The children pose with Mr Dodson and Mr Solomon, and Deacons Briese and McDole on the Jan 24th. 
Peter gets goofy for the camera.
Anthony on the pedestrian street near Piazza Roma.
The family spent a wonderful afternoon skating/sightseeing in beautiful Benevento, Italy on 23 January. Here the children pose infront of the truumphal Arch of Trajan erected by the senate and people of Rome and constructed by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus in 114. The Arch of Trajan is one of the best-preserved Roman structures in the Campania. It repeats the formula of the Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum, with reliefs of Trajan's life and exploits of his reign. Many of the Arches in Italy were destroyed during the World Wars.
Skating on a temporary rink at Piazza Roma, Benevento.
Anne shows her grace and poise.
Catherine did well when not in motion!!
Philip with and without a helping hand. In the photo below I am holding all 55 lbs of him!!
Peter turned 1 on the 12th of January and swiftly dug into his birthday cake - sugarless carrot cake!!
Dad reads to the kids - one of the few activities (aside from eating) that brings the kids flying from the four corners of the house!
Fr Deeley blesses our house on 10 January. He has since been reassinged to the USS Boxer out of San Diego. We took a timed photo - this was the best one.
Peter stands for the first time on Super Bowl Sunday!!
After the first evening we realized Peter prefered the bag and tissue paper to the toy - oh happy day!!
Our tree decorations are sparse as we only brought over a fraction of our ornaments. Additionally Peter felt strongly that every Mom should experience the excitement of a tree crashing to the ground -complete with broken glass ornaments while elbow deep in dinner preparation. The smile on Catherine's face more than makes up for the reduced sparkle of ornaments!!
We celebrated Christmas throughout the Christmas Season by opening one present daily between 25 Dec and 6 January. The children looked forward to opening another present every evening and Mom and Dad enjoyed the wonderful family time and reliving the "joys of childhood."
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