13 | July | 2006 | THE RAMOS FAMILY

Yesterday, our family came back from a two week vacation* to
California. We had so much fun and we were reluctant to
leave! The first weekend, we went to Justin McNeilus and
Stephanie Jaeger’s wedding up by Sacramento. It was very
beautiful and all of the Adventist super stars were there. Israel
kept asking me to take pictures while he made funny faces behind them,
but I resisted. It was really weird because we left the baby with
Israel’s parents and we had never been away from the baby that
long! I took along my trusty pump and took the 7-8 hour road trip
both ways. It was a nice time for Israel and me to be alone and
spend time together. It had been a while. Four months to be
precise. We hung out with Chester, Dr. Mike, the Parkers,
and Dr. Pipim. Remind Israel to tell you guys about the “short”
Sabbath hike with Mike…
After that weekend, we made a few trips to Loma Linda and were able to
visit with my bro and sis, my cousins Angie & Ted, and it was also
a nice surprise to see my cousin Julius and his family. They were
visiting southern Cal. Most of the time, we just chilled at
Israel’s parents’ house.
Something Exciting Happened on the Afternoon of July 9th, 2006!!
We were hanging out at the house…I was sorting papers, Israel was
checking email (taking a break from watching Emeril Live), Israel’s mom
was outside holding the baby…when we felt an EARTHQUAKE!! It
was my first time (and obviously the baby’s too)! At first, I
thought someone had dropped something really heavy on the ground- (I
don’t know, like a refridgerator, for instance). The whole house
just shook! Evelyn said it was like a 3.5 on the richter
scale. That was pretty exciting.
Anyhow, here are some pictures that we took with the family. There are more that I’ll try to post later.

*This vacation was made possible by the kindness, generosity, and
patience of Alanna Knapp who so willingly watched our zoo back
home. Thanks so much, Alanna!!!

The baby has found his thumb and sucks away until he falls asleep…