Fun times with Gary & Lynelle

Bri's typical smile as she eats her lunch. She's SOOOO cute!

Gary & Lynelle House visited us for a few days from England and Brianna had to put even Gary to work by reading his Economics book to her!

More fun followed as Bri took her first bite of Tofutti's Sugar-Free soy icec-ream from Auntie Lynelle. Afterwards she was quite a sight!

Uncle Gary and Auntie Lynelle hanging out with Bri as Jer & I prepared Sunday brunch. We hope to see them again somewhere in Europe next year!

Bri loves Sabbath School

Bri can't walk fast enough to get to Church

Riding the caribou (or should I say, racing the caribou?)

Taking bibles to the Innuits with Zane ...

Holding the world in her hands ... the joy of being a child! Social butterfly Bri goes around the room and shares the globe with different kids.

What our precious angel has been up to this week

1. The food that is on her tray consists of: broccoli, tofu, and little pieces of a veggie burger. She eats pretty much everything and for the most part she keeps all food on her tray and even shares some with us! She loves sharing her food!

2. She is learning sign language very well. So far she can say: "I'm hungry," "More" and "Please." We're working together every day on expanding her vocabulary.

3. She grabs a phone and babbles "hola" and other things only she can understand!

4. She opened the front door, all by herself, and managed to walk out and start playing with the cats. Mommy now locks the front door at all times (and has taught her already not to go into the street)!

5. When Mommy says "Vamos al parque," ("Let's go to the park" in Spanish) she goes to the front door immediately as that means she's going out of the house to have some fun.

6. She is really learning to pick up the toys after she's done playing with them. She's becoming quite a little helper around the house by "dusting" the furniture, picking up her toys and placing little things in the dishwasher.

7. Tonight she helped Daddy to place groceries in the fridge.

She's truly a blessing from God!

Happy Birthday G'Pa

Happy Birthday G'Pa Pierson!!

Sorry we couldn't see you on your special day, but we'll see you in a couple weeks. Hope you had a spectacular day!!

Sunday Fun at Lake Gregory in Crestline, CA

Yep, this pizza is totally vegan! Caramelized onion, vegan cheese and kalamata olives. A more gourmet pizza you cannot find!! It was all gone in less than 2 hours!
Here's Mommy & Bri getting read to go to the lake.
Taking a not-so-leisurely stroll around the lake. It was SOOO cold!
Daddy & Bri bonding... we all had such a fun time! It was a great afternoon.

Eating out in Riverside, CA

Mommy treating Daddy to some good gourmet food the other evening. As always, Bri sat in her chair, ate everything on her plate and did great up until dessert time. By then all she wanted to do was explore the restaurant, and most importantly, meet all the people and kids that were there! A social butterfly in the making ...

Great shot outside the restaurant. As most people say: she is all Daddy!

Pacific Life Open - Indian Wells

Thanks to Bob & Ilene, some very awesome clients of Jeremy's, we went on a very cool date to the Pacific Life Open tennis tournament in Indian Wellls, CA. We had wonderful seats, as you can see.
Brianna stayed with Great Grandma Bieber and had a wonderful time. Mommy & Daddy had a super fun time too.

Just a few seats away, Dr. Phil, his son and new daughter-in-law also enjoyed the world-class tennis.
We saw Leyton Hewitt, who lost the match, but played well.

Roger Federer, the #1 tennis player in the world, had already been eliminated from the tournament ealier in the day. But we saw him playing doubles and they won a great match.

Martina Hingis (one of the top 10 in the world) made quick work of her opponent... it was a thing of beauty to watch.

James Blake won the last match of the evening. He played very well and with lots of confidence.

This ranks up there as one of the best dates we have ever had. It was amazing to see such great tennis and also spend some quality time together.

Seriously glam...

Bri has just had a bath and makes a serious fashion statement by going out to visit Great Grandpa & Grandma

But before she goes, she plays in the backyard for a little bit while listening to some cool Christian toddler tunes

and smiles for the camera .... SOOO CUTE!!!

Water baby finally gets own pool

We've been enjoying some really warm afternoons lately, so we took advantage of it and blew up our kiddie pool for Bri to enjoy. Needless to say she LOVES playing with her toys in the water and today she got out of the pool all by herself.

How big is Brianna?

SOOOO big!!!! And the shirt says: Everybody loves a brown eyed girl! That's OUR baby!