Monday, December 10, 2012

Last Chance

We are moving to Minnesota in less then a week. Our family is very excited for this new adventure. I am also a very sad to be leaving my sister. Even though she lives in Texas it was nice to have her that close. I feel like I spent 5 years wishing to be closer to family. Once I got my sis close I move away. :(  On a good note my in-laws will only be three hours away from our new place in Minnesota. Since we are moving I knew this   weekend was my last chance to go visit my sis at her house in Texas. I decided to live on the edge and take on the  6 hour car ride alone with my two kiddies. Those that know me know I hate driving long distances and I have a very bad sense of direction. I have never dared to go on long car  rides without a companion. So this was a big thing for me. I am very happy I decided to go. It was a great visit. I enjoyed her holiday decorations and tree ( we will be able to enjoy it at our house). We saw where  Beckie works and Marques goes to school. We saw Santa and watched a movie at the Park. We enjoyed dinner together and played around a lot. My kids love their Uncle Marques and Aunt Beckie so much. It was the best way to spend our last weekend in the South. 



Bonding time

Dinner 

Feeding the Turtles


Nap time. Ana loves Marques.

Sweeping the deck.

Raking the leaves.

Rudolph 

Santa

Thanksgiving and More

We had a great Thanksgiving. My parents, my sister and her husband all came to our house to celebrate Thanksgiving and My birthday. My parents spoiled me for my birthday. They took me shopping for clothes, bought me a purse and took me to dinner. It had been along time since I got to go shopping with my mom and dad. It was wonderful. My dad picked the clothes and I tried them on.  I have really loved being able to have my family over to my house for Holidays and events. Memories I will always hold close to my heart.  After Thanksgiving my parents went to Texas with my sister. Anthony and I shipped our kids to a friends and headed to Mexico.
Mexico was great as always. I got sick and had to be really careful about what and when I ate. Despite that we still did all we had planned to do. I can now say I have done something that scared me to death! My favorite part of the trip was seeing the Mayan ruins in  Coba and Tulum. Our tour guide was a convert to the church. He is an archeologist and has helped in discovering pieces and history of the people in Mexico. His knowledge of the history and the scriptures was incredible. He showed us how the Mayan people related to the writings in the book of mormon. My testimony of the Book of Mormon and the church grew. As our tour guide Carlos would say. "I believe the people that built these pyramids and temples are the same people we read about in the Book of Mormon. And I can prove it!" I am grateful for the work and knowledge of this gospel and the opportunity I had to strengthen my testimony of it.

Rio Knew who to sit by when we were eating.

Early Christmas



The Boys ready to go golfing.
My Birthday Dinner!


MEXICO
Church building
one of the most uplifting and spiritual meetings I have ever been to.
Playa De Carmen

Anthony golfing, He went three times!
Dinner and a show! I could get use to this.


The Ruins
Coba
Coba: the game created after the legend of the Sun God.


Coba temple. It was a lot harder to climb then it looks.

This is a Cenote. A sink hole with exposed rock.
We swam in this centoe and jumped off a 20ft ledge. I was so scared I cried, but I still jumped .
Anthony making the Cenote jump!

Tulum


The beautiful flowers left in our room.