Happy BIrthday to us! June 11th and 15th:)

Green Card Interview!!!

July 13th we are going in for the Green Card interview! We couldn't believe how fast the notice came in the mail! It even came before the work permit! It only took 1 and 1/2 months to get the notice from the day we mailed it!

13 de Julho nós vamos pra entrevista do GreenCard! Nãp acreditamos o quão rápido recebemos a carta pelo correio! Chegou antes até mesmo da permissão de trabalho. Só demorou 1 mês e meio pra receber essa carta aviso desde o dia que enviamos tudo!

Hard Rock

We also got to go to the Hard Rock Cafe while we were there. We were happy because they were playing Tracy Chapman and U2...

Big Kahuna!

As Enzo and I were walk out of the Hilton, we ran into our wedding cordinator and she asked where we were going...we told her we wanted to check out the waterpark down the street. She told us it was awesome and that when we got there tell them that she sent us. We said ok and As we pulled out of the Sandestin resort we got a phone call from her and she said that she had already contacted them and there would be two free tickets waiting for us at the door! We had a blast! I wish everyone could have seen Enzo flipping off the tire floats down the "Lazy River"...HILARIOUS!

Grazie! Thank You! Obrigado!

While we were in Destin we decided to try a little restaurant called "Grazie"...It was by far our favorite place to eat there. It is a little Italian Seafood place located near the beach. Our waiter looked to be a typical American boy but when we started talking to him we found out that he had lived in Italy for 8 years! Enzo got to practice some Italian speaking and I get entertained. And it only got better...another waiter there was Brazilian! She told us of her adventures of coming to the US and it was very interesting! Check out the pic and see the people we met.

Spending time in the Hilton

Tired / Cansada

Let the party begin!!! / Que comece a festa!!!

We had an AMAZING time during the reception. Everyone danced...including the waiter break dancing to "Play that Funky Music White Boy!!!" Grandpa dancing "Kung-Fu Fighting" was one of the unforgettable moments of the reception...
-ENZO: they made me dance and lip-synch "Its Raining Men" :0
Nós nos divertimos MUITO durante a festa. Todos dançaram... inclusive o garçon dançou um hip-hopzinho "Play that Funky Music White Boy!!!" O vovô dançano "Kung-Fu Fighting" foi um dos momentos inesquecíveis da festa...
-ENZO: me fizeram dançar e dublar "It's Raining Men" :0 fala sério...

By the way, if you have any stories or comments about the wedding, reception or the time you spent there with us (funny or not) please write them on COMMENTS under this post. Later on, after I have a certain amount of stories here I'll publish them on a separate post and even translate them for my family to read too.

oh and here is a link to a messagge Kristy so kindly wrote on her personal blog:
http://www.kdsimpdogg.blogspot.com/2006/06/paige-and-enzos-wedding.html

The Long Awaited Day- June 3, 2006 / O Grande Dia

After 3 years of knowing each other, we were finally able to relax and enjoy being united together. We also enjoyed being surrounded by friends and family. The ceremony was performed at the Sandestin Hilton Hotel during a sunset ceremony. As I walked down the pavilion toward the beach the crowd was clapping and you could hear the dads tell their little girls, "Look at the princess." Once I got down to my groom, I was surprised when the preacher kept referring to Enzo as Ezo...hahahaha..it was hilarious. After the ceremony we all gathered down by the ocean and threw shells as wishes for me and Enzo. Then we had a champaign toast. It really was a great day!

3 anos depois de conhecer um ao outro, nós finalmente conseguimos relaxar e aproveitar a união. Foi legal estarmos ceercados de amigos e familiares. A cerimônia aconteceu no Hotel Hilton de Sandestin durante o por do sol.

The Night Before the BIG Day

We got to Destin Friday and thank God for good friends!:) We got to spend time with them at a place called "The Back Porch." Later we hung out with all the girls on the beach. I am mad at myself because I didn't take pictures of that. :(

Chegamos em Destin (Florida) na sexta-feira e agradecemos a Deus pelos bons amigos! ;) A gente passou algum tempinho com eles num lugar chamado "The Back Porch". Depois saimos com as meninas na praia (as amigas da Paige que passariam a noite de sexta com ela no hotelzinho). A Paige escreveu aqui que esta com raiva de si mesma por não ter tirado fotos desse momento na praia à noite com as garotas.

- ENZO: Foi legal chegar na sexta e passar a tarde no condomínio que os avós da Paige alugaram na praia e depois sair com o pessoal como descrito acima.

We are gathered here today...

Katie and Trey...FINALLY!

Their wedding was May 13, but just now we're posting the pictures...
O casamento foi 13 de Maio, mas só agora estamos colocando as fotos aqui...

