Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I can't believe I have not posted for more than a month! Life is really living the fullest right now. We are so happy and thankful for all we have. I just wish I would have a little bit more time each day!
We started our new year of 2009 in Orlando Florida. We will end this year in Sanibel Island in Florida. We will be on our way tomorrow. Obviously there are TONS of things besides packing to do from now until tomorrow. It is a good things that we have been invited to a friend's house for dinner so at least we don't have to clean up after dinner!
Kids continue to be the center of our lives. Our oldest son Tobias is in college now! We were so proud of him being accepted by many top schools including Johns Hopkins, Purdue, U of Michigan, Michigan Tech and U of Minnesota. It was a hard decision to make on which one he would be going. Many of these school offered very good scholarship as well. In the end, University of Michigan won him over. He just finished his first semester as a first engineering student at the College of Engineering there. He truly enjoyed his new life there. We are very proud of him!
Joshua is the geek of the family. He spends all his spare time besides school working on his computer and robot for his FIRST robotic team. Last year, he and Toby were both on the team. Toby entered a contest on Audodesk design on behalf of his team and won the top 5th place and individual "best use of library" award. Joshua's job was to program the robot using C++. This year's season has not started yet, but he has already spent countless hours design and program basic components whose concept may be used in the final robot.
With Toby being in college, Joshua becomes our help with the girls. Joshua picks them up every day after school and drop them off to the Boys and Girls Club where they stay until I come to pick them up after work. Both girls continue to show talents in their swimming. They had won many medals and ribbons for their events in swimming. They both loved playing soccer in the fall. Anna scored many goals for her team while Jenny was a big helper. They are also taking piano lessons. Once swimming season is over, they will want to go back to dance again.
Both Anna and Jenny had their first communion with Catholic faith last spring. As a family we are participating our church's family program in which our entire family is taking "CCD" classes together. It is a great opportunity to strengthen our faith and meet new friends.
We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. Bert surprised me with a weekend in Chicago. I surprised myself on staying in love with the same guy for so long and love still continues considering that I had never had any relationship lasted more than year before I met him! Thanks to my friend Elizabeth for taking care of the girls while we were gone.
Too much to write, but I got to go now. There are still tons of things to do before we are heading to Florida....
Love and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!! May the New Year be full of pleasant surprises for you and your loved ones. Let us wish for peace and love to be felt around the world.