Brianna's NEW look!

Brianna had her first major hair cut on Wednesday. Her long hair was becoming too much of a chore to comb and keep out of her face. So she got a new doo!

Very stylish and easy to take care of...





Ay, pero que coqueta con su nuevo look! Estrella total!

Hapy Bear Surgery Center - Ground breaking Ceremony

Monday, September 22nd was a memorable day for our family and business. A ground breaking ceremony took place in Tulare that started the building process of our state-of-the-art surgery center due to be finished sometime in the early part of 2010. Congratulations to Ken & Jeremy for all the hard work leading up to this day!

Once in a lifetime type weekend

We had a terrific time camping up at Sequoia National Park this weekend along with three other Argentine families. We were quite a tribe! Six adults, nine kids and two birthdays!
The Cairus Family stayed with us on Thursday night and the kids had a great time playing dress up and other games on Friday morning before heading up the mountains. Here are Andrew, Victoria and Brianna ...

Happy Birthday, Henry! Henry turned 36 on Friday and Isabella (the baby to the left of Kiara turned 1 on Sunday!!!) The girls attempted to share the trailer but Kiara kept "caressing" Isabella and she didn't like it too much so the sharing plan didn't work out.

Naty's turn to make supper on Friday evening. Her hot dogs were very popular!

Birthday girl Isabella and Kiara (Look closely, they are almost the same weight!)

More pictures to come later. Bibi took a camera with two charged batteries but no memory card so we don't have any more pics to share. However, we had two professional photographers and two other photography aficionados that took care of taking the best pictures for us with great cameras. Bibi will be making a photo book of this memorable weekend sometime soon!

Camping with Amee & Ampee at Shaver Lake - Sequoia National Park

Last weekend Brianna went on her first camping experience and first weekend getaway with Ampee & Amee to Shaver Lake inside the Sequoia National Park. They had a really good time. Here are some of the pics ...

Labor Day with Clarks

On Monday we made a short trip to Stockton to visit our great friends Joel, Gisele and Isabella

The girls played so well together. They love each other!

Healthy and happy girl

Good food, good times

Bibi's first time making a finger licking version of Eggs Benedict

Yes, Jeremy finished the whole tray for breakfast

Although unassuming looking, this spelt crepe rocks! Bibi had it with almond butter and jam.

Our princess requested her fave egg sandwich. She loved it!

Our Labor LABOR INTENSIVE weekend! It was so much FUN!

Hitting the tracks on Saturday night. What a blast!

It'd been a really long time since Bibi had "raced." It was lots of fun!

Homemade popsicles of almond chocolate milk. Yum!

Life is good!

Happy Labor Day Weekend Everyone!

Our little fish turned 5 months this past week (where did time go, we wonder??) Here she is in the water, loving every minute of it

Brianna, also at 5 months of age, loving the water too.

This week

Kiara's first time playing at the Little Gym. Our favorite gym now has open play times for membersnly. We went this week and both girls absolutely loved it! While big sis organized all the other kids and parents to play hide & seek (it was quite funny, our little type A leader in the making), baby was similing and taking it all in.

Kiara is now 17.2 lbs and in the 95th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. Big girl all smiles! Jeremy likes to brag about this chunky "vegan" baby all the time.

We made homemade burritos with organic SPROUTS the other day and Brianna really liked them. We were very impressed, she's only 3 years old! Guess she is a foodie like both her parents!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TIA CRYSTAL!!!

August 27th it is! We wish you a year where all your dreams come true ...
Here is a poem for you by Jill Fantin:

Generations like the seasons come with sweet expressions.

Reminders of those days gone by and yesterday's impressions.

Each precious memory you share becomes more dear each day.

A candle's glow out of the past that gently lights my way.

To me You've been a blessing for I may have never known

A closer bond that we now share through the sweet love you've shown.

Unique in everything you do You're just one of a kind!

Now as time progresses every day I seem to find

Twice as many reasons why you just become more dear

And precious to each one of us with every

passing year!

You're a GREAT Auntie! We love you lots,
Bri & Kiara