Thanksgiving 2006

There is nothing like Thanksgiving
in San Diego...

Picture by: Vince

JB he had his wisdom teeth pulled out before coming to Cali. On our way down we thought of things we could do on our "short" 10 hour drive. We decided to play MASH. He seemed a little out of the ordinary and sad so I thought this game would help him cheer up too. Well we thought of something really funny and burst out laughing!
That whole time I thought he was sad about something, but I realized it was just that it hurt him to laugh, much less smile. For Thanksgiving, he basically had "mashed everything."






Tinker: Hands down she is my favorite niece!






Abue Y Eriquita







I know that my mom and Arlene would probably not want me to post this nice "rear view" image, but I had to. One of my favorite things about this Thanksgiving was cooking and talking together in the kitchen. Even though Abue isn't in the picture, she certainly was part of the cooking!




We had the Whitaker's over for Thanksgiving. After dinner we played Scategories. It was so fun. We also played Rummikub. I never knew Robert was so good at it, everybody watch out he is one serious Rummikub player!















Kelli & Erica

This Thanksgiving was especially wonderful because it was one of the last times all four "kids" were together, for another great while- since JB will be leaving for his mission.

We spent it eating, laughing, and playing games together. Well and of course shopping at the annual "midnight madness" at the Carlsbad Mall. I never thought it was humanly possible to shop 'til 5 am! Good family bonding... right? It certainly was fun being together.

Mami thought that she wasn't going to have all four kids because JB told her that he wouldn't be able to come because of his wisdom teeth. Ahaha if she only knew what would really happy. She and Abue were so happy to have all their kids there, and I in turn was so fulfilled to be with them.

Halloween 2006

Picture by: Diane

October 31, 2006

This Halloween was so much fun! Leslie's aunt made the horsey costume, it was so much fun to run around in. Alona and Bret invited me to come over for their Halloween Tradition: warm soup & scones with honey butter. It was so delicious! I loved being able to see the boys in their costumes. Dawsin looked adorable in his Nemo costume... he waddled when he walked around! Cade was Dash, but when I came over he transformed into a cowboy. There is no doubt that Bret and Alona have the cutest boys ever. They made this Halloween so much fun!

Mariana

2006

Here are pics from my best friend from Mexico. I love getting pictures from her, because even though we are countries apart, we stil keep in touch... after so many years!

Santa Teresa, Peru

July 4 2006
This was one of my favorite places of my entire trip with my Papi. Our motorcycle had to get some repairs, so while my dad got help from a kind man I explored a little. But I didn't have to go far before I found my favorite kind of people.

I took out some cookies from my backpack, played some pick-a-boo and before I knew it I had gained their confidence. They were jewels! They got extremely excited when I took pictures of them and then showed them that image on the camera. "Otra vez! Otra Vez!" y "Yo,yo!" me decian. One of the younger ones got fascinated by my MP3 player. As I placed the head phones in his ears, he listened tentatively, opened his eyes wide and turned to me with a look that said, "Wow can you believe that!"

When I think of those children, I reflect on Christ's admonition, "be yee like little children."