This site was originally conceived by the three of us as a place to store our online photo album. The free services we were using with MSN was just not cutting it anymore. Ana no longer had an online portfolio and people were constantly asking her to see her work. Anthony thought it would be great to have a little space to share some of his hobbies, and Alexander wanted a place to show off his blossoming cartooning style, among other things. It made sense to put together a website to share our interests with our family and friends. If anyone else happens to wander in, then so be it.

The family site has things of interest to the three of us, and the individual sites delve more into our individual realms. The physical work of putting the site together fell upon Ana's shoulders, being that she is the graphic designer, web-mistress of the family.  The content is a collaborative effort with Ana doing the majority of it in the first stages of the design process.

Anthony continues to struggle with his heart disease and diabetes. For those of you who don't know: he had a quadruple by-pass seven years ago.  The diabetes was diagnosed 3 or 4 years ago. So far, he has managed to stay off insulin, however, if he cannot keep the diabetes under control with diet and pills, that is the next step.  This is a constant struggle. He has his good and his bad days. Mostly he is tired and sleeps a lot.

Ana's health, with age, is also going downhill. The arthritis in her joints is getting worse. She is in constant pain in her back, legs, and shoulders.  The headaches are constant and worse than when she was younger, but nothing can be found to explain them. She too is diabetic, but not as far gone as Anthony. She too tires easily  and given a choice, would spend days on end sleeping (she does not have that choice!)

Alexander is the busy one of the family.  He still plays the violin (as a matter of fact, he has been putting on little performances at his school and for the school's church services). He also plays cornet, keyboards, nose-flute, recorder, penny-whistle, harmonica, and anything else he can get his hands on.  Oh, and he SINGS!

And, boy can he sing!  A few years back he was asked to join a church choir. Alexander did.  Alexander discovered he really enjoys singing (it helps that he has a beautiful angelic voice).  He went to England with the choir last winter and sang in St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in London ENGLAND!. It was a marvelous experience for him.

Alexander also discovered he likes opera.  Yes, OPERA!  Three years ago he pleaded with us to take him to see an opera that UWO was putting on, and we did.  Well, Ana and Anthony discovered they like opera too (We have since been attending performances whenever possible).

On the trip to National Music Camp last year Alexander announced that he wants to be an opera singer.  At first Anthony thought he was joking, but no, he was serious.  He requested that we find voice lessons for him.  We went searching and were given a few names to contact. One of the people we contacted is a professor at UWO. This professor  said he does not take children as students but to come up to the university and he would listen to Alexander sing and perhaps he could direct us.  Alexander auditioned for him. The professor decided to a take Alexander as a student after all.

Alexander enjoys his weekly lessons at the university. Alexander also audits an opera performance course at the university. Alexander loves to sing, and has been making wonderful progress since starting the voice lessons. This Christmas Alexander had two solos at with the church choir!

When not doing things musical, Alexander enjoys to read, watch television, draw cartoons,  and perform magic. Alexander performs his illusions for the amusement of his parents, friends, family members, classmates, servers at our favorite restaurants, and the children where he volunteers his time.