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…
Imanuel Alexander met Abuelo for the first time! Can you see the excitement?!
Dinner with the Nams & Namms (& Ramoses). Yum, Thai food. 
Baby and Tio Juan
Three generations – Ramoses
Farewell breakfast cooked and prepared by the crazy girl with the
omelette hanging out her mouth. Israel and his bro stare in
disbelief…
Baby loves Abuelo!
This post was torturous. Not only did you make mention of Adventist superstars and not include me — no, seriously, I’m not about hero worship, but you could have at least put a nice little asterisk w/ a footnote “Kendra S. Lee not present so could not be included” — but you are KILLING me with these pictures of my little Manny Ramosito. He has gotten at least 3.5 times cuter since I met him. Oh, my word! He looks so playful and jocund. Obviously, a new set of grandparents was just the thing he needed 🙂 Judy, I still cannot believe that big baby came out of wee little you…
cute picts… sounds like a fun time. next time make sure you take picts of israel making fun of sda bigwigs…
anyone born in cali or even lives there now, don’t get phased by Earthquakes unless it goes in the 5’s. i remember waking up under a table, cause there was an EQ and my dad put me there. very adorable pics! he’s adorable…guess he takes after the Mother! ha!peace,
it was fun times. i’m glad imanuel likes me. a few more visits and i’ll turn him into a superstar athlete with a 40 inch vertical. israel, it was very kind of you to let your wife beat us in basketball. i now understand the true meaning of grace. judy, you still have the touch with that jump shot!
HAHAHAHA…ooh but i AM a thesarooios!poohahah oh joodypoody.i saw your husband the other day.. ;P he he he.hope alls is wells mrs. mom. come out to the ole’ dkay church and play soon dude! your like extinct 🙁
and your dog smells. like crap.OOOOOOoooo BURNED. (got you back for the ‘thesaurus’ diss. how mature.)
man, i wish we’d have exciting things happen like that in michigan. i remember feeling an earthquake in Arkansas once. probably like a .5. well, i’m glad you guys had a good vacation. and, i think that after all my experiences here in dallas, i don’t want to have any kids of my own! cause i’d need way more than a 7-8 hour road trip away to recover from the stress.
heya judy, was good to have you guys over during your visit! young imanuel looks like he’s gonna grow up to be a strapping young lad 😉 and don’t worry about booger, he just freaks out whenever there’s too many people over – doesn’t have anything to do with you in particular hehe
No pics of Abuela? Imanuel is simply adorable.
wow~ i’m glad you guys were able to have a break =) sounds like u guys had fun ^^and do even need to mention that i’m in love with “the Baby” after only the first meeting? =) it was so very good to see you!!! altho ‘twuz only for like 5 minutes T.T btw, the earthquake experience musta been pretty cool. yeah we had an earthquake here in GA of around 4.0 or 4.5 or something and ppl thought the world was coming to an end. haha
Hi! I love looking at all your pictures. You have some very beautiful pictures of the baby. He is adorable. He just melts my heart. You guys must be very proud. I hope to be able to meet him some day. Maybe he and Andy will be friends someday…maybe graduate from OHA together!