The Lopes Family: July 2011

Utah Trip - Part Two

On the Forth of July, we had dinner at Clarisse's home with Daniel's family. Then we went to watch the fireworks in Taylorsville. Vivi did great with all the noise. She just snuggled with me the entire time.

Elisa and I showing off our strawberry noses!

Clarisse with Scott - picking his nose (ewww)

Daniel and Jonah (his nephew - or "mini me")

Seriously - is this not a little Daniel?!? (Compare this picture with the one above!)

Vivi with Tia Clarisse and cousin Jonah

Daniel and his siblings got together to take pictures the night before we left. It was a quick, spare-of-the-moment photo shoot. Props were quickly identified and used.

Here are Daniel and Gabriel using a variety of objects found in Elisa's home!

Not sure what's going on here, but I think Daniel is trying to get his sisters (Elisa and Clarisse) to say something and they started laughing!

Here's the nice shot of Gabriel, Elisa, Daniel and Clarisse

Thanks for a wonderful time! We miss you already!

Forth of July in Utah

We decided to surprise Daniel's family in Utah and visit them for the 4th. It turned out to be a really great surprise! We had a wonderful time with family and everyone fell in love with Vivi!

Here are a bunch of the pictures we took!

Vivi did great for the drive. She slept most of the way.
This is basically how she looked the entire time!

Lamas! (Daniel had to stop to take the picture!)

A beautiful view!

This is the Jordan River Temple, where we were sealed!

Love this outfit!

We went to my sister-in-law's sister's home on Sunday to start celebrating the 4th of July a little early. The kids had a great time playing together. Then we set off and watched fireworks right in front of the house.

Zac and Ela (my nephew and niece)

Corben (my nephew) with Vivi

(She really does like him!)

Amanda (my sister-in-law) with Vivi. Every time I saw her, she'd say, "Okay, She's too cute.
I have to hold her now." :)

Vivi looking groovy

Smiles

Daniel took these pictures of Vivi!
She is starting to socialize more and is interacting so much!
We love her smiles and we'll do just about anything to get one! :)

Vivianni's Baby Blessing

Vivianni was blessed by her father on Saturday, July 9th at her Grandparent Cox's home. She had many aunts, uncles, and cousins there to celebrate this special occasion! All of her mother's siblings and in-laws were there!
That made for a very full house!

Before the blessing, we sang Love At Home, with Grandpa Cox conducting. Then Vovo Dago gave the opening prayer. After this her father blessed her and gave her a name (Vivianni Lopes) with many others participating (Grandpas: Cox and Lopes; Uncles: Jared, Brent, Phil, Jeff, Max; Cousins: Jorgen; In-laws: Mike, Timo, Ben) That's 12 wonderful priesthood holders! What a special feeling there was in the room!