Tuesday picnic

Earlier that same Tuesday we had a great time at the park. Bibi was in charge of the picnic so PB&J sandwiches and fruit it was! The girls ate all their sandwiches and had a blast playing around the park

The shirt says it all!

Last week's events ...

Last Tuesday we hosted the Shekoyan's & Veiss' for dinner. We had a terrific time together and everyone loved the food. Bibi had several dietary considerations for different members of the families so she cooked special dishes for them: a high protein/low carb entree, a quinoa entree without any yeast, gluten, or soy, a creamy dairy free carrot & yam soup and a very delicious Argentine vegetarian meat pie with flaky pastry dough. Suzana prepared her signature spinach salad and Roxana brought a finger licking pumpkin pie. Everyone was happy!

Tia Suzana's early Christmas present for Brianna ...

and Kiara (both girls loved their new princess dresses)

Craft time for the kids!

We've got a CRAWLER in da house!

At 7 months Kiara surprised us today by crawling for the first time at the Little Gym. We're thrilled for this new development though Mommy will have to watch her even more closely from now on!

Will post a video of Kiara's crawling later on this week.
Bravo Lauchi!!!!!

Hapy Bear Surgery Center building project

Well, the building project is well under way on the new Hapy Bear Surgery Center in Tulare, CA. We will be moving our office from Visalia to Tulare (only about 7 miles south from our current location) hopefully sometime the end of February 2010.

We still have tons to do but it's exciting to see the building taking shape. Here's a time lapse video of the project from ground breaking on Sept. 21, 2009 to today. Amazing how quickly the framing process goes. Enjoy!

Veteran's Day at the Fresno Zoo

On Wednesday we had a fun time at the Fresno Zoo with the girls. It was Kiara's first time seeing all the animals and she was upbeat & eager to explore everything. Brianna had a plan from the beginning; she wanted to see the kangaroos and crocodiles. We were lucky to see both though the croc was taking a nap by the time we got to his station. We also enjoyed the elephants below ...

Brianna had a blast brushing the goats' hair

Feeding the giraffe was a real treat. Brianna LOVED it!

We have the giraffe in the background and the kangaroos (not pictured) right in front of us. We also went to a new stingray feeding station. Brianna was able to almost touch several of them and see them swimming around.

Dads' Night Out

Tio Victor and & Papi took the girls mini golfing yesterday and they all had a great time. It's bound to be a Monday evening tradition now!

Planting flowers as a family

While Kiara looked at us from inside (it was a little chilly outside), the rest of us worked on planting new flowers in the big pots. Brianna helped by removing old dirt, getting new plants in the pots and then watering them. She loved it and so did we!

Sabbath School with Lea & Mia

This past Sabbath, Mia & Lea joined us for church. We had a great time learning more about Jesus!

Kiara & Brianna's development

how did I get this fat?

What napkins?

Two little teeth at 7 months

Brianna scribbling this whole page plus an additional half of the next page. She's not even four yet!

Kiara's world

Boy, I love squash!

Hey, are these rollie pollies mine? How did they get there?