A Whole Lot Different

I can't believe how fast the days go pass me... I never got a chance to write down how different I feel now about my ward.

What made the difference?? My callings.

First: Primary. Having to prepare a lesson, being involved, serving, feeling of belonging, feeling of help... getting to know my class members, growing to love them.... it is a miracle, really...they are not what I call "easy to love", well, some of the time they are :P

Second: Visiting Teaching. Feeling loved by my Visiting Teacher, Loving the sisters I visit ( they are so lovely), having a companion...

Last Sunday I felt great... and to top it all, a sister gave me a bouquet of flowers and the Bishop's wife ( my Sunday School Teacher) came and gave me a beautiful necklace because she noticed I like chunky jewelery :D

After Church we were invited for dinner at the Wolsey's and the Keller's came along. Both sisters are so cool :D I like them a lot.

Evan and I will be singing next week : "Love has no Borders"... it is a pretty little Christmas song, and I am excited to finally sing with my hubby :D

So I feel like I'm starting to feel at home... I hoped for that, and now it is happening. I love it!

I knew it was all a matter of time.

I went to the Temple yesterday and I loved it... Although something ( or everything!) ALWAYS goes wrong, like: your water bottle bursting in your handbag and getting everything wet ( including the cell phone-is dead now, the passport and the brand new visa), losing the heel top of my boots, losing one of my brand new earings ( is the second time in a week... I am on a row!) a whole in my leggings..., yeah, it was quite frustrating, but inside the Temple all that is of little to nothing importance compared to the good, nice feeling of being in the House of the Lord.

I really missed my babies, as it often happens when I am having a great time and I want them with me! But I am really glad that every once in while I make myself have some alone time. :D

Now...

I am looking forward DECEMBER!!!

my favorite month!!!

I am so excited!

Exciting!!!

What can be better than having a Temple in town????

A HUGE part of why we moved to Vancouver... I miss the Temple so much. Having to go to Seattle was a pain, even more of a pain if you add a ferry ride (ggggrrr I HATE THE FERRY!)

But this is how the Temple here is looking now....

SO EXCITING!!!!

It will be dedicated the first week in May. I can't wait. I remember the Madrid Temple dedication...and NOTHING, NOTHING could be greater. I'm excited for the Prophet to come...everything about the Temple is so exciting!!!

I'll be going to Seattle next Saturday with Evan's family. I'm excited. Last time I was at a Temple I was in Spain :(

Soon...very soon the Temple will be here!!!!!

Can I say it???

Christmas is here..

Yes, I said it.

You know it is Christmas when there is EGGNOG in the fridge.

And Evan got my first yesterday:D

I thought the stores where exagerating a little with all the Christmas decorations and everything... but Christmas is here!! i can't believe it. My favorite season ;D

So believe it or not...I put up the decorations at my house. I guess we'll get the tree beginning on December...but the lights are on!

We started on Monday, for FHE, to go over the Christmas Story and we'll keep that subject for all this glorious season.

What makes me happy

My children's laugh.. them playing happily in the background... Sure I have many things that sadden me in my life, but I do HAVE my family. And they make me happy.

Evan was away all weekend... he called me not long after I got home from Church ( I really missed him at Church... I really missed him period)... Oh, how happy I was to hear him, and to hear he was here... waiting for me to pick him up :D

I didn't change my clothes or the kids... he likes to see us all looking good :D

When I came out of the car, we kissed. He said he missed me. And he told me how hot I looked ( like he always does) He kissed me again. He tried one time to tell me we couldn't kiss ( like a real kiss) when he was wearing an uniform...yeah, right. They can go ahead and fine us if they want.... when we kiss...we kiss for reals :D

He's naping now, the kids are playing... it is happy time at home. My heart is full.

I am so grateful for them. I am so lucky to have them in my life. I am so lucky to be loved by them.... and I love them back... more than I could have ever imagined I could love anybody.

La gripe....

Yo debo ser la mas tonta del mundo, porque todo lo que sale en la tele me lo creo :D

Cuando estaba en Espanya y solo pasaban sacando casos de muerte por la gripe porcina me entro ese miedo, el de pensar: "wow....este virus nos va a matar a todos..." Pero claro, que no debo ser tan tonta porque lo de la vacuna q nos cura a todos tampoco me convencia...

