Soquel on Sabbath - July 18th

Brianna and Nina, happy girls posing for pics. Nina is Adrian and Silvia Gregorutti's little girl. Adrian took our engagement and wedding pictures back in 1999. It was great to meet again and catch up. Nina and Bri are only a year apart.

Daniel met a friend from his Peru years, Pr. Ruben Sanchez and his wife. We all had a GREAT time getting more acquainted. Pr. Sanchez' daughter, Vivian, and her family attend the Visalia SDA Church. Vivian and Bibi are becoming fast friends these days!

An unforgettable meal at Dharma's. This vegetarian Cafe had impressive food at incredible prices. We all ate a lot and still took a bunch of food home. Wish it was closer to home!

Knocked out arriving at Carmel By-The-Sea in the afternoon!

Soquel Campmeeting 2009

Sabbath, July 18th found us at Soquel Campmeeting 2009. During our trip there, Abu Nino read just about every book we had to Brianna. They both loved it!

We had a great Friday Night Supper with the Norton's

Haystacks galore!!!

Cascade and Brianna loved playing together and really enjoyed the food (though Cascade wasn't too happy about having her picture taken!)

IL DIVO

On July 23rd we took Daniel and Ivon to see IL DIVO in Fresno. Bibi's Dad loves music but was never able to attend a concert in his whole life. This experience was priceless, actually, for all of us. We are all fans of IL DIVO music and were blown away by the quality of the show.

Loving every second of the whole two hours! This is Jer & Bibi's third IL DIVO Concert and Kiara's First. She was such a doll! She didn't want to miss a thing and listened to the music, watched the lights and even took a nap!

A day to remember ...

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!