La Familia Rossini

Summer

2011-07-01T15:04:00.000-07:00

Well, as most of you all know, Angelo was born last summer on July 9, 2010. It has been a crazy year trying to be a good mom, wife, and teacher. I am so excited that it is summer, I can be a stay at home mom :). My first order of business as a stay at home mom is Angelo's first birthday party. Angelo's first birthday party is next Saturday on his actual birthday. I have had so much fun planning it. It is going to be a pirate pool party. I have spent a lot of money on decorations. In fact, when he is older I hope he wants another pirate party or may be a pirate Halloween party because I would really like to reuse this stuff. I am so excited I am going to continue searching online for cute ideas. I love the internet!!

2010-01-18T10:43:00.000-08:00

Hace muchisimo tiempo que no ponemos mucho en el Blog, pero aqui estamos de vuelta tratando de actualizarlo.
Ya pronto escribiremos mas.

Angel y Brandae

Our Honeymoon in Villa Gessel

2009-08-05T15:10:00.001-07:00

There are some people who are amazing at updating blogs, I am not! However, something really cool happened last week that I wanted to share. Angel and I finally had our Honeymoon. We went to Villa Gessel, it is a town on the Atlantic Coast in Argentina. It is winter here, so there wasn't that many people. It was peaceful and really fun. We went sandboarding, went to plays, climbed 300 steps to the top of a lighthouse, walked along the beach, and well other things..... We had fun, except on Thursday we had some bad pizza and got food poisoning - not fun on a honeymoon! Well, until later!

You married someone you met on your mission??!!

2009-04-26T13:38:00.000-07:00

I got the inspiration to write this post while reading another post. In this post this person explained how they met their future husband on their mission. She feels that she was called to that area for many reasons and he was one of them. I couldn't agree more. Many of you know that Angel and I met on our missions also. I believe we were meant to be too. I love him very much and something many of you don't know was that I was hesitant on marrying him. The reason is because I am a people pleaser - still working on that. I knew when I got home from my mission and Angel and I started talking again that I really was in love with him and wanted our relationship to last forever. However, in the back of my mind I thought of what people might think if I married someone from my mission. I prayed and prayed and Heavenly Father helped me to see that I don't need to worry about what other people think - and obviously I married him :-). Every once in a while, when I tell people how we met I get the comment in the title of this post. I cringe and feel a little embarrassed, but I love my husband. I know we were meant to be together, I felt it when I prayed and feel it now. What I think is cool about Angel and I is that we have that common bond of our mission. We can both say our mission was the best mission in the world and we are both right (go mighty TSAM). We can remember places and people and not have to explain the situation to death. We keep that missionary spirit alive within us because of where we met. So for everyone out there - Don't go on a mission to meet your husband/wife- but if you do, it can be a wonderful blessing!

Catch Up - Fantasma de la Opera

2009-04-16T08:24:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I know it has been a long time. I could say I have been really busy, but who hasn´t. So some great news is that our Petition has been approved - we now have to wait for the national visa center to contact the embassy in Buenos Aires to get his visa interview. We are so excited! Por fin! Vamos a estar juntos pronto! We will be together soon. We will get to feel like a real married couple. I am in Argentina right now spending spring break with my love. Last night we went to see "La Fantasma de la Opera" It was great. It was really well done. We sat in the 2nd row in the balcony. We had really good seats. We could see everything. It was a beautiful theatre - the actors were very talented. Although the lady who sang the part of Carlotta sang really loud, when she sang you couldn´t here anything else. It was really good though! I reccomend it.

Saturday at Knott's and Sunday at Church

2008-11-25T18:39:00.000-08:00

This Saturday I took a group of young adults to Knott's Berry Farm. I am the advisor of the KIWIN'S club at Camarillo High School. This Saturday was there Rally to get excited about the year comming up. There were KIWIN'S clubs from all over southern California. They are a service club sponsered by the well known Kiwanis club. They are a good group of kids. I have to say though, that I have never been so bored at a Theme Park. All I did was shop. I bought two jams, with a whole day of shopping, I am impressed I didn't buy more!

On Sunday, I was called as the Young Women Secretary. This will be a fun new calling, the young women in my ward are really sweet and very welcomming. I am very blessed!

Election Day

2008-11-04T19:19:00.000-08:00

Today is election day! We are fighting for liberty just like Captain Moroni did in the Book of Mormon. I saw this picture up in Church and I thought it was incredible art. Last night we did our last hoorah! for Proposition 8, and I made calls to over 150 people to remind them to vote. I hope Proposition 8 passes. If not we will be headed down toward Sodom and Gomorrah. I love this country and I hope we can choose the right and be a chosen people. God Bless America!

Halloween

2008-11-01T18:56:00.000-07:00

Halloween was not very eventful. I decorated the house earlier on this month. I love decorating out apartment. I took some decorations from my mom, she had a lot of extras. I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought a tablecloth and napkins (burnt orange to use for Thanksgiving too) and black place mats. I dressed up as a white fairy for school and stayed home to pass out candy. A few weeks ago my brother and I were carving pumpkins, so the pumpkins were getting smelly. I put a pumpkin candle in them, and you wouldn't imagine how many complements I got about the smell - even from teenagers! Overall it was fun - watched Hocus Pocus, and Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and saw some really cute costumes.

