Mexico

We went to Mexico on April 2nd for a 2 1/2 week vacation. It was so good to get back there and see friends and family. We spent a week in the city of Guadalajara and then a week at the beach. I feel like I am getting know Mexico more and more every time we go. I was so excited to see friends and family and to eat the amazing food and couldn't wait to just relax. When we go Mexico we loose track of the time and what day of the week it is because everything is so laid back over there. One thing about Mexico is no matter how hard you try to stay clean within 5 min you are dirty. They don't have carpet in the houses over there so if you don't wear some type of shoes your feet and legs get dirty within minutes, but the kids love it! When I would give them baths the water would turn out black. It was kind of gross but that's OK we were on vacation.

Rodrigos mom was also married while we were over there. She was married on April 11th to Ricardo Fernandez. They have been together for just about 10 years and have a 7 year old daughter Daniela together. It was great to be there for the celebration. We love them so much and are so happy for them both. Rodrigo and I also got to participate in the ceremony, we walked down the isle and we got to put a rope around them to symbolize something. I don't really know because it was all in Spanish. I am getting better at understanding Spanish but not 100%. Rodrigos family is learning English so between my Spanish and there English we get by pretty good.

After the wedding we all went to beach for the honeymoon. The beach we went to was call Los Angelos Locos. The beach was private and the most beautiful place I have seen besides Cancun. There were activities for the kids and adults every hour. They had swim lessons for kids, water polo, beach volley ball, water aerobics, yoga, dance lessons, horse back riding, boat rides, fishing, etc. We are definitely going to go back next year and stay 7 days instead of 5. We also went on a boat tour through a little jungle area and saw crocodiles. We had a wonderful time and got a good tan.

We did so much but I thought I would share just a few highlights. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Lexi in Curlers

Last Sunday I really wanted Lexi to have nice pretty curly hair for church. I got some sponge curlers and told myself you can do this. Since I never had anyone to practice doing hair on when I was growing up this is a big deal for me. So I got her entire head rolled and I was so proud and excited for the finished result. The curlers had been in for about 45 min and I was getting some lunch ready when Lexi came up the stairs and said Mom look so pretty my hair. I looked up and couldn't believe it, she had pulled every single curler out of her hair. I almost started to cry I was so hurt but got over so quickly that I just started to laugh. We went to church with beautiful straight hair. I hope that one day she will like her hair done.

Walking with Dinosaurs

Yesterday we took Roderick to see Walking with Dinosaurs at the Energy Solutions Arena. What a cool experience. Roderick has been learning about Dinosaurs in Preschool so we thought it would be fun to take him to learn some more and see what they really looked like way back then. The narrator told the audience an amazing story and as he did the Dinosaurs would come walking out and fight it was unbelievable they looked so real. When each one came out Roderick knew there names and what they did. He really liked the long necks and couldn't wait until the T Rex came out. He was the last one to come out. We took some pictures but the lighting wasn't very good so hopefully you can see a little bit of what they looked like.

Sick of being sick....

For the last 6 days both Rodrigo and myself have been very sick with the flu. Today it seems that Lexi and Maya are coming down with the same thing. It is so hard being the mom and being sick as well. I usually don't get sick but this time I seemed to have caught whatever it is. I don't know how us moms seem to do it, when we are sick we still manage to take care of everyone and everything. Thanks to my mom for helping a couple of the days. I hate going to the Dr. because all they usually tell you is there is nothing we can do for you, so we just use our home remedies. Its not working very well but hopefully in the next couple of days we will be feeling better. Its seems to be a vicious circle in my family we just keep passing one thing to the next person.

Christmas Downtown

Our friend Ramon came to visit us once more from Mexico. We were hoping that it would snow while he was here, he has only seen the snow a few times in his whole lifetime. He arrived on Thanksgiving and stayed with us for just about a week. We weren't lucky enough to see snow but we did take him to the very top of Big Cotton Wood canyon to see a little bit of snow. He really enjoyed his stay. We took him downtown to see the lights at Temple Square he couldn't believe how amazing and beautiful it was. The kids also really enjoyed looking at the lights but it was a bit chilly outside. I love going downtown during Christmas it really gives me the Christmas spirit. We also went to the gateway and watched people running through the fountain, they were having a blast but I thought they were crazy!

Enjoying the Weather!

On Saturday we went up to my moms to help out in the yard since she had surgery on her shoulder and my dad wasn't feeling to well. I couldn't believe that I was out racking leaves in December and not feeling cold. It was so nice to have the kids outside playing and taking in the sunshine. We had a good time jumping in the leaves and being with Grandma and Grandpa.