Week In Mexico

I was really excited to be back in my stomping grounds with my whole family, minus the in-laws. The weather was so nice down in northern Mexico. It was up to 60 degrees and higher. The first Sunday in Mexico, Dad took us to the church services in the Mennonite colony where he comes once in a while to share his LDS beliefs with the Mennonites. We were a little nervous because of how we were dressed even though the Mennonites were a little bit more modern. But, it was a great experience because we had learned that they have some of the same beliefs that we do in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was a huge surprise for my mom that Lexie and Ellie came down to visit on a Monday. Luckily, we three, Bre, Nina and I, knew they were coming because it was meant to be a surprise birthday for Mom. There were lots of other fun things we did as a family down in Mexico.

Ellie and I watched some "Dora The Explorer" videos while her mom was at a health class with our good friend, Susie Schultz. Ellie loves Dora! 

It was Dr. Schultz's first time in the colonies. We took her out riding horses at the ranch.

After we had the opportunity to watch the Women's Conference at the chapel, I saw this sunset. It was so amazing and beautiful, I had to take a picture of it.

It was fun to celebrate Mom's birthday as a family. I'm so glad that she chose to be my mother, even though we have our moments.

Mom really enjoyed the presents she got for her birthday, but the GREATEST present for her was having all of her girls home.

The cake we had was called "Better Than Almost Anything." It was really good and yummy, but over the weekend, almost everyone got sick, myself included. Dad has been calling the cake "Poison" ever since that experience. However, there are numerous reasons we got sick.

Luckily, I was only a little sick the next day and on my way to get feeling better. I had enough strength to travel back to Utah with Bre by flying. Dad drove us all the way to Arizona, where we flew from Tucson to Los Angeles, then to Salt Lake City. We were thankful Bre's boyfriend came by to pick us up. We got to Provo at about 1 a.m. I was happy to be done with traveling and head straight to my bed and sleep as long as I wanted to.

This morning, I woke up to see a white surprise. There was snow! Mother Nature must've decided to do a late April Fool's Prank on the citizens of Provo by sending the snow. Well... that's how Utah is.