Asi que mi cunya me ha mandado esto...y yo lo comparto con Uds para que os sirva de informacion. Patri, ensenyaselo a papa, por fa!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0JqQyl09zQ&NR=1

Only Love

That's the title of my favorite song of all that Evan has written... It is powerful. It is amazing, lyrics and music...very touching.... the power of loving someone... it is unbelievable.

The chorus goes like this:" So don't give up the fight, cuz I will be here every night, what I feel for you is ONLY LOVE"

He just composed some music, and he is letting me write the lyrics. I TOTALLY asked him to let me do it :D I've been wanting to write lately...lines keep coming to me and I need to put them down in writing and make a story out of them. I'm so lucky Evan is so talented and his mind is full of music... it just comes to him. It amazes me. Anyway, I am excited... now I just need to find time... little thing, yeah, you would think!

We never have time to sing together... I'd love to do that. We are just never alone, just him and I.... were we ever??? I really don't remember... it's been too long.

So we'll be singing at church in a couple of weeks. "Abide with me" arr. by Sally Deford. It is an amazing hymn. The harmony is absolutely beautiful.

I love music.

My kids love it too. You seriously have to watch the last video I posted in facebook of my kids dancing. I wish my eyes had a memory card incorporated and I could record every little thing, the everyday, so I could show you... but I am the LUCKY one who is their mother....and watching them is MY privilege.... what an honor, don't you think I take that for granted!

I love they love music, I love it moves them to dance, to express themselves thru movement... I love it! I love they are so amazingly amazing ( that must be my favorite word).

They are so talented. My responsibility is great.

So this post is absolutely random.... sorry. That's what you get when I am on a Friday night, and I face a whole weekend without hubby... You would think I'd get used to, but no. And I have MANY, MANY weekends like this in front of me :(

I guess I'll go shopping tomorrow... there is nothing like a new pair of shoes to fill the empty space of your loved one, hahaha.

Isabel's First B-day

5 months after leaving Nanaimo...we went back!! I was so excited! We got to stay at the Slobodan's ( this amazing falmily...I've talked about them before...they are amazing. Sis. Slobodan was my vt companion for a long time, the 2 daughters I had while I was in the YW in they are awesome!!...) Anyway...they weren't going to be there the first day because they went down to the Temple and the kids kept asking about Paulina, their youngest girl.

It was a busy weekend, you know... you try to squeeze everything you want to do, everyone you want to see...but Saturday morning we got together for ISABEL'S 1st B-DAY PARTY! So we could hang out for a bit and have some fun :D

I was worried that she would just not care much, but she had fun...and she loooooved her presents :D

And she loooooved the cup cake :D

It was fun! Thanks to Auntie Sarah that let us have the party at her house :D

Evryone: Carmen and Isabel. Maria, Isaiah and Jane ( Evan's brother Jordan's children, they look the same, don't they?) Adriel and Sloan ( Sarah's kids) Emily ( Vicky, a friend from the ward's daugther) and Evan.

We spent some time with Brodie ( evan's old group drummer), we watch the Hab's game, we dropped off the kids at Katie's, we went out with Evan's friend's from the reserves. It was nice to get out without kids. We haven't had the chance in like forever to get out together...

and then on Sunday we had church. I can never talk to people at church... it is defenitely not the place I go to visit with people, anyway, I managed to say hello to everyone. I miss it a lot. Nanimo is a great ward. Richmond Ward is being a challenge for me. By the way, I am a primary teacher, for the 9-10 year olds. Another challenge. I am trying to give it time, and not complaint too much, but I'm finding it a bit difficult. It will take time, that's what I keep repeating to myself...

I love Nanaimo, we even had a personal chat with Bishop Ballageer. He is great.

Right after church Natalie was baptized. SHe invited me to sing "What Heavens sees in You"... it is a beautiful song. I practiced not to chock up during it... it was hard. I failed a little :S We don't really know, understand how special we are to our Heavenly Father.... this song gives way to the Spirit to testify you of that, to reassure you of that. I like it a lot.... and we didn't take pictures of that because Evan would just refuse, for some reason....Natalie looked beautiful though.... and the baptism was one of the best I've ever been to.

We had pot luck after and food was delish, and dessert even better :D

We had to rush out to catch the ferry... I was so tired, I was checking my emails and falling asleep reading some...

Now it's time to get back to the routine...It was nice the break.. why do all good things come to an end?? :D