7 de Setembro Parade

Dallin on the Governor's reviewing stand (Palanque) with an officer's sword.

Just plain cool, swords and uniforms!

Cordon Family with Governor and Mrs. Beto Richa on the Palanque.

Dallin resolving issues of national concern.

This is a colonel and his daughter that we met last year during the parade.  We really enjoyed their company.  I gave him a pin of the Curitiba Temple.

No Water at Home!!

The apartment complex has a water problem and we awoke to no water for showers or the toilets.  This appears to be a problem that will take some time to fix.  This is our water supply arriving to aleviate the problem.  It looks like I have my hand on the pump ready to chip in.  Always willing to help.

Winter in Brazil, Really?

Mom and Dallin hanging at the beach!

We love you too mom!

Captain America has nothing on me!

Monkey

Frisbee + waves  = Happy Family!

Dallin didn't have school today so we loaded up the car and headed to the beach at Caioba.  Temperature was about 90 degrees and there were probably another 10-15 people there.  We basically had the beach to ourselves which was awesome.  The others might have been scared off by our very white bodies but that is ok.  Dallin have never flown a kite so we picked one up at Sam's Club and he had great success on his first try.

The Jovem Visits the Countryside of Campos Gerais!

We delivered some new beds to our elders in Ponta Grossa today and then had some extra time to drive out into the countryside.  Brasil is one beautiful country!!  There are surprises around each and every corner.

The Jovem Returns!!!

Dallin arrived home today from the US.  It was great to get him home after nearly 6 weeks outside of Brasil.  He had a great time at EFY, OFY, and E-I-E-I-O.  Nice to have some noise back in the house.

Bonnie's Cooking Class

Bonnie had the opportunity to learn how to make Pao de Queijo at Mel Triumfo's home today.  I am glad that she was so adventurous so that I could eat them.  Wow!  Good stuff!

Visit to Castrolanda

We visited Castrolanda today, which is a colony settled 60 years ago by Dutch immigrants.  For the 50th anniversary of the colony, they built a huge windmill, the 7th largest in the world.  Janine Groenwold, a dear friend from Curitiba who grew up here gave us a fantastic tour of this wonderful little European gem tucked away in the farmlands of Parana.