Renaisance Festival

Yesterday we decided to go check out the Rennaisance Festival in Ogden. The kids rode horses, we watched the knights joust and we observed a lot of interesting people. A lot of people dress up for the occasion and really get into it. I told Rodrigo next year we will definatly have to dress up and play the part and he just laughed at me. It was a good time!

Fishing with Grandpa

This last year my dad decided he wanted to start going fishing again. He loves it so much. So for Christmas he gave the kids fishing stuff. He gave them lessons on how to cast there line into the water and even spent time preparing there tackle boxes with them. Our first fising trip was up to Farmington pond. We had a picnic and then it was off to find the perfect spot. Lexi and Roderick were so excited to go fishing they couldn't stop talking about it all week long. My dad helped prepare everyones line and to our suprise Roderick has a pretty good arm and could cast very well. As soon as he got his line out in the water he was off playing in the dirt. He would come back and check on it every so often. As for Lexi her line didn't get out very far but she didn't care she just sat there and held her pole with lots of pride. We didn't get lucky and catch anything but it sure was fun to be with my dad and share something he loves. We look forward to going again soon. If anyone knows of a good fishing hole be sure to tell us.

Mexico Pictures

So I just about got all the pictures downloaded and posted on my blog and my 2 year old decided to turn my camera off so it lost everything. I will try again when my kids aren't begging for my attention.

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.