Cancun

The view from our room of the hotel pool & beach.

Xel-Ha, which is pronounced Shell Ha (must be whispered)


Leaving Cancun

Xel-Ha

Sweet sweet hammocks on the beach

Our hotel

My idea of the perfect vacation:

It's Love

It's Love

Our Halloween Party

We had a really fun Halloween party on Tues. Oct 28th. I counted 56 people there, good thing we moved :)

Happy Halloween!!

I was a witch and Dave was my broom at our Halloween party on Tuesday. We have a different costume for tonight's family party.

Frightmares

We are going to Frightmares tonight with Trinity & Andrew and I am super excited!!

Media Fast

So on Sunday, Bishop Fowers offered a challenge to all ward members to take part in a 2 week Media Fast. That means you can only listen to, watch, and read what a missionary is allowed. I debated whether or not to try it out because I love TV, but in the end I decided it was a worthy goal. 4 days into it I'm feeling very good, I've gotten so much more done, I've been happier, Dave and I have gotten along better, I'm more in tune with the Spirit, and I feel much more inclined to be a good person. The negatives, none. (I consider blogging ok because it's a journal, which missionaries are required to write in). It was weird driving in silence at first so I downloaded some General Conference sessions that I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to. It's funny because I drive around all teary eyed because I can feel the Spirit of the great men and women speaking. I'm actually totally psyched for General Conference this weekend, and not just because we get to stay home from church which is why I'm usually excited. The Bishop chose these 2 weeks because they are the weeks surrounding Conference. Our Bishop is so great, I love him and his counselors so much! Dave and I also have the best calling. We are ward missionaries. Sounds lame, but we choose to think of ourselves as "Super Friends." Our calling is basically to be friends with everyone in the ward, all my dreams come true. We got to go meet 2 new couples this week at their homes and they were both so nice and so fun. I'm so excited about our new friends that we probably would have never met otherwise. So wish me luck with the Media Fast and feel free to join in if you'd like. This really is the best kind of fast because you still get to eat tasty treats!

Work is great

So, I really like being a hygienist. It's physically demanding, yet still enjoyable. It's fun to chat with all of my patients and get to know them a little better. I had a really hard patient today that totally humbled me, but that's good because it was probably much needed. I'm really glad to just work 4 days/week because by Thursday I'm pretty much beat, but the money would be nice if I did pick up another day.

We've Moved!

So we moved into our home about 3 weeks ago, and so far so good. This place has felt like home from the 1st time we walked through it. It's funny because we looked at and considered buying tons of other houses, but none of them felt right like this one did. I'm pretty much done unpacking, but I can't make myself hang any decor since we are going to be redoing the whole house. It doesn't look that great right now, but I'm ok with it. I've been loving fall so far. It's my favorite time of year because I love the fall colors, smells, weather, and of course Halloween. I don't have a costume idea yet, but I'm definitely going to start thinking about it.