Here are some pictures from John in June of 2009. He said that many towns have a sign like this one outside of Botucatu. He is sitting in the middle. He said the cathedral was very impressive.

Buff Orpingtons

We got six new chicks for our backyard. These four are buff orpingtons, a breed that is good for eggs and are very pretty gold color. They will have brown eggs. We also got 2 americanas ( you can see them at the back of the coop), which will have greenish eggs. The black one is the last one left of our original black australorps.

Refugio State Beach

This picture is from our trip in March 2009 to Central California. We are at Refugio State Beach camping. We ate at Jacko's and went to Solvang.

Mt. Baden-Powell

Here are Dan and his friends on top of Mt. Baden-Powell. We climbed it on Saturday, June 20th. It was four miles up, and 3,000 foot gain in altitude. The peak is named after the founder of the Boy Scouts movement. You get a medallion if you climb it and take a picture to the scout office.

Botucatu, Brazil June 2009

Here is a picture John sent us this morning. It is of the area he is working in. You can see cattle, and high rise buildings, and power lines.

Pictures of Dan, Dad and Austin hiking June 2009

Here we are at the t0p of the mountain. The clouds rolled over us on the way down and it was dark and wet. Sofie loved the hike.