Peaches & Clown

We had a family peach tree picking afternoon. Amee had lots of yummy peaches in her tree so we had to help! What a treat!

Ivon's Mom (Bibi's Grandma) owned and operated an orchard company in Mendoza, Argentina. She had peaches, nectarines, apricots, pears, and olives, just to name a few. Ivon and Bibi both grew up with the family tradition of picking fresh fruit off the trees. And we're keeping that tradition alive in Visalia for our girls!

We also made time to go see Boswick The Clown at the Visalia Public Library. It was GREAT fun and Brianna loved him and his tricks!

A nice pic after an exciting show! If you want to learn more about this awesome professional clown, please go to www.boswick.net

The Burgos Family

One of the highlights of the day was the Burgos family visiting us from Thousand Oaks. The girls had a blast in the pool and also dressing up. The adults caught up with good conversation, reading, hanging out at the pool and enjoying each other a lot!

Sunday brunch American style

The girls' brunch

After brunch nap for Kiara!

Even more friends!

Sherri, Vivian and Bibi

Ampee & Kiara

The Argentine Gang plus Ampee & Amee

The Kuns Family

We were blessed to have around 40 people at the Dedication and Luncheon. It was great to share such a special event with dear family and friends.

More friends!

Ivon, Roxanna & Matt

From left to right, Aidan, Giovanna, Elisha, Brianna and Mateo. The kids had a blast playing under a table and all over the Fellowship Hall.

Pastor Rosie, Ampee & Amee

All smiles for the camera ... they know the good food is coming!

Dedication Luncheon

After the Baby Dedication we treated our family and friends to some Spanish food and tapas.

The welcome table

The beautiful centerpieces that Amee made to decorate each table and also as a gift to each family present.

Kim, Sherri, and Laurienne

Kiara Charlisse's Baby Dedication - July 11th

What a memorable day! Our baby Kiara was dedicated at the Visalia SDA Church at three months old in the presence of both sets of grandparents and most of our closest friends. Ampee started off the dedication by reading beautiful quotes from EGW regarding child guidance.

Pastor Chad had a beautiful meditation on Jocabeth and Moses and some throughts of his own regarding parenting. Just priceless!

Pastor Carron also had some beautiful words for us and the congregation.

After the dedication prayer, Kiara woke up and was presented to the congregation. It was an amazing moment! Immediately following the dedication, we all watched a slideshow of Kiara's first months. Thank you Pastor Carron!

We feel incredibly blessed by all our Pastors, family and friends. Thank you all for being part of our lives. We love you tons!

Life with Abus in the house (Part II)

Abu Nino took over Mommy's worship duty every morning. The girls loved hearing Bible Stories and even acting some of them out. Brianna's favorite was Queen Esther's story.

Making play-dough animals. Look at the blue octopus below!

Kiara is bouncing at 3 months. She loves the stimulation of lights and sounds in the "dashboard"!

Chunking up!

Life with Abus in the house (Part I)

Ivon (Bibi's Mom) used to be an Elementary School Teacher and is now an Elementary School Academic Secretary at Alta Gracia Adventist School in Argentina. She brought the best books and crafts for Brianna. She even designed a widely acclaimed curriculum for Adventist Elementary Schools in Argentina last year and brought it here so that Bibi can implement it at home at the Preschool level with Brianna

Private swimming lessons for our little fish during the months of June and July with Teacher Amy (this is Tia Roxanna's backyard pool)

Kiara, happy as can be in Abu Ivon's arms. After swimming, we all had a delicious lunch every week. Tia Roxanna is a great hostess!

Abu Nino had a very special bond with Kiara. They loved being together!

Fourth of July Celebrations

Bibi's parents first lunch at our home. They'd never seen our house and they LOVED it (especially playing in the pool with Brianna). They also enjoyed fresh summer salads, yummy pasta dishes and cool desserts. Bibi also put her Mom to "work" and she made some of Bibi's favorite childhood dishes

Kiara didn't get to enjoy any new and innovative cuisine from around the world ... just the same old milk from Mommy. =)

Kiara all dressed up for her FIRST 4th of July Fireworks Extravaganza in Downtown Visalia

Bri & Daddy playing with "fire"
We had a blast with Uncle Dave and his family. What about VIP seating to the side of the Public High School lawn on Main St? A nice treat!

Happy Birthday, USA!!!!

We're back!!!!!

After a very long hiatus from blogging we're back for good. July was our busiest month EVER, chock full of adventures, party planning, commitments, work, fun, and everything in between. So now we're playing catch up ... it'll take a while but we're ready to share this amazing month with all of you. For starters, Bibi's parents stayed with us for a whole three weeks and here are the pictures of their arrival at LAX with Brianna. We all had such a great time together starting on July 3rd ...

Abu Ivon meeting Kiara for the first time at 3 months old and LOVING it!

Ready to open gift bags

Enjoying vegan food and AMAZING vegan ice-cream at Elaine's in Bakersfield