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For the first months of 2004 we were staying with Greg's
mother Joyce in Carmel, California.
In January we had a visit from Greg's daughter Carrie and her twins Cami and
Mica, and Greg's son Ian with his fiancée
Stephanie.
A school trip in January to see the whales off the California coast,
with a view of Carmel from the sea.
A walk in the woods, with a view towards Grandma Joyce's house.
The kids loved the nearby Dennis the Menace playground.
With Grandma Joyce in her living room, and going for a walk in a park in Carmel
Valley.
Emi's parents at the Carmel Beach. Emi's mom is the figure
in purple in the middle of the picture on the right.
Greg's twin grandchildren Cami and Mica came to visit in February. They
loved the Carmel Beach too.
Trips in February to scenic Point Lobos state park near Grandma Joyce's house.
The girls started ballet and tap-dance lessons in Carmel in March.
At the Carmel Beach and a Carmel Valley park in March.
A visit in March to Point Lobos state park with our Malagasy friend Fanja
who is studying at Cornell. The shiny green plant is poison oak.
Mina's fourth birthday (21 March) at Grandma Joyce's. Greg's father Arthur
and his wife Betsy joined us.
Greg's brother Roger came for a quick visit in March when we had to leave
the house for termite treatment. Grandma Joyce and Roger both like
reading.
The kids climbing oak trees in Grandma Joyce's back yard.
Flying kites on the Carmel Beach in April.
Putting the kids to sleep....
Enjoying the parks in Carmel, April 2004.
Back in Bulgaria, Mina in our apartment,
and a walk in the park with friends, including a very unusual
clear sky double rainbow, June 2004.
Celebrating Greg's birthday with relatives in our apartment in Blagoevgrad.
A trip in July with other Bulgarian Bahá'ís
to visit a Bahá'í
holy place in Edirne in Turkey.
The girls trying on their custom-made dresses
for the wedding of Greg's older son Ian.
A fishing trip with Emi's brother Georgi and sister-in-law Maria in July.
A hike with Emi's cousin in the Pirin mountains near Blagoevgrad in July.
Starting work on our new house in Emi's home village of Krupnik
near Blagoevgrad, and a celebration with the workers, August.
The wedding of Greg's son Ian and Stephanie in South Dakota in August;
Ian with his uncle Arthur Dahl.
In Paris on the way back from South Dakota to Bulgaria in August.
A trip to Vratsa, to the north of Sofia, for the Bahá'í
summer school, in August.
A dinner in Blagoevgrad with some of Emi's 15 first cousins
on her mother's side and their families, August.
An outing to the mountains with Emi's Uncle Ivan and family, August.
Laying the cornerstones of our new house in Krupnik, August.
Emi's uncle Ivan is managing the project.
On the hill overlooking Blagoevgrad, in September 2004.
A visit from old friends, Blagoevgrad, September.
The wedding of Greg's nephew Alex (Arthur's son) and Mahalia
in Quebec in September.
On the ferry between Washington State and Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada,
in October, and the view from our motel room on Vancouver Island.
Dressed for Halloween, and playing in the Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey,
California, in October.
Playing in the tree house Greg built in Grandma's back yard, November.
Joyce and Gregory's sixth birthday, with Cami and Mica and with school mates,
December.
On a trip to San Francisco, at the Carmel Beach, and Daddy reading a good night
story, December.
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