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Easter

We had a lovely Easter weekend. On Saturday we went to the McAllister's egg hunt. Sarah and Leah were so cut looking for eggs.

Leah was fascinated with all Donja's beautiful birds.

The kids were stoked with all their candy.

Enjoyed General Conference immensely. Had the missionaries over between sessions. That's always a blessing. I loved that this year the boys took notes for the first time. It's so incredible to hear the insights and inspiration they receive. As a mother, at least for this one, what great joy it brings to hear my children speak of Christ's resurrection, faith, love and life after death with such conviction. And what a blessing to reflect on the things of heaven. The things of my own life, what I need to do better at, what we are doing right. Such a necessary part of growth...

I love this time of year.

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more vacaciones

Yesterday (Wednesday) we loaded up all 6 kids and took the car to
Honda in San Jose. They said to come back Monday. Since we were
already there and it was a lovely day, we decided to go to the park.

this morning so far we have enjoyed Brett's day off by going to our
breakfast place I love how after many years Brett always knows
someone. No matter how big Cabo gets or how many years pass they see
him come walking in and shout out to him. Hey!!

VACACIONES

A funny thing happened Sunday morning. The drivers side window broke of the family mobile. So i went to a place on the "bordo" on Monday. Asking that they just get the thing into rolled up position, planing on taking it to Honda the next day. So while the kids sat entertained (well the girls were at least, the boys might have been but they would never admit it!) watching a DVD of the Little Einsteins, the mechanic guy pops off all the stuff and the panel of the door and says the motor for the window "elevador" is broken. If I want the window to stay up he can drill a hole and... I stopped him there. I said no hole. He said then a piece of wood. I thought how are you going to get that to stay? But he seemed so confident, and by this time the kids had watched the whole DVD. SO I said ok no hole, use some wood I guess. He walked off, In the large workshop/garage all I could see were radiators, lots of metal everywhere. So as I watched his back disappear into the garage full of mashed up and dusty cars, I wondered where exactly is he going to get this wood??? A minute latter he comes back with a chopped off broomstick and some of those little plastic things you use to tighten around things... do those have a name? Grandpa would say do-hickeys. So I say, wont the stick fall and the window might shatter. No he says, in a reassuring way. That is why I brought these and holds up the do-hickeys. Love it. I paid him $200 pesos and we were on our way to Tabascos beach for the rest of the afternoon.

I have loved teaching this year. One of the MANY benefits is the contrast of the 5 am hustle and bustle mornings during busy school days to the laid back, sleep in till 6:30 ( :o ) no particular need to do anything at any specific time feel of our 2 week spring break. We live in beautiful Cabo. It's so easy....

Monday morning we did this:

after the window/broomstick then this:

when the full moon came out then this:

Tuesday we took it nice and easy around the house. Fransisco had spent the night. Then we went to meet Donja and Sky at the park, and bring home Eric and Ian for another "pijamada"

A funny Sarah story

After we left the park I had 5 hungry boys and 2 hungry girls. We had better go to Costco for pizza. While the boys waited for the pizza I ran inside to get a few things I had forgotten on my previous Costco run. Sarah saw the cheese section and shouted "CHEESE!" I said "yes there is the cheese." She shouted again "Cheese!" I asked "you want some cheese?" "Si!!!" was her answer. When we got outside she wanted nothing to do with the pizza. She did eat some, it took her a while but she finally understood that I could not, would not open the cheese till we got home. As soon as we walked in the door... CHEESE PEES!!!

This is her reaction to me saying we are not eating the cheese right now. (She had climbed up on the table to get it out of the cart.)

This is her reaction to me saying try some pizza.

You only want cheese? SI! CHEESE!!! then smiling when she sees I'm taking pictures she says CHEESE!!!

time to brag. i mean blog

A couple weeks ago, on a Thursday, we spent the afternoon having pictures taken. Photographer Anna did a great job. And this is the result. Its kinda our own little miracle because neither one of the girls had a nap that day. They were amazing! And so are the pictures, don't you think? aaaawwwwwwww family.

Sarah Evelyn

Yesterday our little Sarah turned two. If you ask her in English how old she is, she most likely won't reply.

But if you ask her:

Cuántos años tienes?

She will probably hold up her pinky, ring and middle finger and say: Dos!

Sarah only speaks when she wants to. When she does it’s a pretty even mix of English and Spanish. She is a dare devil. Loves to be thrown around and chased after and to play rough. She is also a little cuddle bug. She totally loves peanut butter. She is a super cheerleader. If she sees one of her siblings or classmates throwing a ball or frisbee, or even dancing, she will start chanting their name. (I-jah! I-jah! for Elijah). She is the only one who loves to help me unload the groceries and stays with me till the job is done. She is so eager to help with anything she can. She was born our smallest baby. Yet hers was the most difficult labor. She missed leap year by four hours. She is our little chispa of fun. She keeps us either on our toes or wrapped around her pinky and we love her like crazy!

Happy Birthday little loo!