despedida

our farewell cake and snackies

suzi with an I

suzi and seanie boy

some less-than-focused shots...our special camera, god bless it.

left: you have no idea how long i was closing my eyes... | right: randomjo says: "GMA wants you!" sam and anna say: "oy, tol! beer na tayo!"

jo and maDOnna

left: does this need a description? | right: good eats some random "action" shots left: little chanchina | right: chanchai and christina (hiding) uhh, yeah...just taking pictures of my so-not-anna kikay shoes...

my little mexicans...

when dreams come true...

Dava's long been dreaming about making like everything Uncle Jim or Cherub says about giving toys away to "someone else might really need and appreciate them". So, in our packing to go to South Africa, we went through her toys which she would want to give away. She was so excited, and eagerly anticipated her next trip to the PGH to see her friends and give them her toys...

This is Dava's favorite friend at the PGH, Angela. On the left is a recent picture (just before we're about to leave to South Africa), and on the right is a picture from about 2 years ago (just before we were about to leave to Thailand).

oink oink oink

pesos won't do us much good (or go very far) in south africa (or any other country for that matter)...so, before we go, we break open dava's piggy bank...

dava, waiting patiently, while daddy pries open the fat pink piggy

would you look ya that? m-o-n-e-y-!

the rich fools

enough excitement for one [family time]

wake-up time doodles

she had just woken up and was drawing in a book. mommy sometimes has a hard time obeying the "draw on paper only" rule.

of water and bodysuits

here we have a couple of little squatter orphans playing out in our yard...littlest squatter comes up in shorts 500 sizes too big, so it was a full bodysuit ("she needed a towel," tiago said)

2 + 1 = 3

so, here's dava,
having some quality time
with the baby...

but, of course,
liney has to get in on the action.

[enter jim carey:]
here she comes to wreck the daaaay!

and there she's goes.

mommy must needs drop the camera,
and rescue the baby.

the end.

when david becomes goliath...

hiiiya! i am ninja

keeping tabs on daddy

"you ain't goin' nowhere..."