Happenings...

We had Davids mother, Aunt, Uncle and Grandfather over for dinner. It was the first time his Aunt, Uncle and Grandfather had been to our apartment since we moved in. It was a really nice evening...Davids Grandfather even got him to play the piano for us.

AUGUST 2, 2009: We celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary!

David made me a beautiful meal and we spent the day together. He´s a great husband...and actually a really good cook!!

The weekend before David and I headed to the States we went down to Valencia with Julia to visit Davids little sister Miriam. We had a nice time seeing the sites, going to the beach and seeing what Miriam is up to.

Bye to David, Nelly and fam

David and Nelly came to Spain just a few months after David and I were married. They are from my "favorite food" country....MEXICO!! When they got here they had two super cute little boys and they left with the same cute boys and a darling little girl.

It was great to get to know them and they are already missed.

We had them over for dinner and a movie before they left for Mexico. We (the adults) watched one movie and sent the kids into the bedroom to watch a different one. Of course, the kids fell asleep....isn´t it amazing how kids can fall asleep anywhere and in any position?! I wish I could do that!

More Girls Camp...

The picture of the group is a picture of most of my LIT´s (and a few extras).

The picture of the stairs is the OH so much FUN climb we had to make to get to the campsite and every time we had to go potty!! It was probably what the girls liked least about camp...and rightfully so!

As much work as it is (and let´s not forget that I don´t even like camping) I have to admit that I love the time with the girls and looking at the pictures brings back good memories. I only hope that the girls got something out of it too!

Girls Camp...finally!

It´s been three months since Girls Camp, but oh well.

The evening before camp my LIT´s (Laurel leaders) come to my house and we finish preparing last minute details and have some fun together. We made a banner, flags, decorated hats and made pizza for dinner and cookies for dessert.

There were 13 of us that night (not all of them could make it...the rest met us at camp) which made for some interesting sleeping arrangements. It didn´t matter much though, most of the girls only slept about 2 hours between talking and watching movies!! I warned them they won´t have any time to rest the next day, but they didn´t care.....until the next day! But I kept my promise....they were busy the whole day! It´s always so much fun to be with my LIT´s...I love them so much!!

By the way, as much fun as it was working together making the pizzas, I think next year I´ll go back to buying them!! It may be a bit more expensive...but there´s not so much MESS to clean up!!

Nerviosa y Animada!!

Well, I have quite a few things to post, but I´ve been a busy girl the past few weeks and it will still have to wait until next week because this week is girls camp!!

I am always a bit nervous before camp but this year I´m super nervous and excited. Let´s just say that girls camp is "my baby". I am in charge of everything...from finding the campsite to coming up with the program to buying all the materials. This year I have had a lot more help thanks to my stake YW presidency and my new "assistant", but the sucess or lack thereof is on my shoulders. To add to the fun this year I have DOUBLE the girls than I had last year, which is obviously a great thing, but that means double everything...especially chaos.

Now that I´m older and a little wiser I do have to admit that I don´t care so much if everything runs like clock-work...it´s more important that the girls have a good time, meet new friends and in some way their testimonies are strengthened.

So, thanks to mom and dad for all your support and ideas! I´ll tell you all about it next week!

ndh: Noche de Hogar

Well, last week David invited the missionaries over for this Monday and on Sunday (while I was waiting for David to get out of his super long meeting after church) I was talking to the missionaries and some young adults and ended up inviting all the young adults in our ward over for family home evening with the missionaries! One of the young adults has been hounding me about making cookies for him (cookies are a real novelty here...very American!). So I told them I´d make dinner too.

So on Monday I found myself in the kitchen and up to my elbows in flour all afternoon making cookies and pizza. A few months ago I found a great (super easy) recipe for the crust so pizza is kind of fun to make now. I do have to admit it´s a bit messy, but well worth the work and clean up.

Anyway, we ate pizza and cookies, one of the Elders goes home next week so he gave the "lesson" and then we played a game (my team won and David´s lost...he didn´t like that!!)

