Easter, Joshua's B-Day, Turtle vs. Dog

Springbreak Part 4

Final pictures of our cruise. We had a wonderful time with each other and tried many new things. It was fun to watch Marissa and Charles scuba dive for the first time. On Sunday when we were to leave the boat in Galveston we found ourselves in the bay waiting for the fog to lift. We were to get off at 8am but ended up not making it to the car until 6pm that night. So we stayed an extra night in a hotel before heading back home. We were the lucky ones. Many on the boat had missed flights. Then there were the people outside on the sidewalk waiting to board the boat that was suppose to be leaving at the time we were just walking off. Our favorite way to travel is by cruise. Everything is taken care of and you just relax and enjoy.

Spring Break Part 3

Spring Break Part 2

We ate our first dinner at 6pm. The kids loved that it was fancy. When we went back to our room we found an elephant on our beds. Every night the kids were excited to go to bed to see what towel animal we would find for that night. The guy that took care of our rooms started to hangout in the hall so he could hear them laugh. Dad got yelled at by Zach the first night because he pulled the elephant apart. After that we would carefully move the animal to a chair or counter.

The next morning after breakfast the kids went to camp carnival to meet their camp directors and new friends. Marissa's first activity was a scavenger hunt with a camera. They were to find locations and meet crew members in different areas. The kids ended up knowing the boat better than us after the first day. That night was a formal night. Charles, Marissa, Rachel, and I dressed up and had dinner together while the other kids had dinner with their friends at camp. We were sung to by the waiters. They sang "when the moon hits your eye like a big piece of pie...." Marissa and I were singing that the rest of the cruise.

On Tuesday, a sea day, Marissa, Charles and I enjoyed the sun. The rest of the kids had activities such as face painting, bag decorating, ice cream eating contests, and hanging out with Freddy. On Wednesday Charles and I went shopping in Jamaica and tubing down a river. When the boat was getting ready to leave a band came to play us off.

Spring Break Part 1

On Friday, March 27 we locked our doors, sent Lupita to our friends home, and started our journey towards Galveston Texas for our spring break vacation. Our first day was a 9 hour drive from Queretaro Mexico to Brownsville Texas. On Saturday, March 28 we drove the 7 hours from Brownsville to Galveston but along the way we stopped to watch the Blue Angels from our car in NAS Kingsville, TX. It was so awesome to see them.

We stopped on the east side of Houston to see the space center. The kids loved the McDonald's there because of the space suit. It was interesting to learn a little about space and the shuttles at the space center.

The kids did very well on the ride because they couldn't wait to see the cruise ship. We took a cruise out of Galveston on March 28 through April 4. The Carnival cruise has a great camp program for the kids which they really had fun with. The boat left port about 5pm and then we went to dinner. To be continued......

Oops I missed some

I was going through my camera's memory cards and realized that I had missed a lot of things. All these pictures happened in January except Charles Birthday which was in March.

Emmalee, Teacher for the Day

Emmalee was teacher for morning rug time. I got to see her teach and their classroom's morning routine. She did a great job.

Charles and I have an announcement

So, Charles and I have an announcement to make. About four weeks ago we were on our way to church and in a parking lot we saw two puppies. So we stopped to look at them and then silly us decided to take the female. During Sacrament meeting Zach kept saying "She's crying, listen I can hear her." All the kids couldn't settle down for the meeting, they were so excited to go out and play with her.

Lupita, a mini toy french poodle, was born on December 21, 2009. She loves the kids and could careless about me or Charles. She whimpers all day until the kids come home from school. I would pet her and try to play with her but I am not good enough for her. We love her and she has been an interesting surprise for us.

To San Miguel for Icecream

Our day trips are now becoming about Ice cream. The kids like to go because they think they are sure to get some ice cream if they are good. They have fresh fruit Popsicles also, strawberry, coconut, mango, orange, etc... and it will have chunks of the fruit in it. So good, come try one.

Wood Town

I really like this town. I have to laugh cause I never remember its real name, I just call it wood town. So far I have a queen bedroom set, coffee table and end tables and now I have ordered a table with four chairs. After each one we bought Charles will say no more but we can't help ourselves. They make beautiful, solid wood furniture that is hand carved. I like how they will stack everything up in their trucks to transport it to the different stores.

Emmalee's Ocean Report

This year Emmalee learned about the Ocean. This is her class report and songs they learned. She did very good and had a lot of fun.

Tarandacuao

We went to Tarandacuao with our newcomers club to see a shop that makes Javiar Servin pottery. It is my favorite from Mexico. Charles bought me a tea set and many other items. They can be very detailed and are completely hand made. It was very fun to see them make the items. You can stay at one of their two cottages and take classes to learn how to make this. Their grounds are very beautiful and the pieces of the pottery that are not to their standard of quality will be made in waterfountains, stairs, decorative floor, ect... through their shop and gardens.

San Joaquin, again!

Hanging Out!

I forgot to put this on the Puebla trip last post so I will put it here.

Trip to Puebla

We took a weekend trip to Puebla. It is a beautiful city filled with history. Wonderful market streets with artists. We drove to a city next to Puebla called Cholula. It has an amazing pyramid and many smaller ones too. The original one was smaller and built for the god of the rain. They then built over that a much larger one for the god of the sun. When war was coming they covered the whole thing with dirt and planted crops so the enemy would not know it was there. It just looks like a small mountain. It made a fun weekend for us.

Zachary at School

This teacher is a dear friend of ours. She taught Emmalee last year. Zachary will sneak over to Miss Felicia's class and she will have to walk him back to his class. This picture was on the school website.

The Three Kings

We had the Three Kings come to our home on January 6th. In Mexico as well as Spain it is the Three Kings that visit not Santa and they come on January 6th not December 25th. The Kings brought each of the kids a gift. They all loved their presents except Emmalee. While she was opening her gift she noticed the box inside said "High School Musical", unknown to mom only farie and barbie stuff are acceptable. Without even looking to see what it was she started crying and saying she hated that show, which is not true, and that her gift was for Josh and that wasn't fair. The girls continued to open the gift and show her everything but the stubbornness continued. Marissa and Rachel even put the dress up stuff on her. After we left she went and looked at the wig in the mirror and now we can't get it off her head. Emmalee finally decided that she got the best gift.