Graduation Day at VBS

On the final day of this adventure, Brianna was crowned a princess! She got her crown from the King and Queen, a Bible and a certificate. Several adults commented on how mature, poised and well-adjusted she is. She was among 4 year olds and above and she did great! Kudos to Bri!


Too precious!

Today, Sunday, June 29th Bri started to swim all by herself in the jacuzzi! Yeah!

Mateo turned 2!

Mateo celebrated his 2nd birthday by throwing a water-drenched party for all his friends and cousins

Brianna, in her element

Three pools, triple fun!

Needless to say, Brianna had a blast!

Historic First Baseball Homerun at VBS

During Bri's first ever baseball game she crushed a 2 run home run
(Look at the pitcher flinching from the smashing hit) !!!!
She has been inspired by the Fresno State Diamond Dogs who yesterday won the 2008 NCAA National Championship!

Coming into Home Plate after her first Homerun Hit!! High Fives all around from the kids and teachers!

Some of the little girls also attending VBS

Trying the helmet on!

Fearless mermaid and our very own Balloon Evangelistic Crusade

More pics of our little mermaid ... a step away from completely swimming by herself

Got deflated old balloons? Put them to good use! Brianna and Pachi wrote "Jesus loves you" on the balloons and let them go up into the air.

A couple really old balloons didn't make it very far and wound up in our neighbor's backyard! Brianna didn't even cry when the balloons flew away.

Crazy the things we wind up doing with our kids!

"Come Discover Your Royal Heritage"

This is the theme for the Bilingual Vacation Bible School hosted by a neighbor SDA church. We had a really good time today participating in all the activities planned for little kids.

Look how tall Bri is getting! She is ONLY two!

Ready to work on the craft-of-the-day...

A precious trunk!

We can't wait to see all the things that will go inside!

Super fun playdate with Lea & Mia

Brianna ready for action with her new goggles and floating swimsuit. She LOVES THEM and swam around freely in the big pool. Since last week, she can now go under the water and swim up to take a breath ALL by herself without the floating swimsuit. A true mermaid!

Mia, 6 months old, enjoying her very own "pool"

Mia was having such a good time that the girls had to jump in too!

Cramped but happy!

Tomorrow, Lea and Mia and parents will be traveling to Croatia for 5 VERY LONG weeks. We are already counting the days for them to come back ...

Graduation day!

On Friday evening, we had Brianna's graduation ceremony from Vacation Bible School.
Here is Bibi, Agnes and Bri holding their yellow bag "certificates" full of goodies.

Ampee & Ammee were present for the momentous occasion and helped Brianna celebrate with lots of hugs and kisses!

Vacation Bible School

This week we've been having a GREAT time volunteering at our church. Vacation Bible School is A LOT of fun! Bibi has been in charge of providing healthy snacks for preschoolers, Jeremy has been helping out in whatever is needed and Brianna has been learning about Jesus, doing lots of crafts, running around with her friends, singing and really enjoying her time at church.

playing with water. The theme for the day was "Jesus Walking on Water"

HUGE bubble, little bubble!

Mr. and Mrs. Sergio Mazurok

A stunning bride!
Sergio & Natalia tied the knot on May 4th, 2008

They had a very beautiful ceremony and reception with many family members and lots of friends in attendance

Flower girls, Bible boy Tomas (Sergio's nephew, next to Natalia) and white pillow carrier boys

Sandra, Sergio & Natalia, Rony and Tomas

Congratulations, you guys! We love you!

Happy Father's Day to Bibi's Dad!

Bibi's parents were REALLY excited to have son Rony and his wife Sandra spend the whole weekend with them.
Here, Daniel and Rony celebrating out on the town

Sandra and Ivon (Bibi's Mom)

At Bibi's parents home

Ivon made "Caesar's Salad" with Ken's Caesar Dressing and it was a hit! They all enjoyed a very relaxing and nurturing weekend. Here the picture on the table below is that of my newly married cousin Sergio and wife Natalia. More pictures of them to come! We're so proud of them and excited about them starting this journey together!

A Very Special Day!

Today we relished the blessing of having both Ampee & Jeremy in the family and Amee turned ... a year wiser today as well!!!! Brianna was really excited to sing "Happy Birthday" to Amee MANY times in both languages and she participated in creating special gifts for all three honorees!

Above is a sample "creative" Thai salad with spinach and turmeric flavored soy wrappers. We also enjoyed homemade fresh spring rolls with peanut sauce, vegetable gyozas, Asian cucumber salad, and regular Thai and Coconut lime rice.

We had individual lemon tarts for desserts and beautifully decorated and VERY YUMMY fresh fruit Amee brought.

Evidence that the cherries were indeed good!

Daddy and his beautiful princess!

The Greatest Daddy

This was taken mere minutes after a Daddy was born on February 4, 2006 at 12:32 am

Since then, he's had many sleepless nights, changed hundreds of diapers, bathed our precious princess almost every night of her life, cooed, talked, played and laughed with Bri like another little kid, walked her through her first prayer, and has been involved in every aspect of who our toddler is. In other words, he's grown up to be
THE BEST DADDY IN THE WORLD for BRIANNA CHERISSE!
WE LOVE YOU LOTS. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!
and HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU GREAT DADS OUT THERE!

Fun playdate with Lea

On Sunday, Bri and Lea had a day-long fun filled play date at home. Lea and her family go to Croatia every summer to visit close family and friends. Lea's parents have a non-profit children's foundation that helps underprivileged families in the Croatian villages. Every year, Lea's parents take MANY suitcases with donated items such as backpacks, school supplies, clothes, in some cases food to those in need. On Sunday, they had to pack about 6+ suitcases to take with them so we had the honor of having Lea with us pretty much all day. Here they are enjoying a yummy soy treat.

Playing with ice in the pool

Bonding at the jacuzzi

We all enjoyed a very sweet watermelon and AMAZING papaya Ammee gave us!