Monday, April 16, 2007

What's This?!

You're probably thinking that it's about time to update this blog, huh? Okay, okay, I'll do it ;) But don't laugh okay?

Garrett and I gave into the "do it yourself at home" workout regime that most of our friends would call cheating :) Even Mom says, "The Lord gave us land to work with, and that would be great exercise if that's what we wanted! There's plenty of work out there that would be great for your body!" Well, that's just not very appealing for two ex-city slickers like ourselves. So we decided to try this...





Boring, huh?



Not really!



It's hard to exercise when somebody makes you laugh all the time!



Well, maybe one day we'll be good enough to make a video like "ok go" ;)









Then again, maybe not :)

I'll post again as soon as more crazy happenings occur in the Valdivia household!


Tuesday, April 3, 2007

We're Home

Well, we're home! We arrived on Monday, the 19th of March, and we are so glad to be home with the guys! It took a few days to get everything back in order and settle in, but we were just so happy to be home.


On Saturday (the 24th of March) we went down to Fresno to pick up a friend of ours that was going to stay with us for a week. So we took care of our Fresno shopping trip while we waited for her bus to pull in at the Greyhound bus station in Downtown. We were happy to have her with us for a week, and she was happy to take a break and relax in the mountains :)

We held Sunday's gathering here (on the 25th), which was very nice. We got to see all our Oakhurstian friends again with their beautiful smiling faces to greet us. Our friend was very happy to take part in our love feast and worship.

I'm sorry we hadn't had the chance to update you sooner on what's goin' on up here, but this is really the first week we've gotten things back to order and back to our "old" schedule. So, I hope you enjoy the following pictures that were taken from Diana's visit and also from our "family getaway" to Yosemite on the 1st.






Here's our first night with Diana! A toast for a great week of relaxation and meditation on our Lord and Savior.





There's Mom and Diana in Yosemite!





A look at Yosemite... neat clouds, huh?





Bridalveil Rainbow Falls :)





Tenaya Lodge in the snow...





This was our "family getaway to Yosemite day" and we decided to take the 140 instead of the 41 this time as a change of scenery... and it definitely was!





Isn't it perty? ;)





Mom took my Grandma on that road (that is currently hidden by the landslide) just last May; just a week before it toppled on down!





Isn't that awesome?!





We were priviledged with a sighting of the mysterious creature that's been roaming around Yosemite lately. It seems to like to spend it's time rock hopping...




There have been no reports of violent activity coming from this creature, but we have noticed it seemed to have been quite tame at times, and if you get too close to it, it wraps it's arms about you in what seems to be an embrace. We'll give you more updates on this creature when more reports of it's activities come in.





Our modern day Rocky...





We found a really cool spot underneath the Cascade Falls along the 140 where no one else was (at the time). The temperature difference was huge. On a hot day, that would be the place to be!





Last night we were blessed to spend quality time with the Shaws over dinner and fellowship. Their new arrival, Lilly Joy, is so cute and precious! It's been such a blessing to know them.



I'll keep you up to date as new events take place in our humble abode :)
Thanks for looking!