More of the wild week!

Thursday, Feb. 5th

THOUGHT:  "WE CAN'T HELP EVERYONE, BUT EVERYONE CAN HELP SOMEONE!"
                                                                                                                       Ronald Reagan

Today was another one of those long travel days!  We got up early and headed north this time to Queretro.  Greg started his mission 42 years ago here.  He was flabbergasted at how much this town has grown.  There are hills on the outside of town that were nothing but dirt.  Now they are covered with houses and big buildings.  Either this town has grown really fast or Greg is really old!   It took us almost 3 hours to get there!  I have never seen so many trucks shipping stuff into or out of the city!   We found the church and got in on the zone leader conference that had started.  Pres.     is a latin guy and Greg said he gave some really good thoughts and training in his talk we listened to for an hour!  Greg thinks he will be a GA someday!  He is still young and already been a Bishop, Stake Pres and now Mission president.  Greg's 10 commandments of good health went good.  Greg then saw a few sick missionaries and we left to head back home!  Greg tried to find where he lived in the town, but I missed the street and we couldn't get back so next time we will have to check it out!  Something was going on in town anyway!  I was happy to get out due to the 2 hundred police that were all standing around holding their shotguns.  Roads were blocked off and police trucks were everywhere!  You never really know what's happening!  A lot of times you will pass a bunch of police standing around holding their guns out and looking!  They never seem to do anything!  Whatever!
It took us almost 3 hours to get back home and I am pooped!!!
I hope you day went well!

Here is the famous aqueduct that goes through the center of town!
Greg remembers this as being the only thing around!
Look past the aqueduct to see all the houses up on the hill!

There is a river that goes through town!
These trees cover the riverbank.
Greg says there were no trees around!
Theses trees look old, but not 42 years old, I guess!

A cool church by where Greg lived!

Ok, we kept passing trucks full of pigs on the way back to Mexico City!
Here is a truck full of pig fannys!  HEE HEE!
Kinda blurry, cause we were going fast!

Friday, Feb. 6th


Today was a fun day!  We got up, drove to the Temple clinic and saw a few missionaries!  We have had a special on sick missionaries this week!  There have been 6 appendix removals in the country, just yesterday, Greg sent 6 missionaries home for various health reasons!  I'm not sure how many he has sent home this week!  Life is crazy down here!  We stopped at Burger King for lunch after the clinic and drove to the Chalco mission.  I was excited because Beka's friend Marcie Castillo is in this mission and we had planned to meet up!  It was a very nice drive since it was only an hour away!  This is the slum part of Mexico City!  A very poor mission all the way around!  The Crickmores - Mission president and wife and the nicest people.  They are from San Diego so they are tough nuts living in this place!  We have a pic with them!  Greg did his schpeel on the good health. A guy showed up to make lunch - he cooked hamburgers on a grill in the church parking lot!  Then he slapped a piece of bacon and a slice of ham on that burger, along with a slice of pineapple.  It looked terrible but tasted good.  Just before lunch, Sister Castillo showed up and we had a very nice visit with her!  She looks good and is doing well out in the little pueblito where she lives - about 30 min away from the city of Chalco.   I also had a nice visit with Sister Crickmore!  Another awesome lady!  This has been a hard deal for her and she is working through it all very well!  - including a hip replacement!  She had to go to Salt Lake to have it done one year ago because she had a daughter in Salt Lake and no one in San Diego to help her.  But when she got to Salt Lake, her daughter found out she had a brain tumor, so when Sis. Crickmore was getting her hip done, her daughter was having brain surgery at the U.  They got home to the daughters apartment the same day and took care of each other for a couple of weeks!  Oh my!  The poor missionaries get robbed weekly in this mission - especially their phones.  It is hard to keep the missionaries safe here in this mission!  Sister Castillo has done fine.  Hopefully that will hold out for the whole mission for her!  After lunch and visiting we took Sister Castillo and her comp back to their house.  It was about 25 min away from the city in another small, poor town.  We walked through her house and took pics.  I needed to use the potty before we drove home!  She said sure, but no toilet seat!  I understand that is a luxury around here - to have a toilet seat!  They live in a fairly big home.  It has 3 bedrooms, but the other two are sitting empty. The also have a large kitchen and living room - with no furniture!   They do have a rope hung across the room held up with a stick in the middle of the living room for their clothes line!
We said goodbye and drove back to Mexico City which took us forever  with the traffic since it was Friday night!  The Andersons invited us up to watch a movie!  I was so tired, I don't even remember the name of it - but it was pretty funny (old movie).  Movies today aren't funny!
Hasta Luego!

This is what the Temple grounds have looked like
with the poinsettias all around!

But now, spring has sprung and pansies and
little rose bushes and other fun stuff
is being planted!

Spring is about here in Mexico!

Fridays are garbage days so we see
guys pushing carts around the streets
cleaning up the garbage and sweeping!

