Our gymnast

Thi is Bri's second gymnastic class and she now has a leotard to show off

posing for the camera

Stretching

Hands stand on her own!!!
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Feliz Cumple, Mami!!!

Te deseamos un celebre 25 de mayo, con rica comida y mucho helado!!
Que Dios te colme de bendiciones!

Te Queremos Mucho!!!!
Jer, Bibi & Bri

Patricia is turning 30!!!

On May 25th, (Argentina's Independence Day), Patricia will turn 30! We celebrated on Friday, Sabbath and early Sunday, as she'll be spending the remainder of Memorial Weekend with family and friends in Merced.

Our "lunch menu" in her honor


Ready to enjoy a gourmet green salad, two kinds of vegetable quiche and a tofu dish for Mommy and Bri

Ready to blow out the candle!!! Her "cake" consisted of a handmade concoction of favorites: a cheesecake tower on a bed of fruit Popsicles, frozen fruit and lots and lots of whipped cream. Brianna is clearly excited to have it all!

Patricia has been with us for a few months and has been a real blessing to our family. She's a caring friend, an excellent organizer, a phenomenal and very loving "auntie" to Brianna, a gifted bonsai maker and plant caretaker, a talented painter and of course, a fellow chocoholic ... =)
Happy Birthday, Pachi! We love you!

Gymnastics Class for our little monkey girl

Bri started a "Tiny Tots" gymnastics class and loves it!

She gets to learn various skills like balancing, jumping, doing summersaults, and hand stands ...
She LOVES the trampoline!

Here seen swinging on her own ... well, almost

McKenzie and Brianna had so much fun playing and learning together. We're sure they'll become fast friends in the next little while

More video of the class to be posted tomorrow!

Fave time at the pool on Monday

Mommy and I have so much fun!

At the Hanson's

Fun pool time with Uncle Eric and a friend

"Carita feliz"

Balancing act

Snapshots of our past weekend

Friday afternoon and evening: BFF Lea came over to play in the pool with Brianna and she proved to be as fearless as Brianna in the water. They played lots together and had so much fun! Here's a picture of princesses Lea & Bri all cleaned up, smelling good and ready to have a snack ...

Sabbath morning: Bri, Cascade and Haven ... inseparable trio during Sabbath School and Church. Here, pictured during story time ...

The matching dollies are also instructed to sit up and listen to the pastor. So cute!

Sabbath afternoon and evening: great time at the Hanson's residence in Fresno to celebrate Allie and Jesse's graduation from Nursing and Masters in Theology respectively. Brianna, the fearless swimmer, having a blast in the warm pool with Uncle Eric & Daddy ... yeah!

Celebrating Mother's Day

Gunnar's little sis, Cooper, was dedicated on Mother's Day at Neighborhood Church

Gradpa (who is pastor at the church) had the honor of dedicating and praying for Cooper.

We, in turn, had the honor of hosting Amee and Auntie Sharon at our house. We served a delicious Spanish cold soup, Gazpacho, a specialty of Daddy's, homemade Italian crepes filled with spinach souffle, a green salad, and homemade brownies with soy ice cream and fresh strawberries. Yum!

Taking Lea to the Parrot Farm

Sabbath was a busy day indeed! After Gunner's birthday party and nap time, Brianna invited Lea to come see the Parrot Farm in Exeter. There we met up with Amee, Auntie Sharon, and Nancy (one of the owner and parrot caretakers)

The girls fed lettuce to the chicken and then picked six big eggs to take home!

Nancy showing Brianna all the different types of parrots. She is an amazing lady and we were honored by getting to know her better

an exotic African Grey

Lea and Brianna also got to pick and eat white mulberries and fresh strawberries from Nancy's garden. The girls had a great time learning about baby and adult parrots, chickens and how to pick fresh fruit and where it all comes from. A very practical lesson about the miracles of God's creation!

Happy Birthday, Gunnar!

Handsome boy turned 2! On Saturday, we were blessed to help Gunner celebrate his second birthday. It was a really fun afternoon where the kids rode toy tractors, played with sprinklers, run around and ate very yummy food

Laurienne pulling the trio: Cascade, Lea and Brianna

The required tractor ride

Mommy Megan helping Gunner blow his candles.
Everybody loved the oreo chocolate and banana layer cakes!