Birthday Bash!

Well... we must all grow older.... might as well enjoy it with great friends and good food!! Andy fired up the grill and both birthday boys later thought they'd try their hand at cutting their cakes in style! We had a great time! Thanks to all for coming . . . let's do it again!!

Bueno.... todos nos hacemos mas viejos cada año . . . asi que al menos lo podemos disfrutar con buenos amigos y comida rica! Andy uso su barbacoa para cocinar y después los dos cumpleañeros decidieron tratar de cortar sus pasteles con un nuevo estilo. Tuvimos un super tiempo juntos! Gracias a todos por venir.... ¡¡hagamoslo otra ves!!

children, babies, dear to our heart!!

elizabeth and jonathan








newly arrived!! carter - aug. 14








lauren and ciel (born in july) - tri-cites









growing lucas - in the tri-cities







ally - in d.c.







alejandro, chico, paola, and gabriela - in el salvador

our home

here are some pictures of our apartment and our cat, zidane... :) aqui hay unas fotos de nuestro apartamento y nuestra gata, zidane... :)

trip to leavenworth

our latest adventure.... horsebackriding in leavenworth!! what a blast... paul invited us to share in a family outing... up the mountain... and down again.... and then off to the bavarian town to cool off with some refreshing ice-cream! yummy!

nuestra aventura mas reciente.... montar a caballo en un pueblo aleman llamado leavenworth! fue muy divertido... pablo nos invito a compartir una tarde familiar... subiendo la montaña... de regreso para abajo... y luego a visitar el pueblo aleman para refrescarnos con un sorbete! que rico!

some of edwin's family

just to share.... here are a few pictures of edwin's family...





this first picture is of edwin's older sister, claudia, with her husband, ivan and their two children, alejandro and gabriela




this picture is the only good one so far of edwin's parents... they are in the back... his mom, carmen, has a pinkish shirt on and his dad, efrain, has a brownish shirt. miriam is edwin's cousin and that's her husband, mauro, in green



here is a more recent picture of our niece and nephew (alejandro and gabriela)

edwin as assistant coach

edwin, of course, loves soccer.... so when our friend, Kent, invited him to be his assitant coach.... well, you can see for yourselves how well he resisted

a edwin, por supuesto le encanta el futbol... asi que cuando nuestro amigo, Kent, lo invito a ser su entrenador asistente.... bueno, pueden ver cuanto pudo resistir

Friends from New Covenants

these are special friends from our small group in church called new covenants... we get together every thursday to sing, share from the Bible, eat, and hang out. this summer, though, we also got to gether to play softball, and of course, to eat!
estos son unos amigos especiales de nuestro grupo pequeño en nuestra iglesia que se llama nuevo pactos...nos reunimos cada jueves para cantar, compartir de la Biblia, comer y disfrutar estando juntos. este verano tambien nos reunimos para jugar softbol y por supuesto, para comer!