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!

fourth of july

it was great having everyone together for a couple of weeks! we went to long beach, wa for a couple of days....it was great and relaxing to play cards, fly some kites, play in the sand, and watch the fireworks! we also went to the zoo and to the aquarium in seattle. since they were coming up and lisa was in town we also had to celebrate her and Nathan's birthdays!!

fue chivo tener a todos juntos por un par de semanas! fuimos al mar por un par de dias...fue divertido y relajante poder jugar cartas, volar papalotes, jugar en la arena y ver los juegos artificiales.... tambien fuimos al zologico y al acuario en seattle y como ya iban a cumplir y había que aprovechar que lisa estaba alli, también le celebramos los cumpleaños a ella y a mi primo, Nathan

our trip to d.c. in june

we've had a great summer... though very busy! first, we visited our friends gerardo, rita, and beautiful ally in d.c.....
hemos tenido un buen verano.... aunque un poco loco! primero, visitamos a gerardo, rita y a la bella ally en washington d.c.....

visiting the national cathedral...... visitando el catedral nacional

cristy at the lincoln memorial and edwin at the jefferson memorial..... cristy viendo el memorial al presidente lincoln y edwin cerca al memorial para el presidente jefferson

enjoying a meal at the hard rock cafe.... disfrutando un almuerzo en el hard rock cafe

rita and cristy visiting their alma mater (liberty university).... and showing it off to their hubbies..... rita y cristy mostrando la university donde estudiaron (liberty) a sus esposos