The latest in our lives!

Hi! Just thought I should write and give an update on our little family!

Angelina Maria is now 22 months, the "terrific" twos are quickly approaching... she is a bundle of energy and has a great sense of humor!! Talks non-stop, she loves to count, and loves animals, shoes, strawberries, her daddy, healthy chocolate, her play dates, Disney World, and being outside...

We have started to plan her 2nd birthday party and I am feverishly trying to finish her "1st 2 years scrapbook"! Its been alot of fun going through all my pictures and putting it together.

She will start her refresher swim lessons in June and I am going to put her in a fun Pre-Dance class in the winter!

Chris and I are doing good, Chris just started a new job with a new company and really likes it so far, he is training to do an amateur body-building show in the fall.

I am busy being a mom and building our Healthy Chocolate business which is doing great! I will be taking another dance class in the summer which I am excited about.

We will be heading to New York in 2 weeks for a mini-vacation!

Hope all is well with you! Drop us a line soon, I would love to hear what's going on with you! Love, Melissa

Family fun!

HERE ARE SOME FUN FAMILY PICTURES!

ME AND MY LITTLE(BIG?)BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
(Celestial, Michael, Adam, Me(am I the shortest?), Christopher, Star, and Richie


All us kids incuding Chris, Angelina, and Richie's wife Rose!


Sweet little Star Marie on her 8th birthday!


Aunt Celestial playing with Angelina!

SPRING BREAK AND FUN PICTURES...

WE'LL IT IS SPRING BREAK IN FLORIDA OF COURSE AND WE HAVE BEEN STAYING VERY BUSY! WE HEAD TO NY NEXT WEEK FOR VACATION, BUT HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF OUR LATEST ADVENTURES!!!

Picking Strawberries at Local Strawberry Patch!



Fun at the Park!


Walking with Daddy at Animal Kingdom!


Giving Pluto a hug at Disney!

Our trip to Chicago and cousin Melinda's wedding!!

Hello! So, we had a great time in Chicago. We went for my cousin's wedding. Of course being in sunny warm Florida we were not fully prepared for how cold it was. Going from 80 degrees to 38 degrees was quite a challenge. However we had a great time spending time with our family and really how often will Angelina get to see snow? She really did not know what to make of it! Here are some pictures from our weekend! Scroll down to see lots of pictures!!!


Angelina loved her winter hat!! She looked so cute!!





Stay tuned in April for pictures of our trip to New York......

Our trip to Chicago and cousin Melinda's wedding continued!!!

Snowy day!

Parente cousins!!!...a few of us, anyway:)Chris, me, Angelina, Steff, Chris, Heidi and Chris...there are alot of Chris's in our family..!:)


Me and Heidi


Angelina loved carrying around the daisy!


Our little family

Our trip to Chicago, Cousin Melinda's wedding!

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!


MORE SNOW!!!

THE HAPPY COUPLE!!


Angelina gives the bride a hug!!




Us and our cousin Chris from Houston!

Our trip to Chicago, Cousin Melinda's wedding Continued...

Cousins!! Erin, Heidi, Me and Melinda



Angelina on the Horsey!






Angelina playing ball with Great- Grandpa!!

Wow, it is already March??!!

Hello all,

I am such a slacker! WE hope 2008 has been good to all of you so far?!

Things are great here, Chris just started a new job with a new company and really likes it so far!! I am still a full time mommy and very busy with our Healthy Chocolate business. It is doing great, and we are having a blast!

Angelina is 21 months!(She will be 2 yrs old in 3 months!!ahhh...) We just cant believe how much she is growing. She is a busy little girl, with loads of personality, she is very outgoing and makes friends everywhere she goes. These days she is busy talking, counting(she counts herself to sleep at night), dancing, giving kisses, putting on mommy and daddy's shoes, hats, clothes, and likes to copy mommy by putting on makeup... She is so much fun!!
We have regular weekly playdates with some friends, and go to the disney parks once a week.

We just got back from Chicago, we had a blast seeing family and seeing snow! Our cousin Melinda got married, it was a beautiful wedding and a great chance to spend time with our extended family members. Angelina is becoming quite the little traveler. She made many friends on the plane and in the airports, she made a hit, as usual! I have lots of pics and will be posting those soon!

In April we go to New York, to visit friends, family and for baby cousin Alex's Christening, we are excited!

I am attaching some recent pictures!! Pictures of Angelina and friends at Disney, and some cute ones of her playing at home! More Soon!

Hope to hear from everyone soon! Love, Melissa, Chris and Angelina Maria

Christmas Morning and presents!!

SOME FUN PICTURES FROM CHRISTMAS!!

Thanksgiving and Christmas!!

Hello all,

Yes Im here and have been horrible about updating this!

We had a great holiday season, we went to Dallas for Thanksgiving saw friends and family! Had a great time,
Christmas was alot of fun this year, Angelina turned 18 months and is so much fun! She talks non-stop, a bundle of energy! She loves shoes, jewelry sunglasses(especially daddy's), and animals!!

She loves to make all the animal sounds! Its really cute! So here are some holiday pics for you to enjoy!

Some cute pics of Angelina, Angelina and cousin Sasha, and MGM Studios Christmas lights!!
Love YA!

RICHIE AND ROSE GET MARRIED

OK SO HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM RICHIE(MY LITTLE BRO) AND ROSE'S (MY NEW SISTER IN LAW) WEDDING. I HAVE TOLD MANY OF YOU THAT I WOULD POST SOME PICS!ENJOY!
HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!! (WE HEAD TO DALLAS ON TUESDAY!)




RICHIE AND ROSE








The Parente Family
(Angelina is not in this pic, she did not go to ceremony)






Standing from left: Jessica (Christopher's girlfriend and a bridesmaid),
Me, Celestial, Mom, Rose, Star, Richie, Dad,
Adam, Christopher,Mikey, Chris

Happy Halloween!!

Hey!! Well I have lots of pics to post but I will go ahead and put up some Halloween pictures! We had a busy and fun October! I also have pictures to post from my brother's wedding...those will be coming soon! We had a great visit with some of our family that came for Richie's and Rose's wedding, we got passes to the disney parks so we have been getting good use out of those! Angelina is doing great, busy as ever:)
We are off to Dallas in a week and a half for Thanksgiving, then Christmas is right around the corner!! WOW!
Hope all is well!

THESE ARE PICS FROM CHURCH HALLOWEEN PARTY AND PICS FROM HALLOWEEN- CHRIS TOOK ANGELINA TRICK OR TREATING!(SHE WAS MINNIE MOUSE BUT WOULDNT WEAR THE EARS!!