Sunday, February 20, 2011

CON AMOR

We had a chance to take Lincoln and AnJane' to a little town called Tonola to look for some things they needed. The entire town is full of craftsmen selling their beautiful supplies. It is the place every new medical student goes to get everything they need from beautifully hand-carved tables to laundry baskets, for a great price.
We ran across this little modern art studio, in the middle of all the vendors. It had amazing art, as modern as can be, and this One beautiful painting of a little piece of Mexico. We fell in love with the painting and brought it home to serve as a reminder of beautiful Mexico, long after we leave here.
We enjoyed Several valentines parties this year. Starting with one that AnJane' organized as a "desert" party for all of the "wives club" to share a treat and make valentines. The train cake above was a beautiful dessert that my friend Amy took to the party, it looked So good, that no one even touched it until the party was over. I loved the train cake, and Amy said she felt it looked sloppy because she decorated it while holding her 9 month old baby. Wow!! I could not do that while holding a baby!









after that we had a wonderful Carne asada or barbaque with the high priest group in the ward, it was ecspecially nice for Maya was who
loved by all of her Mexican "abuelos," and enjoyed her first taste of Rebecca's famous sugar cookies! (Thanks Rebec)

Los ninos enjoyed some mexican chocolate/marshmellow suckers and cupcakes for valentines day. They gave daddy his favorite butter toffee candies and chupa chups suckers (which the kids quickly ate For him immediately there after), and Kirtlyn helped Thomas pick out a beautiful flower from the flower vendor on the corner, for me. I am defiantly going to plant it and keep enjoying it as long as I can.





The kids enjoyed a little visit from there favorite perro in the coto. Little Thomas says that when this dog grows-up, it will be a horse... so there you have it!! Gotta love that!


And to top it all off, Kirtlyn had a great time hosting her first sleep-over with a friend of hers named Rylie. Yes, they loved looking alike, and staying up late..... while we may not really be ready for anymore sleep-overs any time soon, Kirtlyn just says she loves sleep-overs!!



Monday, February 7, 2011

January, Starts the year off Fine!!


Family Photos













We had a great trip home, spending a little time on the beach in Mazatlan, and enjoying every minute of it with the Hiatt family. Lincoln, Thomas' cousin, his wife AnJane', and daughter Kylee, car pooled home with us, since they got accepted to medical school this semester.



AnJane taking a chance at standing with the kids, and holding Kylee as the waves come rolling in!

Kylee and AnJane
MAYA, KIRTLYN, and KYLEE

Kylee loving Maya


The Hiatt's stayed with us for about three weeks, when they found a wonderful home for their family.

It has a great covered porch..




A nice big front window....


Thomas' and my favorite part, a cozy back porch with a little BBQ grill for entertaining! (LOVE it!)...
A nice size kitchen that is being remodeled...

Beautiful stair-case with a "Harry Potter" cupboard room underneath it.
And a beautiful Master Bedroom, with a great view of the city, large closets, and a cool little desk in the corner for studying, blogging, or whatever might come to mind.










Other than that
we had a pretty normal month..
enjoying the wonderful weather in Guadalajara... now that we are back again.
Hyrum is a "Big-Kid-Now," with at least a yards worth of gum-balls for bribing, (Thanks Joel and Stephanie) he can now wear his underoos all day and all night.







and Maya just enjoying a little time with Daddy.
and Thomas has made every effort to ease the work load at home, one of the things he has done, is create a Great, CHORE CHART (including chores like making the bed, turning off lights, and Doing Homework:)
These are the prizes they picked out at the dollar store... leave it to my kids to pick only practical prizes:)
jewelry box
Hulk tooth-brush
a little Umbrella

AND to keep things rolling along, YES

Maya started Rolling!