mmm pineapple!

I am in Hawaii with the Smiths. Today we spent a few hours hanging out at the beach and snorkeling then we went to the Dole plantation where we saw lots of pineapples, rode on the Pineapple express train and ate some yummy Pineapple whip ( Pineapple ice cream) sooooo good!!! It's been a wonderful trip so far!!

Tradition!

When comparing the pros and cons of a live tree and a fake tree I know that the pros list for a fake tree is A LOT longer than the pros list for a live tree. My family though, feels that for us the small pros list for a real tree outweighs the long pro list for a fake tree. Mostly just because Picking out a real Christmas tree has been a fun and long tradition in my family. We go to a little tree lot called Cummings down 4500 south. They always have a nice warm fire to sit by and peanuts to eat. I know the daughter of the guy that owns it and Ever time I go I think he won't remember me but he always does...we were really late getting our tree this year and he even mentioned he was just thinking he hadn't seen us yet this year. It has been a great tradition that I hope will continue for a long time.

Happy Halloween!

I dressed up as Marge Simpson today for work. My friend Lynda is very talented and crocheted the Marge wig. With out her this great costume would not be possible so THANK YOU LYNDA!

At St. Anthony's

George, Harry and I are hangin out at the sand dunes this laborday
weekend. It sure is crowded here and pretty loud till 3am but still
lots of fun!!!

Gone truckin to Wyomin

Harry needed to take the back hoe up to a guy that bought it up in WY
and since I had nothing too important going on today I thought I'd tag
along and keep him company. We've been on the road for about 3 hours
now and are having a splendid time.

Alex is Home!!!

After three years we are all together again! It's been a very happy day. =)

random photos

Ok so here are some random photos... of tikal, the temple, friends, some random park with ruins I guess. The mall. Our twix mcflurry's and the pouring rain. I'm excited for this thursday because I will finally be allowed to take pictures of all the wonderful kids I get to play with and teach everyday. =)

La Iglesia de Jesucristo De Los Santos De Los Ultimos Dias

Since we decided not to travel this weekend we explored the city and hiked the volcano Pacaya. It was really neat(sorry no pics from that) Also since we stayed at the home this weekend I tracked down a church address that is literally a 10 min walk from where I am staying! I was so happy. So this morning I attended sacrament meeting and of course I didn't understand the speakers but that was ok. I really enjoyed singing the hymns in Spanish and just being there... it was a pretty big ward with about 100-150 members. Spoke with some missionaries from Canada, Oregon and Washington. It was wonderful.

Some pics

We had a great weekend in Antigua, at lake Atitlan and at the Chichicastenango market. We start workin again tomorrow. =)


Welcome to Chichi.


A cool cemetery.


Juanita our little boat. What a fun boat ride!


Getting ready to get on our fun boat ride!

random bike with protaper stuff on it.


Lake Atitlan


Cute cat I met at breakfast


Dinner in Antigua


Group walking in streets of Antigua


Me in Antigua


Excited to be on the chicken bus


Group on the chicken bus (Called chicken bus cuz they cram as many people into them as they can... wonderful experience)


mmm lime...


another ice cream outting


View outside my window


Yummy mango and strawberry Ice cream!


Me on the main bridge we have to take to get to the grocery store, bank, pharmacy,post office and laundry.


One of our Security guards Henry... He is very nice and helps me with spanish. He washes his bike a lot. I think he likes it.

1st weekend in Guatemala

Hey so I'm in Guatemala... it's great. All the girls are very nice. My roommate is from London her name is Phillippa and has already been here for 4 weeks so it's great to have her! Here are some pics of where I'm staying. There was a protest right outside our house today... so we couldn't go anywhere until 3:00ish. If you look hard in the 2nd picture you can see the guys protesting... nothing dangerous just really loud. The Garbage on the Street is the aftermath. It was orientation today and then all of us girls went on a walk to find the pharmacy, laundromat, the market, and ice cream. Twas wonderful. Tomorrow we start working so that will be fun. Me and another girl go to an orphanage called mamacarmas it will be an interesting and fun day. So yeah that's bout it. =)

Best way to catch a mouse

I have discovered that the classic victor mouse trap with a piece of cheese is the way to go when trapping mice. I have caught 3 mice in less than 12 hours and the last mouse I caught was with in 10 minutes of setting up the trap. I don't know if this just means we have A LOT of mice (which I know we do) or if it means this is the best way to catch them, it's probably a mixture of both. I am just so happy to have found a solution to our mice issue.