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The girls' Christmas picture - Jenna 10 1/2, Catina 8.
School pictures (Jenna 5th grade) (Catina 2nd grade)
Visiting Aunt Sylvia.
Visiting Santa.
Jenna first day of school (5th grade) - notice the eye glasses
Catina first day of school (2nd grade)
Their dance portraits
After the show, getting their flowers & gifts!!
Halloween (Witch & Angel)
Jenna's "George Washington" look.
Jenna & Daddy eating Daddy's delicious Sushi.
Dave's Sushi (he makes it)!! Yummy!!
Jenna is so proud of her Tree and Gingerbread house that she made.
Catina is so proud of her Tree and Gingerbread house that she made.
Catina loves her webkinz.
This was a granite etching we had done while we were in China. They carve it out from a photograph that you give them.
What Jenna is doing at 10 1/2 years old:
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Dancing, dancing and more dancing!! |
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Webkinz. |
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Reading alot. |
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Jump rope, bicycling, swimming. |
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Tumbling & acrobatics (back-bends, cartwheels, headstands, back-walkovers, etc). |
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Doing great in 5th grade. |
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Loves doing art, always working on some project at home with paper & markers. |
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She likes playing with her little sister, Catina (sometimes)!! |
What Catina is doing at 8 years old:
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She is a fabulous artist. |
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She's in 2nd grade. |
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She's energetic, very outgoing and is very confident. |
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Her teachers say she is very proficient at everything and can be bossy with her friends, although she is great with her teachers. |
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She takes dance classes (ballet and jazz). |
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She takes piano lessons. |
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She just loves to sing. She likes to make up songs and her mouth never stops going!! |
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She loves her big sister, Jenna, and wants to play with her all the time!! |
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She likes webkinz. |
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She likes doing art projects, and loves cutting pictures out of catalogs & magazines. She is an amazing cutter, even better than many adults. |
Our Mom's Interests:
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Taking care of us!! |
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Computers (she's on it all the time). |
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Photography (we have loads and loads of pictures) and it's so much easier with a digital camera!! |
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Taking video of us, with our cool camcorder (you can even see yourself, while Mommy is video taping us). |
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Watching Seinfield reruns, Survivor, General Hospital, and professional Ice-skating & gymnastic competitions. |
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Loves the Beatles (we listen to them all the time)!! |
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New hobby - Genealogy - Time consuming but well-worth it & fun to do. |
Our Dad's Interests:
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Us!! |
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Free State Project |
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Making Sushi. |
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Fixing things around the house (he's great at that) & is always working on some house project every weekend!! |
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All kinds of music (David Bromberg, blue-grass, gospel, etc.) |
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History. |
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Reading newspapers (He loves reading) - He reads about 3-4 newspapers a day. |
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Internet browsing. |
Our dog, Betsy:
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Betsy passed away the summer of 1999, at the age of 16 years old. |
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She was the sweetest dog ever. |
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We miss her so very much. |
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We tell the kids that Betsy is now a "Doggie Angel" and watches over us. |
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Here's some pictures (click to see larger): |
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| Her photo shoot at Moto Photo. | She liked blankets. |
Last Updated: 12/14/07
You can email my Mommy at:
koliveri@worldnet.att.net
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