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Special Needs

Primary and Picnic

Crazy Natalie @ primary activity
Matthew Gerloff swinging
Ward High Priest picnic
Foto del obispado

David
Los chicos en el slip n slide
PJ en el slip n slide.
La actividad de la primaria

Birthday

I had a birthday, and my neighbor, Fan Yiyang did too the day before mine, we surprised him at his door with a cake. Our friends from Egypt left to Egypt again. Our friends from China came over for FHE and sang karaoke, and brought yummy food. Had good times. We decorated this cake with the kids, it's fondant, but we ended up leaving all the fondant off the cake while eating it obviously waaaaaaay too sweet it was yucky, but the actual cake was good. I took a 4 hour fondant cake decorating class free. Worth it!
Home decorated. Can you find the sharks?

Wei the karaoke master.
The stairs.
Mariam and Mohamid, we will miss them.
wrestlers!
Doll!
Surprise!!! This is the part where he is wishing!

Playing in the park pm,with Mohamid

March and April Times

Isabel by the Elephant Puzzle at zoo.
Isabel Playing in the sand.
Showing me their muscles. Mostrándome sus músculos.
David by the Giraffe Puzzle he did. Rompecabezas de jirafa.
The magestic llama in the zoo, closeup. La llama en el zoológico.
Ice cream face.

Cara de helado.
Waiting for husbands meetings to end at church.

Las esposas esperando en la guardería a sus esposos en recunión.
At Primary Egg hunt church activity.

En la actividad de niños de la pascua en la iglesia.
2010 Egg hunt

Buesqueda de los juevos de la pascua.
Gabriela, my friends daughter, precious.

Preciousa! Gabriela, la hija de mi amiga. En la iglesia.
The Great Smokey Park river where we went one Saturday morning jsut to picnic. Whoops! The water was way too cold still for early April but mom was macha woman, went in a while up to her knees.
Aquí en las montañas fuimos de picnic, pero el agua estaba tan fría todavía en el río. Pero la mamá fue macha y entro hasta sus rodillas un buen rato.
Great picture with the watermelon!
Buenísima foto con la sandía.
This is our garden, it is coming along quite beautifully. The lettuce may die though on right, maybe too much water or too much sun.

Este es nuestro jardín, está avancando maravillosamente. Las lechugas a la derecha quizás mueran, por demasiada agua o mucho sol, no se sabe.
I remember having cute pictures of myself with watermelon as a child. Now, I figured out, that any picture taken with watermelon turns out beautifully.

Me acuerdo de las fotos que tengo de mi niñez junto con la sandía, tan preciosa, pero me di cuenta, cualquier foto con la sandía sale prefecta!
David is ready for school. He loves to draw and write all day. He makes lists of all his friends, and constantly makes lists of food he wants in his birthday party, for November! This list includes gum, chicken nuggets, soda, pizza, and ice cream. He writes so much, at night when its time for bed, We have to forcefully tell him to put the markers and pencils away.

David está listo para la escuela. A el le encanta dibujar y escribir todo el día. Hace listas de sus amigos, y constantamente prepara listas de las comidas que el quiere en su próxima fiesta de cumpelaños, esta lista incluye chicle, pollito, refresco, pitza, y helado. Escribe tanto, que tenemos que hacerle guardar sus marcadores y lapices a la fuerza.




Isabel was singing, La Bamba on karaoke wonderfully.
Isabel sabe cantar, PARA BAILAR LA BAMBA. Pero mayormente sólo dice. Bamba Bamba Bamba Bamba.




Uncle Oscar had a birthday. He looks and acts and sings maybe 10 years younger though, I would have never guessed.

Nuestro tío Óscar cumplió años el 6 de abril. Yo no sabía cuánto cumplió porque canta baila y se comporta unos 10 años menos.

Chapaca + surprises and recent talents

Mi chapaquita.
Estaba cocinando y encontre estos juguetes dentro del arroz.
Le gustan hacer las naves de Legos.
Termino su primer rompecabezas de 100 piezas
Chapaca Isabel baila la morenada y chacarera.

