We do want to wish you all the best this coming year. We know that we can't be with all of you yet, we send our love and prayers this yuletide season! We pray that God will be with you all and that you will feel His Love and blessings in some tangible way this next year!

Prejeme i do Cech Vesele Vanoce a Stastny Novy Rok. I kdyz jsme od Vas vzdaleni, nic nam nebrani v tom, abychom na vas casto mysleli i v nasich modlitbach.
Mame Vas moc radi a prejeme Vam hodne stesti, lasky a Boziho pozehnani do Noveho roku 2008.

Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo 2008
a todos nuestros amigos aqui en Mexico.

Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!!

IT'S ANOTHER BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
NATALIE AND JESSICA!!!!

On the 12th we celebrated that special day for both these beautiful girls. Natalie (of Andrew and Joy) turned 5, and our Jessica turned 7. Born on the same day these girls made it easy for us, we get to prepare one special day for two of our kids. And even easier, they are both very girly-girls. And yes, so far, only pink will do.
To start of the day the girls got breakfast-in-bed! (no pics sorry) A tradition that was born with one of the kids a few years ago and has now become a favorite must for the happy day! Next, they got to skip school! (another tradition). After quiet-time the girls had a tea party, accompanied by the famous Miss Nesbit (Toy Story lovers beware! HA!) Joy, thank you for assuming that role! You did great!

The Lovely "Miss Nesbit" (Joy) and B-Day girl, Natalie

And all the lovely ladies..Jessica, Natalie, Jasmine and Joy!

Jasmine, thoroughly pleased, she sparkled!

Dear JessicaSweet Natalie

Jessica and I

The social graces just oozed...

ITS B-DAY TIME!!! HIP, HIP, HURRAY!!!

Here we have Natalie and her Cinderelly-cake!

Whats better than one princes on your cake...? Three princesses! All on one cake!!!

Here we have the Escalante family! We love you all!

What will it be? What will it be?Its puppies and a Brat! Sounds terrible, and when I say Brat, I don't mean Natalie, Ha! I literally mean the "Bratz" Barbie doll

She finally gets to enjoy her cake. Yum!The Roser clan! We love you, Mommy! We shall celebrate again on your return! (And Jessica says, "Yesss!")

Someone was a little excited!?Have you ever wondered if you got the right thing for your child? Well, I did. it was the first time that I have had to get something on my own without Hana there to help choose. Well, this face of our daughters put me right at ease! Ha!

Sheer Joy! We got just the thing. (I will say here that she had told us what she wanted. But, a doll house and a doll house are not the same thing, believe it or not! It must be the right doll house! If that leaves any question marks blinking in your mind, well, you'll feel just a little of what I felt on hearing those words!) But the day was a success! GBP!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANA!

I was glad that we were able to celebrate Hana's Birthday before she went to Europe. At one point it looked as though she might have to leave on the 21st, flight availability issues. *

The kids, with the help of our dear friends, prepared two dances for her. It was really sweet and fun. A big thanks to Liz and Christina for organizing it!

Here are the girls doing a dance to a popular song "Para Ti Mama"!

Here are our "cool" Boys doing a dance to "Staying Alive"!


We went to "The Italian Coffee Shop" to celebrate. We greatly enjoy their "Frappes"! They really are delicious!
The ladies trying on a new line of "Box top hats" form the "Le Roser" collection. A little too out-there for my taste...HA!

I love you, my darling! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

* Hana is now in Europe. We found out, not long before her Birthday that her step dad had a heart attack. He was at work and collapsed. By the time he was found some time had elapsed and there was a significant lack of oxygen to the brain. He is now in coma and brain-dead . Please keep her in your prayers that all will work out fine and that she will be an encouragement to the rest of her family in the Czech Republic.