Candycane Parade

Brianna went to her first Christmas Parade! It was great hanging out with Gramee and Bri's good friend Leah and her Daddy. As you can see we were all bundled up for the cold evening in downtown Visalia.

The parade was pretty well done and both girls loved watching all the different floats go bay. They especially loved the highschool bands and would dance to the music. It was a great evening.

Veteran's Day at the Fresno Zoo

Today we went to the Fresno Zoo and Bri was happy to see two Indian Elephants ...

a big "afa" (aka giraffe) ...


a familiar animal: sese (aka zebra). She's been singin "giddy up zebra" at Sabbath School (and during the week at home) since she was about 6 months old. She LOVED looking at the "seses"...

After two hours of walking around the zoo, Daddy and Bri took a ride in the Carousel. Bri, an adrenaline junkie at heart, begged to go on the horse but was surprinsingly serious during the whole ride. Maybe she was thinking: "this little horse sure runs fast..." Fun times!

San Francisco Weekend

Last weekend we went to San Francisco for the ADA and NASDAD conventions and had an absolute blast. Jeremy attended some ADA management classes and Bibi enjoyed learning more about nutrition and health.

We also made time to go to the San Francisco Zoo and Brianna loved learning about all the different animals she'd only seen in picture books up to this point. She especially enjoyed the gorilla, the bears, lions and a roaring tiger (he was not a happy camper that day!)

Bri also enjoyed "playing" with the lion and lion cubs.

Enjoying a treat ... Bri's favorite snack

Going to the zoo was such a neat experience, but what our princess enjoyed the most (still to this day) was watching the sea lions on Pier 39. She learned all about "las focas" and asks about them everyday now. Luckily, Daddy made a little video of them and we watch it almost daily. Auntie Anne also gave Bri a "Frosty Friends" book with a sea lion on the cover. She's having fun reading it!

Beautiful Niagara Falls

This past weekend, Jeremy traveled to New York for a speaking engagement, and also found some precious free time to visit Niagara Falls

Breathtaking views ...

Who is this handsome guy??

Look at the "little boat" at the bottom

All in all we think that Iguazu Falls are quite more impressive, but maybe (for sure) we are biased!!! Argentina rocks!!

Sabbath afternoon at the Kaweah Lake

We spent a great and cool (thanks to the lake!) afternoon at Kaweah Lake swimming, talking and doting on Bri (stretching above)

beautiful view from one of the campgrounds

Daddy & Bri bonding time

Bibi celebrating a good swim

"Ernie Haase & Signature Sound"

On Friday, June 22nd, we were blessed to attend a concert by "EH&SS," Brianna's favorite Gospel music quartet (http://erniehaase.musiccitynetworks.com). It was a wonderful evening of joyful praise to God and we all enjoyed it tremendously. Brianna was like an expert concert goer.We were even lucky enough to get a picture with Ernie at the end of the evening. All four guys were cool & accessible to the public.

A night out with great food and live music

On Friday afternoon, Ken and Gloria treated us to a family night out

We went to a cute little town, Exeter (known by its beautiful murals) and had dinner at a quaint little Mom & Pops restaurant ... the food was terrific and there was live jazz music as well

Needless to say, Brianna quickly found a spot to walk around, meet other little girls ...

and of course, she managed to get close enough to the fountain ... but didn't get wet!

Sunday Fun at Lake Gregory in Crestline, CA

Yep, this pizza is totally vegan! Caramelized onion, vegan cheese and kalamata olives. A more gourmet pizza you cannot find!! It was all gone in less than 2 hours!
Here's Mommy & Bri getting read to go to the lake.
Taking a not-so-leisurely stroll around the lake. It was SOOO cold!
Daddy & Bri bonding... we all had such a fun time! It was a great afternoon.

Things we've been up to lately .. but forgot to post

Daddy and baby girl went on a date to see some upscale model homes in the Indian Wells area a couple of weeks ago

There were lots of bodies of water and Bri was trying to jump in and play in all on them!
Daddy said the touch-free sinks got Bri's attention every time ...

The last weekend of February found us in Midfield, TX at a family ranch where we spent the weekend, got away from everything (and I mean that literally, we were in the middle of nowhere!!) and enjoyed the extra rest, wonderful food for the body and soul and fun times with terrific people.

Here is the main lodge sorrounded by a man made lake and several individual cabins.
And thanks to Gramee Gloria who lovingly babysat Bri (and had a blast!)