I found toys in my rice when I went to cook. Looks like the kids were playing a game before and I had just found it when I was cooking.

Isabel got a Chapaca outfit (from Tarija Bolivia) for Christmas from her grandma there. She looks so cute in her pollera skirt. She loves to dance to Bolivian folklore music and she sings a lot.

David is a Duplo Lego expert. He also completed his first 100 piece puzzle almost all by himself. I don't know why the pictures are crooked, they show up the right way on Picasa bit aren't when I put them up here.

Little Road Trip, 2010 January

WE TOOK A FAMILY ROAD TRIP AND MET SOME GREAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO SEE IT IN A BIGGER SCALE.

THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR LETTING US VISIT, AND STARTING THE NEW YEAR WITH LOTS OF FUN!!!

WE HAD LOTS OF FUN AT THE TEMPLE AND AT YOU HOMES AND IN THE SMITHSONIANS.

WE SAW THE NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM, THE AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM, THE INDIGINOUS MUSEUM, AND THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE HAD GREAT DINNERS AND BREAKFASTS WITH THE WISE FAMILY. ALBERTO GOT SOME QUALITY BOYS NIGHTS OUT. THE SATENIAS IN LUZMILDAS RESTARAUNT WERE REALLY GOOD AND WE ALSO ENJOYED THE CHARQUE WE ORDERED TO GO AND WE ATE AT 5AM ON THE WAY HOME. DAVID AND ELIZA TURNED OUT TO BE REALLY GOOD DANCERS. REALLY CUTE TOGETHER.

Washington DC Temple

WHOA! US MISILES!!! AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

RUSSIAN SPACE SUIT

A COOL HEAT CENSORED CAMERA ALBERTO IS ON THE LEFT. DAVID CENTER BOTTOM

NEAT PRETTY BIBLES WITH NATIVE AMERICAN BEADING

QUECHUAN

INDIGENOUS RACIAL PROFILING IN THE US.

THE DIABLADA MASK, FROM BOLIVIA

THE BOATS MADE OUR OF STRAW FROM LAKE TITICACA

WASHINGTON DC TEMPLE

WASHINGTON DC TEMPLE

ISABEL IN THE OLDEN DAYS...

THIS TRAIN USE TO GO THROUGH UTAH. THIS IS IN THE AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM.

ALBERTOSAURUS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM ... I DIDN'T KNOW ALBERTO HAD A DINOSAUR WITH HIS NAME... LUCKY

ALBERTOS COUSINS

TIA LULA Y TITA

CUTIE PIES ELIZA AND DAVID, A CUTE COUPLE

A STUFFED TARATULA, BUT WE GOT A DEMONSTRATION TOO WITH THE REAL THING.

NUESTRA CHARLA EN LA MEDIANOCHE!!!

TIOS Y PRIMOS GALORE!

CUTE COUPLE!!! FAMILY PICTURE AT THE VISITORS CENTER IN THE TEMPLE

THE LENSE MUST HAVE BEEN DURTY ON THIS ONE, BUMMER. OUR GREAT BREAKFASTS AND HOUSING THANKS TO THE WISE FAMILY, IN ARLINGTON, VA.

DAVID LOOKS JUST LIKE THE MASK ON HIS RIGHT.

INTERESTING POVERTY RATES

THE WHOLE FAMILY, THE TEMPLE.
I LEARNED SOME GREAT ROBBING TECHNIQUES IN THE MUSEUM.

THIS GUY WANTED TO SELL ALBERTO SOME CERAMIC SAUSAGES FOR 10 DOLLARS, THEY REALLY KNOW HOW TO STIFF YOU IN DC.

THEY HAD GIANT GRASS IN THE NATURAL MUSEUM.

I LOVED LOOKING AT ALL THE JEWELRY AND PRECIOUS STONES.