Post Valentine's Day Lunch with the Norton's

Right after Brianna's beautiful birthday celebration we had a fun lunch with Jaison, Laurienne, Cascade & Cody to celebrate Valentine's Day yet again and also hang out for a few hours

The girls loved playing together for the most part ... the whole concept of sharing had to be clarified a few times but they had a lot of fun together overall

Brianna's new Top Chef Master outfit courtesy of good friends Carter & Ella

Not only is Bri a "renowned chef" but she also started reading and writing right after her 4th birthday. Here is just an example of her writing of the word "Dad." We work on her reading and writing skills everyday and she loves to ride in the van and look at traffic signs and any other thing with big letters that she can read

And Cascade turns 4 too!

February is sure a busy month with lots of birthdays! On February 20th, Cascade turned 4 and the following Sunday we all went up the mountains to celebrate in the snow. Here the girls are playing with their "babies" before the big event

Daddy & Bri playing tirelessly in the snow and absolutely LOVING every minute of it!

Brianna makes her first snowman

Brianna starts church choir and Lea turns 4

Brianna started choir last month and is really enjoying it. Here's her first performance ...

Two weeks ago Lea turned 4 with a beautiful ballerine birthday bash. All the girls loved to dress up, put on a show for the birthday party guests and dance around together

Group hug!

Our beautiful ballerine having lots of fun

Brianna's Royal Princess Party on Valentine's Day

Thank you dear family & friends for making this Valentine's Day extra special by sharing an amazing day with us, celebrating Brianna's birthday! Thank you for blessing and sharing in our lives. Love you all!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Brianna turns 4 years old on the 4th!!!!

Today Brianna had a very low key celebration of her 4th birthday. Since Bri is going through viral gastroenteritis, she chose mostly bland food to celebrate her day and had just a bit of her favorite chocolate cake. We stayed home for the whole week and on her special day read books, watched her favorite DVDs, played games and took many naps. Brianna will have her princess party Sunday, February 14, with her closest family & friends. We hope by then she'll be fully recovered and able to completely enjoy a very fun day!

Little K gets a teaspoon of birthday cake ... happy girl!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PRECIOUS PRINCESS BRI!!
Lord, we lift Brianna up to You and ask that You would put a hedge of protection around her. Protect her spirit, body, mind, and emotions from any kind of harm. I pray that she will make her refuge "in the shadow of Your wings" until "these calamities have passed by" (Psalm 57:1.) Thank You, Lord, for Your many promises of protection. Help her to walk in Your ways and in obedience to Your will so that she never comes out from under the umbrella of that protection. Keep her safe in all she does and wherever she goes.

In Jesus' name, we pray, Amen.

Daddy's happiest day!

Sunday, January 31st in the morning, Daddy's happiest time! All three girls are safe & sound back on American soil.

Tierra Santa Theme Park

We celebrated Abu Nino's birthday a day early (on January 29th) at the Holy Land Theme Park in Buenos Aires. We revisited Jesus' birth through his resurrection and ascention plus many other intersting sights in this replica of the city of Jerusalem. It was a very hot day but we managed to see several shows, walk up to a replica of calvary and see Jesus' crucifiction, and eat some local armenian fare as well. Happy Birthday, Abu Nino!!!!

Great times with our cousins

Tio Raul's gifts to the girls

Dinner with Sergio, Naty, German, Tuti & Tio Raul. A fantastic evening!

More fun at the pool ...

So great to see Tio Arturo & Tia Chuly after son many years. Their kids and Brianna played quite a bit in the pool.

Bibi's childhood home from 1-7 years of age. It was great to see it again, it now seems so small!

Weekend at Hotel Cabanas del Parque in Obera

The whole gang spent a relaxing time together in Obera over our second weekend in Argentina.

Rony, Sandra, Jenniss, Cris & Gian, Daniel, Ivon, Bibi & Kiara and Brianna

Enjoying nature & terere

Tio Rony enjoying the pool with the girls