Did she just say Craps?

One night when we were in Colorado Lex and I were talking with Astrid. She was talking away and Lex and I had no idea what she was talking about but we were very attentive and pretended like we understood. All of the sudden she said "..and then there were lots of craps." Lex and I looked at each other and started laughing. Marcos and Jasmine were in the kitchen and Astrid just kept saying "craps" Jasmine walked out and asked Lex and I what we were teaching her and we told her that she just started talking about craps. We asked her to repeat what she was saying to try and figure out what she was actually trying to say but all of us could not stop laughing. Which with a two year old it made her say it even more. We finally realized that she was talking about CRABS. But getting to that realization was hilarious. In the video Jasmine had called Arthur so he could hear what Astrid was trying to say, but of course a 2 year olds mind was on to another subject :) ...I love memories like this from home, it makes the visit that much more memorable...

The Mother's Day Dance!

Ok, I seriously cannot even watch this video without laughing so hard. Let me explain, the young women president wanted to make a dance for the young women to perform for their mothers on mothers day. Well, I wasn't able to go to the first couple practices but i didn't know that I was going to have to learn the dance. Last Saturday Lex and I went to watch the young women practice. Lex thought it would be so funny to make me dance with them. I definitely didn't want to but i figured i would be an example, i mean, how can we ask these young women to do this dance if we, as the leaders don't show enthusiasm about it. Also, I am the only leader that is doing it with them because I am young. Well, while we were practicing Lex was saying "You have to put your feet together", "You have to put your hands like this." Easy for him to say, he doesn't have to remember all of the dance moves. I told him that if he was going to continue to tell us how to dance he was going to have to come down and learn the dance himself. Knowing that my husband DOES NOT dance i figured that he wouldn't do it and then he couldn't criticise us. But the young women were very persistent in getting him to dance and so he decided to try. I taught him the first part and that's all he wanted to learn, that's why it's not a very long video. When he was learning the young women were on the floor laughing. They were excited to see a member of "Manitu" bust a move. For the record, he is the one that wanted to record it. After watching the video he said "Dang, I am such a good dancer." We must have recorded at least three videos for him to see how great of a dancer he is! Then, tonight while I was posting this blog I was out in the living room with Luke and I showed him the video, he laughed and said "I would rather shoot myself than do a mother's day dance." Little does he know I have a video of him dancing at an Independence day dance ;) looks like somebody is going to be doing my laundry for a couple weeks ;)

Back In Mexico City!

It's always hard to come back after visiting in Colorado. We all miss our families so much and get a little home sick. But after a week or two we all adjust back to life here.
Since we have been back we have met some really fun and amazing people. We have been eating out at a lot of fun and interesting places. We have gone to two concerts, Diana Krall, she was amazing. We also went to the Jesse and Joy concert, ever since, Marcos has been listening to the cd non stop. But it was an amazing concert as well, Joy has such a powerful and beautiful voice.
The weather is a little dreadful right now. It is very hot and very humid. Walking around for two hours makes you completely exhausted. You feel like you are melting away, it is the most uncomfortable thing to experience.
We have also been doing some more apartment searching. The one we are in right now is really not working for all of us and we absolutley hate the area. I have been looking online a lot and I found these really nice apartments and they were in a nicer area. Luke, Marcos, Lex and I decided to go and check them out. A friend of ours let us take his car so we didnt have to spend money on a taxi. It took us an hour and a half to get there because of all the traffic and when we got to the area the boys told me it was called the Red Light District.. so awful! But Lex still wanted to at least check them out. We found the building and went inside, they directed to the elevator and told us to go to the 4th floor. While we were in the elevator Lex shifted his body weight back and forth and the entire thing started shaking. We got up the elevator alive, thankfully, and decided to take the stairs up to see the apartments. We were waiting for the lady to come and let us in and my husband asked "Well, let's say the apartments are nice." and before he could even finish Luke and I both looked at him and told him that this place was a dump. Surprise, Surprise the apartments were just as awful! We left and headed back to our apartment, which took us another hour. When we arrived the friend that let us take his car had cleaned our apartment :) i love thoughtful people!

THE BIG DAY!!!

It was finally time for Lex and I to be sealed for time and all eternity!

The day started out so great.. even though it was SO windy but the sun was shinning. Erika and Laura spent the night at my house so that morning we all got up and started getting ready. I couldn't wait to wear my wedding dress but I had to wait until we got up to Denver. We were all rushing to get ready, and of course we were running late. We had to be at the Temple at 12 pm so that means we had to leave my house at 11 am to get there on time.. We didn't leave until 11:20 am.. It's a good thing Laura's nickname is speed racer, she got us there on time :)

I walked into the temple and I saw my wonderful husband waiting for me. I looked at him and smiled and gave him a kiss. They told us that they had to talk to us before and get all of our things in order, then they asked the question..... DO YOU HAVE YOUR LIVING ORDINANCE PAPER?...... Lex and I looked at each other, "Our what?"

Another obstacle in our way! We sat there trying to get a hold of our Stake President, in Mexico, from Denver. I told myself that Heavenly Father would not have made all of this possible and then just like that we wouldn't get sealed and would have to wait. I could tell that Lex started to get a little nervous and I told him that we would be sealed THAT day, i could just feel it! Of course Heavenly Father made it possible. They ended up getting a hold of our Stake President in Mexico and we had our Stake President in Colorado, President McConkie, talk to him.

I thought to myself: Lex and I cannot do anything without drama. When we have our first child, I am going to have to be in a padded room so nothing happens.. ha ha!

Lex and My Wedding-The Bridal Shower

Jasmine's dress was definitely the winner! What a beautiful bride! Hahaha.. she is the most hilarious girl i know. While they were dressing her in this beautiful wedding dress she was commenting on every little thing.. I was laughing so hard at how they dressed her up. When it came to judging Janice and Jasmine, Janice's dress came falling down and ended up all at her feet! Game: The lights in your apt. go out and you have to dress yourself.... this is how i dress myself in the dark apparently :) {Laura and I}

{Laura, Erika, Me, Janice, and Erica}

I was so excited to have a bridal shower. I had never been to a bridal shower, that i could remember, so i couldn't wait to see what was in store. The weather hadn't gotten any better and i was starting to get a little stressed out about what the weather was going to be like for our wedding. I decided to put my worries aside and just have fun with my friends and family! It was such a blast! We played games, ate pizza and a delicious cake, and shared stories. I am so blessed to have such amazing people surrounding me!

Lex and My Wedding-The Arrival

Lex and I got into Denver around 4 in the afternoon. We were so excited to finally be home! Our flights were good very long and we knew that we still had an hour before we would actually get to the Springs. We met up with my mom and started our journey home. My mom told us how awful the drive was because the weather was bad. Outside it was rainy and hailing a little, i didn't think anything of it because Colorado can be so much worse. We dropped Lex off at his parents house and there to greet us were Jasmine and Astrid. It was such a great surprise! After we dropped him off my mom and I went and got some food, I was starving and had nothing but airport food.. yuck! We got home and on the news it was telling us that there was going to be a major snow storm, but again knowing Colorado I didn't think it would really happen. I called my best friend, told her i was home and within ten minutes of our conversation there was at least 3 ft. of snow outside. All I could think was "Oh No, it's going to be like this on my wedding day."