Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Dear Family and Friends,
Today is the last day of Fall Break. My kids have all finished there chores and are
in watching Monster’s Inc. as I type this.
We’ve had a wonderful break.
We started last week out getting ready for our trip to
Mexico. On Monday I did some shopping
for our vacation meals and snacks.
Tuesday we packed and got everything ready to leave. Karalee got to go play at her friend Sammy’s
house most of the day. I had the laurels
come over for mutual and we did indexing since we are in competition with the
young men.
Wednesday we left for Rocky Point in a rain storm. Our drive was a little more adventurous
because of several washes that ran across the road, but they weren’t too deep
and we were able to cross each one if we slowed down enough. The storm cleared as we neared Mexico and the
sun came out once we got there and we were able to play on the beach. We had a lot of fun on our vacation. Some highlights are learning how to
paddleboard--It was SO MUCH FUN!!; finding and catching a starfish while snorkeling;
catching a big blue crab; visiting, playing, and eating dinner each night with our
friends who vacationed with us; seeing lots of sting rays--Chad found a 3 ft. skinny
tent pole and would poke them to get them to move. I do not think that was a very smart
idea. He says it’s fine. We got home from our vacation on Saturday
afternoon. We felt very safe while in
Mexico and had no trouble.
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| Wednesday night we drove into town to eat out for dinner. We stopped to get some street tacos, at a little taco stand. It was set up in the dirt and had large picnic tables. I was a little nervous eating there and I asked Chad who would take care of us if we all got sick from the food. He assured me that he was immune from getting sick because of his mission experiences. It turns out that none of us got sick. The tacos and quesadillas were AMAZING! This picture is Chad ordering our dinner in Spanish. |
Beach FUN!!
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| Marlee and her little Mexican friend. Just kidding, it's Karalee. She got really tan. |
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| Bryant |
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| I caught Bryant just as he started to dive for a shell! Ha ha. |
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| Chad and Spencer spent a lot of time snorkeling together. Bryant snorkeled with them a lot too, but he liked to stay closer to shore when they went way out. |
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| I caught Chad with a funny look as he tried to get the salt water off his face! |
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| Bryant, Chad and Spencer snorkeling |
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| There were lots of little fish |
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| In this picture you can see Chad about to poke that sting ray with the pole. He's crazy... I love him. |
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| A sting ray |
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| One pretty little bright blue fish |
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| Karalee trying on a cute pink hat at the dirt mall in Mexico. |
Saturday night Chad and I went to go see “Meet the Mormons”
for our date night. I thought it was
great.
Sunday I taught the lesson to our ward’s young women that I’ve
been worrying about for the last month or so.
I feel like it is “my magnum opus, my great work” for this month. (Charlotte’s Web) If you are interested, you
can read my lesson plan on my blog.
Sunday afternoon we drove over to my sister Celeste’s home for a family
dinner. Her daughter Shelby had her
homecoming report in their ward, but since I had to teach we missed her
report. I’m glad we got to go to the
dinner to visit though. It was fun to
see pictures of Celeste’s, Jeff’s, and Cooper’s trip to Brazil when they picked
Shelby up.
Since Chad still had another day off yesterday, we dressed
up nicely and took a family outing over to Glendale to the Phoenix Temple open
house. It is a beautiful temple. I really felt the spirit strongly in the
Celestial room and in the sealing rooms.
I can always feel the closest to heaven in those rooms.
This morning Brenda had a special fall break Grammy Days at
Peter Piper Pizza. We had so much fun. I love watching my kids play with their cousins.
In Pres. Uchtdorf’s recent
talk in Woman’s conference he shared a quote that really explains Charity and
how God loves us. He said, “God loves you this very day
and always. He is not waiting to love you until you have overcome your
weaknesses and bad habits. He loves you today with a full understanding
of your struggles. … He loves you for extending yourself to others. He
loves you for reaching out and helping others bear their heavy burdens—even
when you are struggling with your own. He knows everything about
you. He sees you clearly—He knows you as you really are. And He
loves you—today and always! Do you suppose it matters to our Heavenly
Father whether your makeup, clothes, hair and nails are perfect? … Do you
think outward attractiveness, your dress size, or popularity make the slightest
difference in your worth to the One who created the universe? He loves
you not only for who you are this very day but also for the person of glory and
light you have the potential and the desire to become” (Living
the Gospel Joyful). Isn’t it wonderful how God loves us? God
wants me to love others in that same way.
Love,
Mindy
P.S. Here are some before and after pictures from when I cut Karalee's hair a couple of weeks ago.
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