Here is a little preview of our little boy helps us with our morning routine. In the mornings while I am doing TurboJam, Ethan loves to "workout" or dance with me as shown in the video! He also like to help his daddy do push ups as well. This morning I finally got it on video. His dancing skills crack me up and I hope you enjoy them too....
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Mexican Carnival!
One of our neighbors called us up last night asking if we wanted to go to a carnival with her and her family, we of course said yes and had a blast! This carnival had lots of different animals and rides and was SUPER cheap! We spent a total of $4.50! Now that is unheard of in the states!
Ethan loved the animals and would make their "noises" over and over again but got a little scared when they would actually make the noises back. He wasnt too excited to get close to them.
Note: this cow is not near as close as it appears... we did not put our child in danger in any way :)
Ethan loved all the lights from the rides!
He even went on his very first ride with daddy! This was one of those rides that rotated you around slowly but never flipped you upside down. He didnt even get sick on this ride, unlike his daddy... he must have his mommy's stomach :)
So our first Mexican carnival was cheap, fun and we would totally do it again!
Ethan loved the animals and would make their "noises" over and over again but got a little scared when they would actually make the noises back. He wasnt too excited to get close to them.
Note: this cow is not near as close as it appears... we did not put our child in danger in any way :)
Ethan loved all the lights from the rides!
He even went on his very first ride with daddy! This was one of those rides that rotated you around slowly but never flipped you upside down. He didnt even get sick on this ride, unlike his daddy... he must have his mommy's stomach :)
So our first Mexican carnival was cheap, fun and we would totally do it again!
Arizona and the Grand Canyon!
So it seems as if i haven't blogged for awhile but we have been super busy and I have been engrossed in a few good books lately that I just couldn't put down. This last week we made a trip back up to Arizona for a huge business conference that the company put on. Wives were invited to go and attend the lunches, dinners and fun activities that were planned. One of the activities was a trip to the Grand Canyon! There were a lot of foreigners at the conference that just couldnt believe that I have lived in Arizona and have never been to the Grand Canyon. So this was a first for me and I really enjoyed it! Here are some pics...
At a lookout point..
Family picture
A grand view of the canyon....
We traveled up to AZ with Eduardo and Gladyss from here in Culiacan. Justin works a ton with Eduardo and his wife is a good friend of mine. They are a fun couple and we really enjoy hanging out with them. Gladyss and I shopped till we dropped while Eduardo and Justin attended meetings most of the day....basically we spent the money while they made the money, right?? :)
It was a fun trip and we are excited to head back up this Friday for Thanksgiving!
At a lookout point..
Family picture
A grand view of the canyon....
We traveled up to AZ with Eduardo and Gladyss from here in Culiacan. Justin works a ton with Eduardo and his wife is a good friend of mine. They are a fun couple and we really enjoy hanging out with them. Gladyss and I shopped till we dropped while Eduardo and Justin attended meetings most of the day....basically we spent the money while they made the money, right?? :)
It was a fun trip and we are excited to head back up this Friday for Thanksgiving!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Eternal Families...
So Im reading a really touching book series called the Ariana Trilogy and Im really enjoying them! It is a touching story of a girl who lives a messed up life with immorality, drugs, etc. but finds the gospel of Jesus Christ and completely changes her life and becomes a strong member of the church. (There's more to it, but thats all I can tell you:). Anyways, yesterday I was reading a really sad/touching part of the book and was crying...like I usually always do. It was a part in the book where the gospel of Jesus-Christ helps a family realize that there is a such thing as eternal families and we can still see those who have passed on someday. And, my sweet son came up to me, crawled into my lap, looked at me, touched my tears and said "wa-wa!" (water). He then preceeded to touch all of my tears and then gave me a kiss. I gave him a hug and told him how much I loved him. He then wanted down and continued playing but I sat there, watching him and thanked my Heavenly Father for that tender mercy my sweet one year old son had given me. I needed it.
Since then I have been re-thinking just how lucky I am to have the knowledge that our families are eternal. I cant imagine losing a child or worse, Justin, and although both would be devastating, at least I know that I will be able to see them again someday and have hope in that glorius day that our family would be reunited. I cant remember what I used to believe about eternal families or life after death before I was a member of this church, but that was a huge "selling point" to me when investigating and taking the missionary disscussions. I remeber thinking, how could our Heavenly Father not allow us to live again with those we love the most here on this earth? What a beautiful promise our Heavenly Father has given us!- as long as we live worthily of it. I know that we can live with our loved ones again someday and that if we have ever lost anyone we have loved, we can always find comfort in prayer and in the atonement of Jesus Christ.
