Rachel & Feliciano

Here are the first shots of Aedan. Sorry some of them are from the phone. But hey, they are still pictures. I'll add some more video to these later. Click here to see more.

Born April 21, 2009, 6lbs 9.8oz, 19inches.

One of the pictures is a video in case you missed it you can see it here.

few minutes before ammons baptismal meeting this picture was taken by manoels new, but now broken camera. there are a couple of pictures with the family, or just manoel and ammon, some of everybody eating. i guess you can even see how much everybody grew in eight years!

Most of you got these emailed to you. But I thought it would be nice to have a them online as well.

Here ya go... (by the way, we are looking for more!)

click to see slideshow->

Here are a few pictures of all those who have good wishes and admiration for Justin as he enters the MTC.
We had a lovely family Home evening in Rosanna and Pedro's house. Marilee and her girls sang "Sweet is the work" with their beautiful voices blending wonderfully. That set me up to teach the lesson on fear faith and the spirit. Justy is such a good example of humility, like Mike, that it was easy to show how being filled with charity will make them fearless as he enters into the unknown, possibly fearful, work of teaching the gospel. It was also easy to show by his example that remission of sins brings the gift of the Holy Ghost which in turns gives the gift of charity. In that audience it was natural to testify of the invitation of the the savior for all, no matter their transgressions, to come to him and become clean. We had a nice outpouring of the spirit.
Amazingly the member of the Mission Presidency who came to set Justy apart was our Mission President when we were in the Rochester Mission. That made his setting apart very special. Interesting how the Lord blesses us continually.

Another awesome family member entering the mission field. The fourth from our extended family to serve in Japan.
Looking good Justin!

For my birthday Mom and Dad included a CD from the Silva's. I have put it online for your viewing pleasure. It was so fun to see the videos and realize how perfectly we fit together. I would love to sit in the kitchen quoting movies and eating those yummy looking beans and rice.

Thanks for the tours of the rooms by Manoel and Eliane and Rachel. They were great. And Ammon gives the best tree tours around.

I just uploaded it all and it turns out the videos are pretty big...so you have to be patient while they load, but when they do they are worth it!

Thanks again!

Here are the photos and movies

Here are some pictures of Brett entering the MTC (thanks grandpa!)

We found this while looking for wedding video pictures of Rebecca. Can you name each of them?
-Richard

Brett brought some pictures of his family back with him. Here is the serious pose...

Here are some pictures from October. Click to view individuals.

You get to read it yourself! It arrived this afternoon and we read it to Brett over the phone. Very exciting and very blessed!
Brett - Here is the entire packet scanned for your viewing pleasure.

Here are some pictures we took on the return trip. Click on the picture to see them.

Ok, based on everyone's input, we are scheduled for this Friday the 16th. If you want to be in the temple at the exact same time as Mom & Dad, be there at the times listed in the graphic. There is one exception to that and that is Tokyo. You would need to be in the temple at 10:30 PM which I assume is too late (unless you are on the janitorial crew).
So this goes for everyone: if you can be there at the times listed, great! If you can't, just being in the temple on the same day is a great thing, especially if we are unified in our faith and prayers.
To that end, Dad suggested that we all focus our faith and prayers on that day to blessing the lives of the members of our family that won't be participating with us. There is great power in unity, faith and prayers focused on righteous desires.
I am grateful to be unified with such a great group of people and look forward to a wonderful experience this Friday. See you in the Lord's House!

What can I say? McKay gave himself a swirlie!