Hello from the cold North, Montana!!! Well i am writing late but as my mother always said, "Better late than never". Wow what a last few years it has been for us. As you remember from last year we had a beautiful grand daughter born so she decided she wanted to write this letter from a 17 month olds point of view.
Hi I am Aroura Roze, i live with my mom, Coral and her friends G'Ma Tina and G'Pa Josh. They are very nice and love me even when i pull the dogs tail. Oh! His name is Onyx he is a big black lab and sometimes it is too templing to see that tail in front of me. Well i love my life, and i love my G'ma and G'Pa Tino. I go see them once a month and stay a week or so. I love it over there as there is always a lot going on. My daddy has been in prison since before i can remember and i am so happy to see him soon. Well i will give this back to my Gramma as i am not too good at this with only a limited vocabulary it is dificult.
Well as you can see Aroura is adorable and it is so much fun when we have her here. We love the time we get with her and we are having fun watching her grow and experience new things. Well James is coming home this weekend. He has been incarcerated for 26 months and long 2 years for us all, The girls are very happy and excited to see him again. It has been 14 months since we saw him last.
We had a wonderful Christmas as Rebecca, Claude and Joshua came to visit. It was Joshua's first time to Montana. Yes a Grandson, Joshua Mu(means to bask or bathe) En(means Glory in Chinese) Chew. Born on July 13th (yep friday the 13th) ,2007. He weighed in at a whoppin' 6lbs 5lbs ( if i remember correctly) He weighed the same as Rebecca did. He was born a bit early so he had a hard beginning but soon learned the knack of eating and loves it. He is now around 17 lbs at 6 months old and trying to be up. He has achieved sitting pretty well. He loves to be in his excorsaucer and is just a charmer and loves us all. He is such a pretty litlle boy that we are just too proud. Can you tell???
Well this year Hope is doing great in school almost straight A's. And she has been on the honor roll all last year and so far this year. She is a very dedicated and dilligent worker and loves to read, and do her school work. She says she wants to be a doctor in the craniofacial field. WOW has she come a long way since that little sick girl of age 2 when we adopted her in 1997. As you can see from the photo she is growing into a beautiful and lovely young woman. It is so hard to believe she has grown so fast. She still loves gymnastics although we were told by doctors she can no longer compete. Her artwork is swesome and amazing. She will be taking art lessons from my dad this year hopefully.
Well onto our AnnaGrayce she is still the little burst of energy our family needs. Although she wears us out she seems to never tire. She started basketball a few weeks ago and loves it. She is the smallest on her team by far. She is tiny but mighty. She loves to play with her teamates and has even made several baskets for the team. In school she is far ahead of the other students but her teacher says she needs to learn how not to give unsolicited advice to the other students. If we could just capture her energy and zest for life. She is always there for hugs and enjoys helping out around here.
Johnny was living with us for 5 months this year but is out again on his own. He is renting a house with 2 of his friends, and working for a contractor here but will be switching jobs to work at a local car wash in management. He is very happy being single and loves being on his own. He is also excited to see his brother this week.
John is still at Semitool times 14 years. He likes his job and the guys he works with and it is a flexible schedule so he can work from home when i need him to. He has been a busy guy working on our house. Being a 100 year old house it has a lot to be done always... We put in a new back door before Christmas and it is beautiful!!!! We are still making progress on the paint job. It is a never ending project. As we have to strip all the paint off the siding to bare wood, then patch, and sand, and finally paint it. The portion we have completed is absolutely beautiful. I am guessing it will be another 1-2 years on the project. So we both are in the resting mode for the winter and come spring we will be working hard again.
As for me i enjoy having time with the girls and since my parents moved here a few years ago it is always busy here. I enjoy not working and being here to have lunch with John everyday and just have fun with my girlfriends.
Well i hope your Christmas Season was restfull and Happy for you all and We wish you all the Merriest of years to come. May God Bless you richly!!!!!!!!!
Love
The Valentino's
John, Tami
Hope & AnnaGrayce
Aroura Roze,James
Rebecca,Claude,Joshua
Johnny
