Pierson's Adventures

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Daddy: a closet stylist

Daddy loves to get carried away styling Bri's hair. Here's our little model posing ...

Two BIG trouble makers!

Silly Bri

Our little lioness!

With two months to go!

Bibi in 2005 pregnant with Brianna and with two months to go!

Here in 2009 pregnant with Kiara and also with two months to go. It's more of a basket ball this time!

Having a blast at Boingos

What do you do on a rainy day? Go to Boingos! Cascade and Brianna bounced away in this bounce house heaven for little ones. Here Cascade clearly having a great time ...

Bri loving the maze with obstacles

The BIG slide!

Boy, this is so much fun!

Last week we attended "The Elf Club," where we are members. The kids get to listen to stories, sing songs, participate in different activities and make a craft. Here is Ms. Volunteer up front for a Valentine's sing-along

The craft consisted on decorating bunny ears with cotton balls and markers. Here Lea & Mia are all done!

Bri posing with her best friends. Afterwards, each child got a beautiful gifset of a little book and a little stuffed bunny. Awesome time!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Brianna is SUPER Special!!

The news has gotten out that Brianna turned 3!! Her very special birthday will be celebrated for the next year at none other than...

Disney Land

Click HERE to see the news story on Sun7News about this amazing honor for Brianna!

This is a very special gift given to Brianna from her best friend Leah. It is not real.

Happy Valentine's Day dear family & friends!

I Corinthians 13

Valentine's Day is a day of love,
For showing that we care,
And if we read the Bible,
God describes love there: If we speak like celestial angels
From heaven up above,
All our words mean nothing
If we don’t have Christian love. Love is patient, love is kind;
It doesn’t brag or boast;
Love conquers pride and envy;
It is never self-engrossed. Love is not rude or angry;
Forgiveness counters wrong;
Love stays away from evil;
It sings a truthful song. Love is full of trust and hope;
It always perseveres;
Love never fails; It’s faithful;
To the Bible it adheres. And if you give this kind of love
To your special Valentine,
You’ll be loving right in harmony
With God’s own sweet design. By Joanna Fuchs

A grown up girl gets a haircut

It'd been a long time since Bri's last haircut and her hair had a few split ends. And since Mommy was getting her own haircut, Bri tagged along and got one too. And it really did come handy. After our great library experience, Bri had frosting all over her hair. She first had her hair washed and then styled. She did SO WELL!!!! What a little lady!

She sat in her chair quietly the whole time

The final product! Isn't she just beautiful!?

Happy Valentine's Day!

This week we celebrated Valentine's Day at the library with many of Bri's friends. We all had a blast singing songs, listening to stories, making crafts, sharing valentines and eating cupcakes. Yes, it was Bri's first cupcake in her life! She loved the frosting and left the rest ... so unsurprising =)

Ella loved her red cupcake. She's got that deer-in-the-headlights look. So cute!

Brianna with her craft and all the valentines she collected inside

Bri sharing her princess' cards with other little girls. She loved the "gift exchange"

Monday, February 09, 2009

Children's Hospital in Fresno

Yesterday we went to the Central Valley Children's Hospital in Fresno to donate Brianna's birthday gifts to the kids in the Oncology Wing.

Unfortunately, the whole hospital was under RSV lock down for anyone under 13 years of age so we couldn't personally deliver the gifts. However, we met the Volunteer Services Coordinator, Juanita, and she was happy to be in charge of delivering the gifts.

Here is Brianna posing with Juanita and getting kudos from her. We prepped Brianna for a while, telling her all about the "Owie kids" at the Hospital and how much they would appreciate her gifts. Bri was excited about giving away her gifts and still talks about it today. About a year and a half ago Brianna also came to the hospital to visit Mary-Belle Anaya and played with her for a little while. Since then, Mary-Belle has passed away but her memory lives on.

We are trying to instill in Brianna that it is indeed better to give than to receive. May she, even from this tender age, learn to give what is most precious to her to those in need. "Another person might say, "You have faith, but I do good things." Show me your faith apart from the good things you do. I will show you my faith by the good things I do." (James 2:18)