Sorry to take so long on this. I have felt for awhile as if I need to write more spiritual aspects of life on our blog, rather than just all Ethan ( dont worry there will still be plenty of that!!) Always feel free to leave a comment, I love hearing what yall have to say :)
Since then I have been re-thinking just how lucky I am to have the knowledge that our families are eternal. I cant imagine losing a child or worse, Justin, and although both would be devastating, at least I know that I will be able to see them again someday and have hope in that glorius day that our family would be reunited. I cant remember what I used to believe about eternal families or life after death before I was a member of this church, but that was a huge "selling point" to me when investigating and taking the missionary disscussions. I remeber thinking, how could our Heavenly Father not allow us to live again with those we love the most here on this earth? What a beautiful promise our Heavenly Father has given us!- as long as we live worthily of it. I know that we can live with our loved ones again someday and that if we have ever lost anyone we have loved, we can always find comfort in prayer and in the atonement of Jesus Christ.
Sorry to take so long on this. I have felt for awhile as if I need to write more spiritual aspects of life on our blog, rather than just all Ethan ( dont worry there will still be plenty of that!!) Always feel free to leave a comment, I love hearing what yall have to say :)
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Mi Murcielago!
Ethan was our little murcielago (or bat) for Halloween this year! At the preschool I work at, we had a party with all the kids and boy did they have some cute costumes! Ethan was sweating it up in this 95 degree weather, even though his costume was light-weight fabric, so the costume didn't last long. Oh well, I got the pictures I needed...its all about the pictures, right?! :)
A few of my adorable kids that I teach in the preschool... I love my job!
A few of the kids in their costumes. Its amazing that we could get that many to sit down at the same time!
Only picture I could get of him showing off his wings...
The only other Americans that we have seen down here. They are the Wright Family and live in the same neighborhood as us. I actually teach their little girl, Clara, in the preschool. Both of their kids speak both Spanish and English! We went around the neighborhood trick or treating with them. It was a lot of fun!
Ethan was obsessed with this blow-up cat! Turns out there are quite a few people have them in their yards and he would point and run over to them repeating over and over "Meow, Meow!" He then would proceed to give the cat and hug and pet it... it was really cute and we couldn't help but laugh at our little guy!
It was fun to celebrate Halloween Mexican style!
A few of my adorable kids that I teach in the preschool... I love my job!
A few of the kids in their costumes. Its amazing that we could get that many to sit down at the same time!
Only picture I could get of him showing off his wings...
The only other Americans that we have seen down here. They are the Wright Family and live in the same neighborhood as us. I actually teach their little girl, Clara, in the preschool. Both of their kids speak both Spanish and English! We went around the neighborhood trick or treating with them. It was a lot of fun!
Ethan was obsessed with this blow-up cat! Turns out there are quite a few people have them in their yards and he would point and run over to them repeating over and over "Meow, Meow!" He then would proceed to give the cat and hug and pet it... it was really cute and we couldn't help but laugh at our little guy!
It was fun to celebrate Halloween Mexican style!
We Love Mazatlan!
Last weekend we went to Mazatlan for a few days. Justin and the other husbands had lots of work to do there but the wives and kids had a lot of fun playing in the water and seeing some of Mazatlan. Eventually the guys got to join us and we went to some pretty look-outs points, saw some cool cliff-jumpers and ate out at a nice restaurant!
Here we are over looking the city and the water. Later that night Ethan decided to maul the littlest girl on your left. He scared her so bad that she started throwing up like crazy! I felt SO bad!
Ethan showing Daddy something
This is one of the many crazy cliff-jumpers we saw. Im sure that he has comfort in the fact that if he died during the dive, he would have at least died with a beautiful sunset behind him....
Ethan ran off toward a little boy who was riding this... he wasted no time in getting the kid off and showing him how its really done.. I was a little embarrassed but luckily this kid can get away with anything here with his blue eyes and blonde hair!
Nowadays, Ethan gets REALLY excited to see "pUpeee" ( puppy) and has NO fear with them, which can make me a little nervous! This dog was so cute but was a little scared of Ethan (he can be kinda aggresive with animals.. we are working on the whole soft thing). Ethan loved it and was very upset once he had to allow other kids to play with the dog.....
One of the little girls that came with us had these pink glasses on and Ethan obviously liked them too :)
It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun! We are lucky it is so close to us! Offer still stands for any of you coming here.. our house is always open to you!
Here we are over looking the city and the water. Later that night Ethan decided to maul the littlest girl on your left. He scared her so bad that she started throwing up like crazy! I felt SO bad!
Ethan showing Daddy something
This is one of the many crazy cliff-jumpers we saw. Im sure that he has comfort in the fact that if he died during the dive, he would have at least died with a beautiful sunset behind him....
Ethan ran off toward a little boy who was riding this... he wasted no time in getting the kid off and showing him how its really done.. I was a little embarrassed but luckily this kid can get away with anything here with his blue eyes and blonde hair!
Nowadays, Ethan gets REALLY excited to see "pUpeee" ( puppy) and has NO fear with them, which can make me a little nervous! This dog was so cute but was a little scared of Ethan (he can be kinda aggresive with animals.. we are working on the whole soft thing). Ethan loved it and was very upset once he had to allow other kids to play with the dog.....
One of the little girls that came with us had these pink glasses on and Ethan obviously liked them too :)
It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun! We are lucky it is so close to us! Offer still stands for any of you coming here.. our house is always open to you!
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