With just the two of us our family home evenings are kind of boring so this was a nice change. I think I might make it semi-permenant...every two weeks or so?!?!?! I´ll see if David is up for it?!

If anyone has some fun family home evening game ideas I´d LOVE to hear about them. But nothing too "primary" they are, after all, young adults!

Making me juice!

So, David and I are kind of boring and sometimes it´s hard to find things to post (especially since we don´t have any cute kids to take pics of, like most of you do!!) so... this past Saturday he got up and was making me some freshly squeezed orange juice and I thought it was a good time to show you all what a good boy he is. The juice was soooo yummy and Sunday morning he made me some more before Church. Thanks honey!

ps. We don´t always have so much trash, I had just done a big cleaning job around the house!!

CONFESSION!!!

I have a confession to make...

...Yesterday I went to see the Hannah Montana movie all by myself. David OF COURSE didn´t want to go, so I decided to go alone. I have to admit that I loved it and it almost made me cry!!?!?!?

Officially "Grown-Up"

Yesterday was a great day..although it made me really feel OLD.

About a week ago David, who was at the time the Elders Quorm president in our ward and a primary teacher, was called in to talk with the Stake President. I was hoping they would release him from the Elders Quorm because he had been there for almost four years and it was time for a change (I thought). He was in with the Stake Pres. for a good 30 or 40 mnutes. When he finished he came to find me, gave me a hug and told me what had gone on with the Stake President. I didn´t know quite how to react and I was preocupied getting my class ready for YW (we were at a ward conference and it was my turn to teach the class). After church we talked about it and we were excited, but confused at the same time about the new calling he had received.
Knowing that he would need a new suit for the calling (not because he doesn´t have any, but because they don´t fit!!) this week I went out and bought him a new one. I had to go back to the store 4 times before I finaly got it right and since he works so much and couldn´t go with me!! But finally Sunday came, he put on his new suit and tie (Barça colors of course) and we were off to Stake Conference where they sustained him as a new member of the High Counsel. They invited him up to the stand to sit with the rest of the High Counsel and before hand I was joking with him, telling him not to fall or everyone would laugh! As he sat up there I looked at him and then at the faces of the other men around him and thought, "When did I get old enough to have a husband on the High Counsel?" It was funny to look at him with his white, round, rinkle-free face and dark hair and then look at the rest of the men and notice that he was 1 of 3 that didn´t have grey or white hair or NO hair at all!!
After the meetings we went to a room where the Stake President set him apart. The words were beautiful and they reminded both David and I of things we need to be better at and the enormous amount of love Heavenly Father has for us.
I am greatful each day to know of the resoration of the Gospel and the beautiful plan of salvation that my Heavenly Father so carefully prepared for me. I love my Saviour and the immeasureable love and concern He has for me. I love my parents for being such strong examples of how we should live our lives and their many sacrifices in my behalf. And I´m so thankful to have a husband worthy of the Priesthood and willing to accept the callings the Lord calls him to. How I got to be so blessed, I don´t know...but I sure am happy about it!

So, here I am at 30 years old thinking, "Dang I´m old! How did that happen?", but happy.

Youth of the Church are Amazing!!

Youth conference was a blast. We went up to a ski resort and did some sledding and there was a ropes course. But the most fun were the games and dances. I have a problem when I´m with the youth...I think I´m one of them! We had so much fun. One of the activities was a type of treasure hunt where we had to find different clues and had different obstacles to do. The picture above is durring this activity. I was in charge of Group #9 which consisted of 16, 17 and 18 year olds...most of them I know really well because I´ve been with the youth about as long as they´ve been in young mens and young womens. We were definately the team with the most spirit and the LOUDEST...from one activity to another we would cheer or chant loudly "NUEVE. NUEVE. NUEVE...."

It´s probably a horrible thing to say, but it´s the truth...the moments that I´m with the youth are the moments that I´m the least homesick. They are so full of energy and love and as much fun as we all have together there are also those moments that you can really see the growth in their testimonies and the love they have for their Saviour. They are simply amazing and great examples to me. I love them so much!