The Da Vinci Code / O Codigo Da Vinci

I don't unerstand why people get so defensive about this book written by Dan Brown.
It's fiction and even if it looks like it makes sense IT IS A WORK OF FICTION, like most part of literature! Every time we tell a true story we tell it our way, under our viewpoint and it becomes fictional to a certain extent. Eveery story is somehow fictional, so why would people go crazy about this one particularly?! And even if Brown's story rang true it wouldn't change Jesus' truth, would it? Are you that weak kind of believer that will boycott a book or a movie because it tells a "story" about God's central character under a different point of view? (I'm not discussing the authencity of the story behind The Da Vinci Code, neither I intend to. The author NEVER claimed this to be a true story neither did he say anything about being a christian OR NOT. I don't understand why some religious people are going off at him, trying to discredit his book, calling him "a herectic author", an "anti-christ writer". Alright, he said some facts indeed happened and some secret societies indeed existed or exist nowadays, like the Priory of Sion, Masonry, Opus Dei, the Kinghts Templar, the Crusades: there ARE historical record that say (at least some of them) really exist(ed) like the two latter. Leonardo Da Vinci, the painter, inventor, architect, mathematician, engineer (name "a few" more things, ...he was that too) is still nowadays really intriguing, his work is, somehow, full of mysteries. For instance, nobody knows for sure why he wrote his notes from the right to the left using his left hand, no body know what's behinf the La Gioconda's (Mona Lisa's) smile, and many other intriguing stories no-one will ever know the truth about, the artist is long gone.
This leaves room for people to create their own theories adn stories, tell their stories from different points of view, even mixing them with Jesus' mysteries (like Dan Brown did). The author of The Da Vinci Code wrote (as he intended it to be) a fictional story based on "some" facts.
Well, I ended up rambling on and on about this and I should have stopped some sentences ago...
I just don't like the idea of some pastors and christian attacking Dan Brown because of his book, it's A NOVEL, like he states on the cover of his book. I don't undrstand why there's such a fuss going on... It takes a really one track minded christian to say this:

http://liveprayer.com/davinci2.cfm?b=h

Here follows a link to page of the Perimeter Church's website that brings some interesting articles (on th right) about the Da Vinci Code, in the end before you criticize anything, you better read it... right?

http://perimeter-adult.followers.net/Adult_Education.The_Da_Vinci_Code.index


And here goes the message to be listened to also on their website. The message is the one from 5/21/2006 by Randy Pope

http://perimeter-worship.followers.net/Sound_Resources.Listen_to_messages



About Leonardo, the artist and whatever else: http://www.mos.org/leonardo/

Here Dan Drown's official website, there you can find some interesting webquests based on anagrams and other kinds of puzzles, well the guy is intelligent let's admit it.. http://www.danbrown.com

Aquecimento para a Copa / World Cup Warm Up

Bono Vox in Brazil Funny Episode / Bono no Brasil Momento Engracado

I bet Bono will never invite a man on stage anymore hehehe...
Aposto que o Bono nunca mais convida um homem pro palco...

Only in Brazil...
So no Brazil mesmo...

ENZO...

Janipolooza

We went to a High School reunion on saturday (May 6th) and afterwards Enzo and I hung out with my High School friends. WE had fun.

Family Traditions Shower

Another shower! This was given by my mom's best friends--Janet and Lib. You can see them in the pictures.

Enzo's Bachelor Party

Here are some pictures from Enzo's bachelor party. They won't reveal to me where they went but it looks like they had a good time. The same night a bunch of girls from work and other places I know came over to our apt and we had our own fun;) Cameras were not allowed at that party;)

Happy 50th Dad!!! / Feliz Aniversario de 50 Anos Papai!!!

We had a surprise party for him on sunday.
A gente fez uma festa surpresa pra ele no domingo.

Shower in Alabama / Cha De Panela No Alabama

At this shower we got to see friends we hadn't seen in a while... these pics are of Heather Johnson, Pete Fox, Jason Clotfelter, Collin Rector, Marcela, and Sam Arledge...

Last week I went to a petting farm with my students..here's a pic one of the animals the kids got to see.

Impressoes Digitais/Fingerprints

Na sexta-feira recebi a carta da IMIGRACAO (USCIS) dizendo que haviam recebido o meu requerimento de residencia e permissao de trabalho e que eu esperasse por uma outra carta marcando a data para eu ir ao escritorio regional deles para registrarem minhas impressoes digitais. Recebi a carta ontem dizendo para eu comparecer ao escritorio nessa sexta-feira 05/05.

Last friday I got a letter from the IMMIGRATION (USCIS) saying that they had gotten my application for residence and work permit and that I should wait for another letter specifying the date for me to go to their local office for my fingerprints. I got the letter yesterday and it said the appointment was due friday May 5.


O trem ta andando....
We're moving along...