Our Lady of Fatima Christmas Program

The girls had their School Christmas Program at our church last night. It was very nice and they did a good job. They were both super excited about it and had fun singing. Emilie sang 'Go tell it on the mountains'. She rehearsed the song over and over at the house when I found her a CD with the song. And Claire "Happy Birthday Baby Jesus / Give Glory to God". At the end of the program all the kids came back to sing 'Silent Night'. They both LOVE to sing, listen to music and put on little shows for us.

Emilie is the first on the left on the bottom row.

Claire is in the middle, she climbs up and down, dances and puts her hands over one of her little friend...

The girls each got a rose from Mike after the performance :-)

Thanksgiving and Holiday preparation

Cakes for the KSC Bingo Function

Thanksgiving with the Voces

Decorating for Christmas

Wedding in New Orleans

We were honored to be invited to attend Mike's DO's (Director of Operations or VP if you want) wedding in New Orleans on Friday evening. We got the girls from the school and drove to NO (about 1h30). We had booked a room so we would be able to enjoy the wedding without having to drive home that night. The ceremony was in the courtyard of a restaurant where we then had a wonderful meal. It was a lot of fun. The girls enjoyed playing with Danika, the bride Cara's daughter and her little friend from California. We even got to dance in the streets of New Orleans escorted by a cop in motorcycle ! We spent the night in a hotel right accross the street.

The next day, Mike had to leave because he was working that weekend. I took the girls to the New Orleans aquarium instead of the zoo since it was raining. Then we headed home after a little detour via Whole Foods. It was a great little getaway!

Broussard's Restaurant - venue for the wedding
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Jesse and Cara's wedding in New Orleans - pictures

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The venue - Broussards' restaurant

The Groom with his Mom and the Bride with her Dad

The girls admiring Danika's jewelry, she got a ring from Jesse

Dancing in the street of New Orleans - lots of fun! Once in a lifetime experience!

Mike and Jesse

Our table

The beautiful cake

The girls...

Dancing in the street of New Orleans

Long overdue post

It has been a long time since I posted anything. So here is a little recap of the Callender's life.


In September, Yannick, Anne's cousin, came to visit us for a few days. We had a very good time with him. We took him to New Orleans for one day where we had a wonderful lunch and even tasted some alligator.

I also took the girls to the Children's Museum with our neighbors.


October was a busy month, we took the girls to the Corn Maze. Our Lady of Fatima had their annual Halloween Carnival where the girls had a blast. Emilie and Claire had a first encounter with skates. Claire had 2 field trips: one to the pumpkin patch and one to the Children's museum to see a Dora and Diego show. And then at the end of the month, we celebrated Halloween in the neighborhood.


The girls are doing great. Emilie has excellent grades in school and is improving more and more. She loves to read and is getting very good at it, she is very good in mathematics and spelling. She loves crafts. Claire, our little performer, is learning to write, still loves to draw and color and sing. She also loves to play board games.

That is it for now but we'll have more news in the next few weeks.