What I am thankful for...

Recently, I've had a couple of experiences that have reminded me of what I am thankful for.

I had a fun experience with my good friends Veronica and Aaron Birch in Littleton, CO recently. Veronica and I were roommates at BYU several "New Moon"(s) ago, and to my delight, she and her family moved to the Denver area a few years ago. I've had a blast spending time with them and getting to know their two children Carmen and Harry. I feel very grateful to have one of my favorite roommates so close and to see her with her young family.

During this last visit, I took some Christmas photos for the Birches. With the hopes not to spoil their Christmas card, I've included what were my favorite pics:

Veronica and Me

Veronica's oldest child, Carmen

Veronica and her youngest child Harry

The happy family: Veronica, Aaron, Harry and Carmen (who knows what she's looking at)

Also, I've had a lot of fun spending time with Mom, Dad and Nick. I'm really grateful for them and having a great time living so close to them!

Below is a really fun youtube video by the LDS Church about being grateful this holiday season.

Happy Thanksgiving!

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

Halloween and cholita wrestling

For this Halloween, I chose to represent the fearless, the underestimated and undervalued cholita, of the Bolivian type I mean. For the most part, my costume was somewhat authentic, except for the straw hat from Goodwill and the cabbage pat doll wearing my North Face hat. But other than that, I feel as though I've represented my South American female counterparts well. I had to carry around some pictures I took of the cholitas to help people understand what I was supposed to be. But, to my joy, one of our local missionaries from Ecuador recognized me right away. I even got a few "Most Creative" votes at a friend's party.

On Monday, we are having Sports Day for our school spirit week. I am dressing as a cholita. Why, you ask? Because some of these fearless women are also known to participate in professional WWF style wrestling:

So I figure, I'm perfectly justified in sporting this garb on Monday too!

Hope you all had some great Halloween fun!

(The pumpkin I carved this year)