Proposition 8

2008-10-25T16:43:00.001-07:00

Today I stood on a corner and held up a sign for "Yes on 8" For those who are unaware: Proposition 8 would add a line to the Constitution of the United States: Marriage will be between a man and woman. I thought that we had resolved this issue several years ago with Proposition 22. However, judges thought that the people were unfair and are making homosexuals a "special interest group." The ramifications of this are extraordinary. I could be considered a "bigot" because I don't believe that homosexuals should marry. I have nothing against people who choose that lifestyle. I do disagree with the lifestyle. That is my belief, but if I am required by law to accept it, that goes against my beliefs (and separation of church and state). Today I learned people think we are promoting hate, that we are bigots and we want "fags to die." These are words "they" (people against Proposition 8) are using. I would never refer to homosexuals like that. I know people who are gay. So I guess what I am saying is that people need to be more informed on what Proposition 8 is for and not ignorantly call names. More information on Propostion 8: protectmarriage.org

Wedding

2008-09-26T19:24:00.000-07:00

Silly me! I forgot to announce: We got married! We were married in Argentina on August 13, 2008. So now this really is the blog of the Rossini Family. It was a small wedding, however my parents were able to come. We were married civilly first (as is the law there). Then we were married in the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple. It was so beautiful! We are now married for time and all eternity!
We had a small party in his ward's chapel. If you would like to see our pictures just follow this link: http://picasaweb.google.com/angelybrandae

Bad News - Spiritual Experience

2008-09-26T18:56:00.000-07:00

So on September 22, 2008 Angel and I received very bad news. The embassy told us that since we were married that we would have to reapply for the visa. They rejected the visa. We are now far apart for even longer. That Monday I was really really really sad. I went to my parents house for comfort. We had Family Home Evening that night. My mom put in a video. It just happened to be on the lesson where Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will give us peace and happiness and support us in hard times. I was amazed and overwhelmed with the love Heavenly Father has for me. That he can show me his love through a simple Family Home Evening lesson. I know Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of his children!

Algunas Fotos de Noviembre 2007

2008-06-28T10:15:00.000-07:00

Creo que no hay nada mas hermoso que estar con Brandae, es algo que me gusta es siempre estar cerca de ella es una persona super divertida esta primera foto es cuando estabamos en el Cine Village. Ese dia la pasamos muy bien me acuerdo perfectamente cuando estuvimos alla, mientras que esperabamos por la pelicula fuimos a una libreria donde nos pusimos a ver libros de todas clases, especialmente de como llegar a ser buenos padres, entre otros.

Esta es cuando estuvimos en Freddo, una heladeria muy famosa en Buenos Aires, dentro del mismo complejos de Cines.

Aycomo extraño estar cerca de mi bebe ella es tan buena, siempre voy a decir que cada vez que estoy cerca de ella mi corazon va mil por hora

Umm, esta foto tambien es muy interesante por que estoy haciendome el interesante cuando ella me esta besando. Ay como adoro tus besos mi amor !!!!

I love you Baby

2008-06-14T19:24:00.000-07:00

Que se yo, solo se que no se nada creo que algún filosofo una vez lo dijo. Estuve pensando por bastante tiempo que agregar y la verdad que no se me venia nada a la mente solo que cada día te amo mas mi amor, ya pronto si todo sale bien estaremos juntos.

Quiero que todo el mundo sepa que te amo, que sos la mujer perfecta para mi, cada día que pasa me enamoro mas y mas de vos te amo y soy tan feliz con vos, gracias por todo.

Se que esta semana fue bastante ocupada para los dos pero te amo muchisimo.

Hoy estrene nuestra primera camera de vídeo una ZR 830 Canon.

Creo que este es mi nuevo Juguete la verdad que me encanta, tanto tiempo espere, para tenerlo, cuando Brandae llegue el 15 de Julio a Buenos Aires Podre grabarla cuando sale del avión.

Estoy tan feliz, esto por supuesto es gracias al amor de mi amada Brandae.

Immigration and L.A.

2008-06-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

Update on our visa: We received a request for more evidence. I (Brandae) had the worst day in my life to resolve it in Los Angeles. I called immigration because it said we had to translate a foreign document. However, they didn't tell us which one and we already had important documents translated. Immigration told me that they couldn't help me over the phone and I had to go to L.A. to get it worked out. I made an appointment. The only times they had opened were during school hours- I had to get a sub :(. On my way to L.A. I got lost and probably ended up paying $100 (not exagerating) for parking. While there they told me the people on the phone lied to me and they couldn't help me either. I had to see a lawyer. So I got a list of free lawyers and made an appointment with one who basically told me I need to translate everything by tomorrow. (Oh yeah, they gave me the notice for more evidence on a Thursday I called immigration on Friday, made my appointment for the first available time, Monday and the evidence was due that Friday!). In the process between my appointment with immigration and the lawyer, my phone died which killed my comunication with Angel who was guiding me through L.A. and I couldn't find a T-Mobile. My phone broke and only the keys 1,4,7, * worked, I bought a phone charger at AT&T that I had to hold a certain way so it would work, and was paying through my nose for parking! Needless to say I got nothing productive done in L.A. The next time I called Angel I told him I would only marry him on one condition: We NEVER live in L.A.!!

Pensamientos

2008-04-22T17:39:00.000-07:00

Tenia ganas de escribir algunas lineas, ya que queria hacerles saber a todos cuanto amo a Brandae. Ella es una de mis personas favoritas, yo cuando la conoci me acuerdo que siempre nos divertiamos muchisimo. Ya han pasado alrededor de 2 años, siempre voy a recordar todos los momentos maravillos que he tenido de mi mision pronto pondre algunas fotos de mi mision por no decir todas, voy a ver como lo hago entrar a todas, disfruten de este sitio.

Te amo mi Bebe, gracias a todos

New to Blogging

2008-04-08T20:47:00.000-07:00

Welcome Friends and Family to our Blog!
Well, I don't know if that is how you start a Blog, but I thought it could work. First I would like to apologize for my spelling. I teach math, not english. Thanks to the inspiration of friends we decided to start a blog. Thank you for all the support that you have given us. I really love Angel and can't wait until the visa papers come in so we can get married. Pray for us so that we can get together soon!
-Brandae