We both love and adore our 7 year old son Myles and our 1 year old girl Jillian Elaine (Born July 3, 2008). They bring us so much life! We love going on little vacations all the time. Did I mention traveling? Oh, and I can't forget Tony's new passion, GOLF!
Below is a video of our son Micah who touched so many people in just 3 months with us all. He passed from a heart defect called Hypo-plastic left heart syndrome ! WE LOVE AND MISS YOU MICAH! (June 29, 2007-Sept, 17, 2007)
Music
U2, Charlie Hall, David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, Big Daddy Weave, Needtobreathe
Phil Wickham, Hillsong United, Shane & Shane, Brooke Fraser, The Frey, One Republic,
United - Saviour King
Greatest Game Ever Played, Meet The Parents, Dumb and Dumber, Chronicles of Narnia,
Television
UFC baby!! Sports highlights (that's all I got time for these days) Certain reality TV shows like everyone else!
Books
Praise Habit (David Crowder) Celebration of disciple (Richard Foster) Practicing The Presence of God (Brother Lawrence) The Purpose Driven Life (Rick Warren) And the MUST read for all couples The five Love Languages (Gary Chapman) Velvet Elvis (Rob Bell)
Heroes
Jesus of coarse!
My Dad - Gil Simoncini (1936-1991)- who raised me and taught me so much about life, being a winner, a fighter, and never giving into anything I didn't want in my life. I think of him often as he rests in peace.
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About me: I (Shanda) work @ USA Children's & Womens Hospital as a Neonatal Intensive Care nurse part time. And Tony works for Advance Mortgage & Investment Co. as a Mortgage Broker.We have been happily married for 9 years. We have a 7 year old son Myles who we absolutely adore and a n1 year old girl named Jillian Elaine (Born July 3, 2008). Our 2nd son Micah was born in June 2007; He is our angel in heaven! He left us in September of the same year because of a heart defect, Hypo-plastic Left Heart Syndrome. We love and miss him everyday! His heart and smile changed our lives forever! We are people of great faith, and have been on a journey with God for sometime now, but the journey has really began to change us in more ways than we bargained for. As circumstances in our lives unfolded, God began to challenge our faith and ask us some hard questions. AS a result we believe our faith in God has never been stronger and more real in our lives. Through everything we have faced as a family, there is one theme that plays in our hearts and minds over and over again; Even in our moments of weakest faith, fear, and uncertainty, GOD NEVER LET US GO!!! He held on to us, even when we couldn't hang on anymore ourselves, and HE has carried us through so much! Jesus is so amazing! We are excited about what God has done, and is going to do in our lives. We can only give Him ALL of the Glory.
Who I'd like to meet: Jesus of course, Joe Paterno, Bono (even though my niece Lizzie already has!) Michael W. Smith, Rob Bell, Louie Giglio, and a host of others. None of which we idolize because as my favorite T-shirt says "Friends Don't Let Friends Idolize Celebrities :)
Ya - a friend of mine said - don't you know it's a whole lot cheaper to use a gun and then you can eat the deer! BEAUTIFUL profile picture by the way. And thanks! :-)
your israel photos are amazing. i have always wanted to go there. i can't imagine what it would feel like to be there even only for a moment, what an awesome feeling. your so lucky :)
I'm so glad that you posted new pics of Jillian. She's beautiful! Hey, I don't work on Fridays if you want me to pick up little man again from school. I miss him so!
My class is really sweet. They are such teacher pleasers which I'm not used to. Grad school is going to be tough this semester because there is a lot of busy work :( I will be in Mobile when Michelle has the baby. Hopefully I can see Jillian, too!
