Summer Rest and Relaxation

Rocky Point

Right after … and I do mean right after…as in 48 hours…we got home from Luke’s wedding we went to Mexico for a little rest and relaxation and I am so glad we did! It was perfect timing as we went two days AFTER Memorial Day so the crowds were thin and the weather was PERFECT. Little did I know that this would be the most restful part of my summer. I did savor it. “Relax” is not a word in my vocabulary. The only place I truly relax is in Mexico. There is something very wonderful about no cell phone reception. I think my ease of relaxation also relates to the laid-back pace and Mexican way-of-life! And possibly the great food!

This visit we actually rode horses on the beach. Becca has been begging us to ride since we started going to Mexico, but we just couldn’t get it coordinated for some reason. This trip she finally got to ride a horse on the beach. Now, she wants to take Jasmine next time. Too bad we don’t have a horse trailer! Not!

Happy Summer!

Home Teachers and Valentine's Day

I am feeling a bit remiss. I think I am going to be this great blogger and put it ALL down in words! Well, sometimes life gets in the way and we get busy living it instead of memorializing it.

Some stories are worth memorializing.

A few nights ago our door bell rings. I am down in the other end of the house and so I leave it someone else to answer the door, which if you have ever rung our doorbell or called our house phone you would know that this is not a fail-proof method. But, this particular evening the door was answered.

A few minutes later I am walking down the hall and realize that Hal is standing at the door speaking with our home teacher. I invite myself to the door and say hello. Hal turns to me and explains that we have a NEW home teacher and this is him. I say, “Oh...um…no, this IS our home teacher! He has been our home teacher for a while.” Of course our young, eager home teacher is nodding vehemently that he is indeed our home teacher and he has been so for a while. Then my adorable, well-intentioned husband says, “Oh, I must not have been home when you visited.” Our home teacher, bless his heart, says “No, you were here!” (which is true). Of course we invited him in…but he couldn’t stay. We invited him to come back another day and really visit us…but he declined.

After a few bumbling minutes of Hal trying to figure out why he doesn’t remember this particular neighbor as our home teacher we awkwardly close the door holding the red box of store-bought valentine cookies and I begin to snicker. Of course Hal is very embarrassed that he doesn’t remember. But in his defense, this home teacher has been our home teacher for quite a while but has visited us so infrequently that it might seem like we have a new home teacher. And if we were being honest we are just glad that anyone would even claim us.

The punchline, however, is that taped to the store-bought cookies is not the home teaching message for February, but rather the VISITING teaching message!

We hope you had a very Happy Valentine’s Day! We spent the actual day lounging on the beach of the Sea of Cortez! It was wonderful. It was a short but sweet trip that did wonders for my soul. For some reason I am able to relax ten-fold in Mexico. Maybe it is because there is not cell phone service! Or perhaps it is the guacamole. Who knows?!?

Oh, and the carpets are clean again! This time it has been almost a week!

Ohh...Mexico!

Mexico! What fun. I wanted everyone to have a chance to see how much fun we had when we went to Mexico for October Break last year. My Mom & Dad went as well as my sister Brookelynn, my brother Jeremy and his wife AJ and their three adorable kids. We had a blast!

To avoid double sound press the pause button on our playlist before beginning the movie.