Julie - 11

...Julie is an amazing person. She keeps me going each day here at home with her constant random hugs and kisses. She's full of love an affection and shows it every chance she gets. I took a series of great photos of Julie - she loves to have fun with taking pictures!

Random shot, just hanging out.

Emanuel - 6 Laura -2

Brother and sister to Junior, Emanuel and Laura stop for a quick pose. Emanuel loves to see all the photos I'm taking. As soon as I snap a photo he runs to turn the camera around and see how it came out. Laura is finally coming out of her shell . :-)

Junior - 8

One of Ben's nephews - JUNIOR - loves to kick back in front of the TV and just chill. Not a big talker but loves be in the mix!

Out at Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo

Having a great time at the new Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo - downtown in the Colonial Zone. It's a multi level very cool design. Having worked 9 years for the HRC, I saw a few of them built from the ground up. This one came out GREAT. Combined with the stellar Dominican service and high energy attitudes. We had a BALL, just sitting and enjoying eachother.

Nights out with the guys

A couple of times Ben and I went to the Mega-Center and hung out at "game works", which is a combination bar/sports bar/kareoke/arcade/restaurant and very hot spot for the locals, especially on Tuesday nights. GREAT crowd of people. Here are some shots of us having a great time eating/drinking and talking!

Gabriel - 18

Just around the corner, Ben's neighbor and a young man who is always around to see the family and help out when he can. Gabriel has taken up going to the gym this past 6 months and is making great progress! Go Gabriel!

Louisa - 14

Louisa - a close family friend of the "Sanchez" family and always with us - She is blossoming into a beautiful young lady!

Long time - but finally updating

It's been a mad dash to get to December 22, and off to Santo Domingo. I finally made it in one piece and arrived to a completely renovated airport terminal which was a wonderful surprise. And just around the corner was Ben and the family and the baby (Luis Abel) walking up to greet me. What a fantastic moment that was for all of us!