Oh Say Can You See....

Being an American is such a great priveledge! We hope that you can relate to what we are feeling this 4th. We are grateful to be citizens of such a great country (political issues aside here for a minute) where we enjoy many wonderful freedoms and bounties. We missed our traditional activities in America, Bryan worked until 5 pm, but we were finally able to celebrate with a big bbq at our home. We had close to 50 people come..... where we ate until we were sick! Dang overeating Yanks! It was a great feast of friends!

Little Ulyssa and her "Walow Melon"

Bryan conducting the choir....huh? Must have been prayertime, otherwise that hat would be stuck to his head!Sister Ostler, Izzy and puppies

Our traditional 4th Jello. All the Romanians thought it was funny and were very intrigued by the idea of jello salad. No CoolWhip here, we handmixed some "topping", then had to setup for 4 hours in the fridge.

Olivia, Missionaries (Elder Bigu and Sister Hardy) and Mariana (Our branch president's wife--she is an incredible linguist and an all around incredible person)


Our kind neighbors Elias and Nina. He is a Seaman (ship engineer) she is the sweetest lady, a plant expert...told Lisa she was Sexy! ha ha also says cinnamon will give you the same results. They had us over one night and treated our family like royalty. She always cries when she hugs our girls.Elder Castro and Elias our neighbor, both Navy boys. Other Romanian friends from church

Random shot of someone's plate??Fielding is from Hibbard...Julie, he says he knows you from Highschool. Nice guy
In red T-shirt is Tibi, a one-of-a-kind Romanian from church. As an actor, he really knows how to pump up the fun and likes to include lots of people in his plans. He thinks Ethan is da bomb

Lacey Potter our fun, sweet, crazy friend...Dome Wife, like me! Here's her other half...Troy, He's taken a liking to Olivia and Ulyssa who give him big hugs, he and Bryan are co-captains on this Romanian Project.

Lily, Niku and Lucas...Romanian friends from work. She translates for Dome. Lots of
romanians speak with western accents (vs the British accent)from watching Cartoon Network and Hollywood Movies, I love it. Aren't they a nice looking family?



Izzy prepares for company! She's just coming out of her shyness....ha ha!Our full yard, the party spilled over into every part of the yard and house, we had company until 11:30. So fun, notice there are no pictures of Lisa. She was running circles with the kids and food and camera! We had friends from America, Romania, Italy and Rwanda. Can't think of a better way to celebrate our country's diversity!!!