Cancun Part 1

Cancun has been really fun! We are having a blast and enjoying the weather and the beach. We spent one day in the water and boogie boarding and another day we went out to Chichen Itza to the Mayan Ruins. It was amazing! It was incredible to be standing next to such awesome history. Here are a few pictures from our trip so far.

Getting ready to go boogie boarding and have fun in the waves

My cute hubby posing on the beach

This is the first evening looking from the beach back at the hotel. It was a little overcast but still beautiful.

The hotel had bike and a group of us rode around town

Chichen Itza

This is the main temple in the center of Chichen Itza

This is the hoop that the players had to get the ball through only using there hips, shoulder and I think knees. If it looks high, that's because it is.


This is a very little Mayan woman selling tortilla napkins. She was maybe 3 1/2 feet tall. Most of the Mayan people we saw were very little.

This is an area that has been excavated and exposed layers of the city that had been covered. In different eras buildings would be knocked down and the foundations would be added to and built on again.


Some of the symbolic carvings

This are some of the masks that the locals make by hand and paint with plants of different colors. It was really neat watching them make them. We bought one to add to our collection.

Mike and Joe hanging out waiting for the group.

This is part of the Mayan city outside of Chichen Itza.

Sophie Looking for Bjorn

A Little Twinkle Twinkle

It's hard to capture the whole song, so here is a piece that I could actually get on tape. We have more video of her on our other camera that I still need to download.

Funny Kids

Mike and I recently were called to be teachers for the CTR 4 class at church. It is 4 year olds turning 5. They are honestly the best class in all of junior primary. There are 2 other classes of kids their same age and those classes are much more wiggly. We love our little group.

Last Sunday one of the kids in our class said, "Jesus lives in the north pole." Mike and I did all we could not to laugh too hard. I said "no, that is Santa that lives at the north pole. Jesus lives in heaven." Then he said, "Well, didn't Jesus use some sort of weapon and go to the north pole to get to heaven?" We could hardly talk because we were holding back our laughter. I said "No, Jesus was raised in to heaven through the sky and he didn't have any weapons."

Oh, kids...that have such funny things to say!

Being Crafty

A week or so ago I made this towel
poncho for Sophie. I bought the
towel for $4! I think it turned out
really well. I made it a little big
so that she can grow into it.
I also made a matching one for her doll.



I know, it can double as a
costume for a church Christmas party.
She would be quite a colorful Mary with baby Jesus.

Treehouse Museum

My sister in law Tara found this great place called the Treehouse Museum. It is a children's discovery museum in Ogden right across the street from the temple. So on Saturday, Tara, myself and our friend Holly, all took the kids to the museum. It was a blast. There were so many different activity centers for the kids to play in. Train tables, a Fire Engine, Aquarium, Barn with a fake cow that you could milk, pretend horses to ride, a school house, little houses from different cultures, a music room, a hospital where you take care of babies, an area with blocks and legos, a castle complete with dress up clothes, a doll house room, the oval office, and a few more that I can't remember. In other words a ton of stuff. We had a great time.








This is what Sophie would look like as president

Bath TIme Fun

Sophie loves water and especially the bath.
Here are some shots from bath time
the other day. She really likes the bath
letters that Uncle Scott gave her for Christmas.

18 Months...Really?

My how time flies! Sophie is 18 months today. The past 18 months have seemed so short and long at the same time. Sophie is getting so big and doing so many more things. She is talking so much. Some of her favorite phrases or should I say questions are “What’s that?”, “Where did it go?”, “Who’s that?” She has also learned how to sing Twinkle, twinkle little star and ABC’s. I will have to post a video of her signing. She says almost all the words in the song. She is also saying lots of other words like bear, blanket, apple, banana, milk, potty, yuck (or yacka) and all sorts of other things.

Sophie is doing well on the potty training. On Sunday for the first time she actually told me she needed to go potty!!!!! I was so excited because up until now it has just been us taking her. We have also bought her some big girl panties, but they are too big. They only had 2T-3T at Walmart. I am going to look a few more places for something smaller. I also am getting a new potty chair/stairs so that Sophie can get on and off the potty by herself.

Recently I have been taking Sophie to this nice Rec Center near our house to swim. They have a great kids area that is shallow enough for her to run around and play. They also have a big toy in the water with slides and spraying water that she loves! But I think her favorite thing of all is the big water slide. When we went the other night, she just wanted to go down the big slide. She walked up the two flights of stairs herself and we went down together. It is really fast and super fun. I love that she loves it.

What else, I swear everyday there is new stuff that she does that I need to write down. I am always thinking, oh I need to blog that, but then I forget.
Sophie went for her first dentist appointment today. She was good but didn't want anyone to stick their finger in her mouth, but she did get a princess tooth brush and she showed the dentist how she brushes her teeth. She is also going for her 18 month well check appointment on Friday.

Since it is so difficult to try and keep a child still during classes at church, we started taking Sophie to nursery a few months ago and just staying with her there. She really enjoys it and is really good at playing and participating with the lessons. Next week with be her first official week, but I have left her in there on her own a few times already. Our church starts at 11, which is great for Mike and I, but bad for Sophie. She is so tired by the end that, this last week when we got home, I gave her a bottle and she walked into her room and was trying to climb up in her crib. She laid right down and was out.

Well that’s all I can think of for now.
Mommy and Daddy love you Sophie
and you make us so happy!