blast. I'm told that spring is the only time you can go and see water coming down stream through this beautiful canyon. To pass the natural pools of water you have to climb this rock, and if you fail, you get soaked...fun stuff.



Here's Michelle trying to attempt the return through that rock I've talked about...



We stayed there from Thursday night to Sunday morning. Since Sunday was Easter we had to go to grandma's for the Easter Feast and Egg Hunt...



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My Toothless Princess

I've always loved the toothless smiles of kids when they're loosing their baby teeth. I think they look adorable. Normally, though, they loose one or two at the time, but Miss Shannia has los 3 on top in the last couple of days, (by the way, the Tooth Fairy told me she's broke...lol) so you can imagine how cute is my toothless princess is right now. Here's a picture of her....






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Proud Mother of Two

I just receive the e-mail report card of my chipmonks, and I have to say that I'm very proud of both of them. All A's across the board, ....maybe I just should relax a little and don't be such a Tasmanian Devil when it comes to homework...or not.
Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS! you did great!



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