The Christ Statue

A lot of the cities in Brazil have a big statue of Christ, and they are usually located on top of a huge hill overlooking the city's downtown. Some are located at the entrance to the city, but in comparison to this and the one in Rio de Janeiro, they are much smaller.

You can see this statue of Christ from down below in the city. It's really quite cool to think that the statue is there to watch over the city, but we all know He is always watching over us and we don't need a statue to remember this by.

The awesome view you can see from the statue.

Well would you look at that! He isn't just looking at the view, but he is searching for his wife. Let's see if he can spot her...

Blimey, there she is! Let's see if he was able to find her too!

Awww, look how cute. They found each other on top of the world!

But, look, he wasn't the only one looking for something...

You thought the "Thinker" statue was good, how about the thinker/searcher man on his quest for happiness.

After searching for so long, everyone has to get up and stretch sometime... but he can't give up in his quest to find "the one".

Well at least he could see the great statue from where he was... WAIT!! Who is that sitting down below!!??

That's who I thought it was! Let's see if he can make his move and get the girl. It looks like she brought her wing-girl, hopefully she will be on his side!

Would you just look at that!! The guy got the girl and don't they look so happy! Not only are they on top of the world, but their heads are in the clouds too!



P.S. I know I can be kind of a dork, but this just seemed appropriate with the pictures I had to work with, so I will only accept comments with praise for my witty comments and ideas. HAHA.

Serra Negra

Welcome to Serra Negra!!

Here's the map of the city with all the attractions. The green area in the middle is where the Christ statue is. Pictures for it are in another post.

This is our cute little house that we stayed in. Yeah it's pink, and the doors are green, but you have to admit that they are cute little apartments.

They even have a little cute pool and when we got there we were the only ones there! They even had an awesome breakfast every morning with fruit and stuff with the great view...

I definitely had to take advantage of the hammock, because they are so relaxing, especially when it's lightly raining.

My death pose for the picture.

The cute couple as they prepared for our adventure for the day.

The next two pictures are awesome. If you notice, we decided to make faces in separate pictures. Just prepare yourself, you're probably going to laugh.

Churrascaria Party

When I got back to Ribeirao Preto where Gabi's parents live, there was a young couple getting married and we went to their reception. It was at an awesome Churrascaria (Brazilian Bar-b-que) that they rented for their special occasion.

Here is cute little us while we were waiting for the party to begin.

Gabi's cute little parents getting ready for the action.

Here I am with "my bishop" and his wife. He was the bishop of the ward when Gabi and her parents were baptized and actually my favorite bishop. He is still young at heart and will always be a great friend.

Our first stop in Brazil was to go to Sao Jose do Rio Preto to go and see Jorge and Edna.
They took us to the park downtown that has a little lake and is quite the hangout area. We took advantage of the beautiful scenery and took our picture together.

Gabi, Bryan, Edna, and Jorge

This is mans encounter with the wild. A closer picture of the capivara is next, don't worry it's cute.

Planting our tropical plants

Bryan digging a hole.

Bryan planting his trees.

A close up of Bryan helping the tree so it can grow straighter.

The 4 tropical plants when they were planted, and Bryan's shadow.

Bryan and his new shirt (the L at the end is hidden).

Our newest family members!

Heres' a picture of Abigail Lily Williams, isn't she so cute!

Hey I gotta get in my practice somewhere!!

Little Perry Nolan Anderson came all the way down from Idaho to come and say hi to us! He has the cutest smile, and the funniest laugh as you'll soon find out!

Gabi was trying to teach him how to read, but he was more interested in the toy.

He always wants to know what is going on around him, especially when it's a camera taking his picture.

But he can only take so much before he has to stick something in his mouth. Yummy, farm animals!

Gabi captured this awesome picture of the little ones getting to know each other.


Perry and his laugh!!

Our 1 year anniversary!!!!

If I look sad it's because of the bright sun coming through the clouds. But it is definitely a happy day for both of us!

A picture to prove that we were at the temple on our special day!

A nice lady that was passing by offered to take pictures for us, don't we look great!

We still need some more practice, but this will do for now.

And one to show our good side.