From the airport, we went straight to Lucas' Aunt Cibele's house in Bragança. It was absolutely beautiful, and a wonderful way to relax and enjoy nature! This part of the trip gave us a lot of time to sit and enjoy God's creation! So magnificent!

There is a small church at the top of this rock. We had planned to make this hike, but unfortunately it rained EVERY day that we were there!

Beautiful view from the water tower. Everything was SO green!

Down by the lake. I love mountains!

The storm is coming....

And we got used to seeing this a LOT!

But, after the storm, it was always beautiful!

View of the main house from the pool house! This place was absolutely amazing!

If you look closely, you can see two Maritacas (A type of parrot) - There was a flock of about 10 of them, but they're hard to see because they are the same color as the trees!

Marcos and I by the 1 mango on the tree!

Luiza and I - I love having a sister! :-)

Beautiful butterfly!

Lucas relaxing by the pool... this can't be comfortable!

Bete, me and Mom - relaxing in the gazebo by the lake.

Waiting out the rain under the umbrella.

Learning to play 5 crowns - One of our favorite games. Mom and dad brought it for Lucas' family.

Bete, Lucas, Dad and Mom - Reading and relaxing... this is the life!

Mom and Luiza solving the problems of the world. :-)

Marcos was telling the bug to stay... I can't say I was too thrilled about this giant black bug...

Self portrait taken by Marcos - We have many of these. He is so hilarious!

Luiza, Mom and Dad - Time to eat! Eating was always a good time!

Marcos and Luiza walked down the road a ways to get some better pictures. Beautiful!

Eating again... I was excited about having so much FRESH salad! Notice that Lucas has nothing green on his plate!

Waiting out the rain... again...

Pool and Pool house.

We have many pictures of this nest from a João de barro (John of the Mud). You will probably have to blow the picture up to see it.

Dad, Mom and I - We were playing volleyball over the pool! Notice all the water on the ground. It was of course raining...

Mom - Taking pictures of all of the fruit trees.

Front of the house

Mom and Bete - On top of the water tower. Lucas on the water tower.

Lucas and Dad were having camera flashing wars in the dark... Silly boys... Well, the pictures don't do it justice, but we had a wonderful time in this beautiful place! I could definitely live there. It's nice being in the middle of nowhere away from everything. The peace and quiet was definitely refreshing! Can't wait to go back!!!