Mitchell's visit for Thanksgiving'2010

We had a great time with our wonderful friends, now living just 5 hours away from us...
The Mitchell's came for Thanksgiving and it was one of some many joyful moments we have had with them in the past 7 years...

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We will be heading soon to see them in NC, so more photos to come...

Gustavo's Lego League team moves forward

Gustavo and his team from Fulton Sunshine Academy worked beautifully together in their competition early in December. They have moved forward and will be competing again in the sub-regional level in January.

Here is a video preview of the FSA Lego League Team in all their greatness ;-)

 

 

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And here you can see a bunch of photos...

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More to come in January...

Callaway Gardens

First movie directed by Bernardo... And he did a great job! See for yourselves...

We visited Callaway Gardens during the Labor Day Weekend. It was wonderful, and certainly a place we will return to. For sure we will be back in the spring to see the azalea's in bloom.

We realized that unfortunately the movie on YouTube (below) came out silent, because the music selected by Bernardo generated copyright issues. So, to see the video with the musical part, you need to go here: http://gallery.me.com/waynemoreira/100335.

Pirenópolis - Day 5

And finally our last day visiting Pirenopolis... Definitely a place not to miss... Locals are super nice and the scenery is incredible!

Pirenópolis - Day 5

And finally our last day in Pirenopolis...

Pirenópolis - Day 4

More of our vacation in Brazil... Day 4 in Pirenopolis.

Vacation: back to Rio - Jardim Botânico - Jul 2010

Back to Rio: some more of our beautiful home town. Here is a visit to the Botanical Gardens, which is also the name for the neighborhood of my childhood. This visit was done during the last weekend of the children's vacation in Brazil. (I was already back home!). They had a chance to play with Arthur and 'Juju', son and daughter of Lulu and Venicio (Bernardo's godparents).

Still vacation... Brasília - Jul 2010

As part of the visit to the Center-west of Brazil, we definitely had to visit the nation's capital, which this years completes 50 years old! Brasilia was a contrast to 4 days spent in Pirenopolis, but a very interesting visit.

More Brazilian Cerrado - Pirenópolis - Day 3

Following the previous post, here is our third day in Pirenopolis..

More vacation... Pirenopolis - Days 1 & 2

As promised, more videos from our wonderful trip to Brazil in July. In this post, first two days of our stay in Pirenopolis, GO. A historical city close to Brasilia, in the middle of the beautiful Brazilian 'Cerrado' (somewhat similar to a savanna). Beautiful water fall and lots of trails.

Vacation 2010 # 2 - Visit to Maracana and Lunch at Lagoa

Here is one more nice video... Visit to the Maracana Stadium and then lunch around the Lagoa. Another beautiful day in Rio.


or watch it through YouTube here...

Vacation 2010 - Winter in Ipanema

As most of you know, we were in Brazil during the month of July. We had a wonderful time. Wayne has captured so much, and we will be slowly showing it all to you. Here is a glimpse of what winter in Rio can be like... Yes, be jealous!



Or visit the video on YouTube - here

Jekyll Island - June 2010

Here is the second part of our trip to the coast of GA. First was Savannah, and then Jekyll Island.

We stayed in the Jekyll Island Club Hotel.


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We were for three days in the island, driving back home early on 6/9. It was a great getaway, and we especially enjoyed the 8.5 mile bike ride around the entire island. Just gorgeous!



My presentation took place in the early morning of 6/8, and if you have any patience for that here are the snippets. (But, definitely it is not worth any of your 10 minutes today!)

Trip to Savannah

We had a great trip in June... First stop: Savannah, GA.


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We had been there a year ago, but for those who live in Atlanta, Savannah is always a great getaway. The historical sites, the live oak trees with the Spanish moss, the artsy stores, the pecans and the fudge... It is all very pleasant. And then there is Tybee Island, with the warm waters, the dolphins around and a great jet skiing.



Note #1 to ourselves: the trip on the ferry is not worth the money.
Note #2 to ourselves: need to come back to Tybee Island for more jet skiing with the dolphins.

Memorial Day Weekend 2010

Our Memorial Day Weekend was beautiful!
We went to Blue Ridge, GA...


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And we stayed in an adorable cabin...

The temperature was mild and the flowers all in bloom. We walked up and down several trails, with wonderful trees and waterfalls. That weekend we also had the chance to visit Blue Ridge's Arts Festival, which was a plus.



There is still a lot to do in that area, and we will definitely be back.

Gustavo in his first Musical at Hillside...

Gustavo's school held their Spring big event with a musical called "On the Radio", and it was a huge success. Ms. Lundy deserves big kudos, because the kids really did a great job!

For us obviously, Gustavo was the cutest ever... Here we have a small clip from the full musical, but we will bring other pieces of play later.

Business trip to San Juan in Puerto Rico...

Someone has to do the hard work...

While the snow was coming down in DC and then Atlanta, Christine and I were at work in San Juan. I know what you are all thinking, but we were working, and the pictures below are the total of the few hours on Tuesday, February 9th and then some others before catching the plane on our way back. It is the truth!

Snow again in Atlanta... February 2010

Mais neve em Atlanta... quando mudamos para ca' disseram que veriamos neve a cada 10 anos. Esse e' o terceiro inverno com neve. O suficiente para deixar tudo bonitinho, e derrete rapido o suficiente para nao causar confusao. Melhor assim... Vejam a ultima neve de Fevereiro, a maior que ja tivemos.

More snow in Atlanta... when we moved down here they said we would see snow maybe every 10 years or so. well, this is our third winter here, and we have had snow in every single one of them. This time it actually came down harder. We get enough to make everything look real pretty and melts fast enough to avoid the trouble. This is a video from the last snow fall on February 12, 2010.

Mais videos do fundo do bau'...

Nesse video aqui o Cherry Blosson em DC em torno do Basin... Vovo' vistando, e o Be correndo. Isso deve ter sido ainda em 2001, porque o Guga nem anda direito ainda... Muito fofinho...

Videos antigos do Be...

Ainda revirando o bau, encontramos dois videozinhos do Be. Um dele no parquinho, andando de velocipede...



e outro dele correndo em Kenwood (um bairro perto de onde moravamos em Maryland) todo cheio de cerejeiras, e que visitavamos durante a primavera para ver o florir branco das arvores...

Video antigo do Guga...

Buscando no bau das gravacoes de familia, uma video bem curtinho do Guga, ainda com seus caracois, sentado na cadeirinha alta na nossa primeira casa nos EUA, em Silver Spring... dando adeuzinho e mandado beijinhos... muito fofo!



Agora Guguinha dando alguns passinhos molengos...

Caving expedition...

The Porto-Moreira went caving this past Sunday (1/17) here...

Here is our photogallery...

Enjoy! 

Bernardo with glasses

Bernado just got glasses... he is nearsided, but just for a tiny bit. We got him a frameless pair and I think he looks very handsome, but I'm biased as you all know ;-)

Leo e Mig...

Leonardo e Miguel Miranda nos deram o prazer de ouvir boa musica brasileira. Os dois aqui tocando 'O Ovo' e 'Cochichando'. Do pai a gente ja sabia, mas o Miguel e' com certeza o talento que desperta. Lindo!

Bernardo's recital December 2009

Bernardo tocou novamente no recital de final de ano da Prof. Raisa. Dessa vez, however, the second song was HIS choice, from the film "Spirited Away". The teacher was not that happy about the choice, because it was not a 'real' classical piece... But, hey, one needs to have some pleasure. I think he did a wonderful job!