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 Emi and Greg's Family 2009!

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Bulgaria

Mina's birthday party in our village house in Krupnik in March.

Haifa, Israel

In April we went for a short visit to the Bahá’í World Center in Haifa, Israel.
Shown here is the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, the world governing body of the Bahá’í Faith.

The Center for the Study of the Texts, the Archives Building,
and Greg meeting with one of the staff members, Dr. Allan Waters.

The Mansion of Bahji, where Bahá’u’lláh passed His last years.

On the Terraces above the Shrine of the Báb.

The Shrine of the Báb at night.

Back in Bulgaria

A farewell gathering of the twin's school class, in May.

Joyce and Mina singing at an outdoor festival, early June.

 
In the mountains near Devin, and at springs near Bankso, with Greg's brother Arthur, in June.

California in July

 
In Oakland, California, with Greg's daughter Carrie and her twins Cami and Mica (in background).
Emi's cousin Milen travelled with us to California.

At the beach near our rented house in Pebble Beach.

In Carmel with Emi's cousin Mitko, visiting from Virginia.

 


At Point Lobos State Park.
Harbor seals were sunning themselves on the rocks, and the "Indian paintbrush" wild flowers were blooming.

At the Carmel Beach on a cloudy day.

 
Enjoying the Pebble Beach coastline, and the twins getting a tennis lesson.

 
Greg attending a reunion of his high school classmates in Berkeley.

At the Boardwalk amusement park in Santa Cruz.

Cormorants resting, pelicans flying, and the lighthouse, Santa Cruz.

 
Whaler's Cove under the fog, and a small shark in the water, Point Lobos.

 

At Chinaman Cove, Point Lobos, with Greg's son Ian and grandson Gabe, visiting from Chicago.

Out for a game of tennis in Carmel Valley.

Come on, get up girls!

A visit to the harbor in Monterey, and to the Aquarium with its famous jellyfish.

In Yosemite National Park, a view of Half Dome.

Near Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite.

The hike to May Lake, and the girls dipping in the lake.

Evening views from the ridge overlooking the May Lake camp.

Climbing 10,850 ft. (3,300 meter) Mt. Hoffman.
Gregory, Emi and Milen made it to the top, where they found a curious Marmot.

Leaving May Lake.

Leaving Yosemite, with a view of Yosemite Valley.

Mom getting a hug at Moss Landing, and a visit to Greg's daughter Carrie and her girls Mica and Cami in Oakland.

Utah and Arizona

 
A herd of buffalo, and the local scenery, outside Zion National Park, Utah, early August.

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

Roadside scenery, and driving the wide open spaces of the Southwest.

The beginnings of the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

At the Grand Canyon.

 Back in Bulgaria

While we were travelling, Emi's mother Lubovka celebrated her 70th birthday with relatives and friends.

An outing with friends to the Rila Seven Lakes, in August.

Some seaside vacation at Elenite on the Black Sea Coast north of Burgas, in September.

A visit to Bahá’í friends in Tervel on the way back.

The first day of school.

Joyce at a relative's wedding.

Our new dog Liska, and the bees, in Krupnik.

Back at Vlas on the Black Sea Coast, where we bought a vacation apartment, in November.

A walk in the fields below Krupnik, November.

The twins' birthday party for their classmates (both last year's and from their new school), December.

Emi's parents celebrated their 50th Anniversary!