Thanksgiving Weekend

What an amazing Thanksgiving weekend we had! We kicked it off with a great family dinner on Thursday at Ampee & Amee's house. We enjoyed visiting with Uncle Bill, Auntie Bettie and their son's family. Grandma Lucille, Claire & Jaimie came all the way from Loma Linda and we all gathered together to be thankful and to enjoy a delicious veggie meal. Brianna LOVED her veggies and tofu!

All smiles after all the hard work

No turkey? No problem! Plenty of yummy veggie and vegan options!

On early Friday morning we headed off to San Francisco (Jeremy was speaking on the weekend) and stopped in Cupertino to get better acquainted with new friend Rocky and his family. We had a BLAST talking and eating and Aina and Brianna, both star performers, entertained us all! We can't wait to visit them again!

Good-o-Meter

How good do you need to be to get into heaven? Watch this video to find out...

More concert pics

Brianna asked all day to be held by "Tio Ernie" and he delivered! (ha, ha) Ernie held Brianna for a while while they "chatted," or tried to, anyway, Bri was too star struck.

Bri and "Tia Gloria"

Tim, from EH & Signature Sound

The AMAZING Gaither Concert

Last week A&A and us attended a Gaither Concert in Fresno. What a treat! We had a blast! It was an amazing worship experience. Like all groupies, we had to get pics with all our favorite singers during the break. Here with Ernie Haase from EH & Signature Sound. Ernie was just so sweet to hold Brianna in his arms and take several pictures with her and also with us. He is very approachable and cool.

Gordon Mote, a true musical genius! Other than very personable, we were struck by how "real" he is. There is nothing rehearsed or "fake" about him. We were touched by his kind words and incredible music

Jason Crabb, of the "Crabb Family" inspires us greatly. We got a chance to talk to him for a while and are thoroughly enjoying his latest DVD project. His music really captures the spirit of worship for us.

The Little Gym

It's Brianna's newest adventure! A new class we recently started that combines music, fine motor skills, gymnastics, balance & coordination, structured play and age appropriate physical skills, among other things. We believe this class is a better fit for her skill set than her "just gymnastics" class and she ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT!!!

Brave, independent & fearless
(Mommy is with Brianna for the duration of the class but on this particular day she was mostly taking pictures for all of you!)

Every week the class focuses on a different topic and the teachers change the gym setup accordingly. On this day, titled "body parts," Brianna had to pop the bubbles with her tummy, feet, head, etc. She learned about body parts throughout the class and its various activities. She also sang various jingles about them.

Cartwheels!

Yeah, we couldn't wait till Christmas, literally!

So we put up our Christmas tree and it took a whole evening of, mostly, broken ornaments, lights strewn all over the floor and a very anxious toddler wanting to put the star on top before the tree wasn't even fully finished ...
The things you do just once in your life! Next year we'll figure out something different!

Esta noche armamos el pinito y la gorda mayormente rompio las pelotitas toda la noche (literal y figurativamente). Nos quedamos casi sin adornitos! Asi que Mami tuvo que ir a comprar varias cosas para completar el arbolito. Y aun asi faltan algunas cositas!

Finally, the star on top!

Papi, exhausto, mostrando orgullos el proyecto completo! El anio que viene compramos un pinito ya hecho!

More domestic adventures ...

Here we're again in the kitchen trying new recipes. Brianna is sampling the tofu chocolate frosting that will cover the vanilla cake Mommy just made to celebrate baby sis' soon arrival (and obvious pregnancy craving!). She actually wanted to have ALL the frosting to herself! Daddy had to quickly put it away in the fridge!

The finished product next to the flowers Daddy got for Mommy, also to celebrate. Bibi made a wheat-free, sugar-free, flavorFUL cake that we shared with friends. Healthy can be really yummy!

Amee gave Brianna a toy iron and she Bri had a lot of fun ironing her blanket and pretending the iron was really hot! She's actually very helpful around the house and we hope to keep it that way!

Ammee's house is just so FUN!!

Last Friday Bri had a blast at Ammee's house doing a lot of things. Pictured below are cranberry cookies in the making!

Yeah, the batter is so yummy! (there were no eggs in the mix, though)

Bri and Ammee having tea and cranberry cookies. Ammee mentioned how our princess had "the proper manners to go with a high class tea party ..."

The fun things you get to do with a little girl! Guess the fun will double very soon!!!

Our BIG Announcement...

Well, we know the sex of Baby #2...

But you have to guess and tell us what you think. Look at the ultrasound below (click the picture to see it bigger), determine the sex, then click here to see if you are correct. And don't forget to leave a comment to tell us about your guess...

Bueno, ya sabemos el sexo de Bebe No. 2...

Pero tienen que adivinar lo que es y decirnos. Fíjense bien en la ecografía abajo (hagan clic en la foto para verla más grande), adivinen el sexo, y después hagan clic aquí para ver si adivinaron bien. Y no se olviden de dejarnos un comentario para contarnos todo.

The snack of the season

Is that time a year again! Time to make Daddy's fave seasonal snack: roasted and salted pumpkin seeds. Daddy & Bri worked really hard at cutting the pumpkin and getting all the seeds out and Mommy later roasted the "meat" with yummy spices.

The seeds ready to go into the oven ... Brianna is having a BLAST!!

And while the roasting happened, Brianna got all cleaned up and ready to hit the sack. She LOVED the roasted seeds!