I feel bad for this cute little guy!
He is filthy and doesn't wear gloves!
How do you like his broom?
It must work cause lots of people have these!

We were waiting in the street to be let into the parking lot to go
to the drive through at Burger King on our way out of town today!
We go our food and out we ...wait what?
See the big heavy chain!  We have to call the guy from the parking lot over
to unlock the chain, pay our ticket and drive out of the drive through!

This is the entrance to the church in Chalco!
Would you feel safe going to church here?

Here visiting with the Pres & Sis. Crickmore

Since I can't take pics of my cute grandkids-
I pick cute little Mexican kids to take pics of!

Sister Castillo came to visit us for the afternoon!
It was very fun to see her!

A random pic on the way to Sister Castillo's house!
Someone lives here!

Indoor soccer field!
Sister Castillo hasn't played here yet!
Maybe if we talk Beka into coming down here
they could have a good game of soccer!

One huge rock sitting in the road!
Whatever!

Sister Castillos house on the bottom level!

I asked why the stick with rope on it in the living room?
I'm not sure I got a good answer - so I am assuming
it is a clothes line!

If you go to the street in front of Sis. Castillo's house and look right..
this is what you see!
There is a horse standing next to the building on the left side!
Sweet street!

Popo at sunset - spouting off!
Greg's favorite mountain - volcano
Popo ( I can't spell the rest of the name)
Sister Castillo sent us this pic she took from her house!
She lives at the base of this volcano!

One Wild Week Ahead!!

Monday, Feb. 2nd

THOUGHT:  "MY MISSION IN LIFE IS NOT MERELY TO SURVIVE, BUT TO THRIVE:
                        AND TO DO SO WITH SOME PASSION,  SOME COMPASSION, SOME 
                         HUMOR AND SOME STYLE!"            Maya Angelou

 Happy Birthday Susan Stevens!  I don't know why your mom didn't name you Phil?  Anyway, I wish you the best year ever!!
Monday is another holiday here!  They have more holidays here than our school district does at home!  Greg is getting busier by the day!  Some days the phone rings at least 50 times, other days not very many!  Today wasn't too busy so we got the Andersons and went to a real fancy mall with very expensive stores!  I don't know how all of those stores stay alive!  Everything costs a ton of money.  We went in Crate and Barrel and saw a plain leather chair (granted it was leather) but still it cost over $4,000 dollars!  Who can afford that here!  There is such a stark difference between the rich and everybody else (the poor)!  Most of the people I have met can't afford food to feed their children!  Any way, the Andersons got some smelly lotion in Victoria's Secret!  Greg wouldn't even come in the store!  He says - "that's not a place for missionaries!"   Sometimes (most times) I think he thinks he is back on his mission from 42 years ago!  He is always mad at me cause I don't want to get up at 6:30 every morning like a missionary so I can stare at the wall!  I could always do more studying (which I should do) but seriously!  You are not 20 years old any more buddy!!
We ate lunch at Quiznos at the mall. Then we left that ritzy place and went to Walmart!  I felt much better being there!  We got some new brighter lightbulbs that will last until the hotel is torn down! I bought a glass vase that I can use on the 10th (when we left on our mission) and the 22nd (when we got to Mexico)!  I don't think that's too much to ask for Greg to buy me really cheap flowers twice a month!  They have beautiful flowers here for not much money!  Now I have a vase.  I reminded him he has 5 days to go, he better start planning!  Last month he asked me to drive him to get me flowers! I am not going that low!  He had to walk!
We got home from shopping in time to eat some dinner and go to FHE!  Elder Rice gave a lesson on the Mexican Constitution  and the history of Mexico since it is Mexican Constitution day today!  WOW!  (that was an overreaction)  He gave half the lesson in Spanish!  I am not sure what was worse - Mexican history or giving it in Spanish!  Well, the lesson I have learned is that the time does go by and I made it through!  He had a couple come with their guitar and all the Spanish people in the room sang song for the next hour!    That was a very long FHE!  That's all I'm going to say about that.


Tuesday, Feb. 3rd


We got up early and left town for Puebla!  A big town about 2 hours south of Mexico City!  Greg was mad because I made him 15 min late leaving!  So, since I was driving, I made up the time driving like a Mexican and we pulled into the church lot at 11:01!  Perfect!  It is hard for him to apologize all the time!!  We met with the Christensens - who are over the Puebla North Mission.  They are very nice people.  They go home in June!  In the afternoon the Stellmans came to the north mission and picked us up and took us to their mission office.  They are over the Puebla South mission.  Equally as awesome people.  They have only been here since June so the Christensens have been a great resource to them.  The Christensens are from Bountiful and the Stellmans are from Boise Idaho!
We visited with the Stellmans all afternoon, drove back to the north mission office to get our car, then back to the south Mission Home where we stayed for the night!  All of the mission homes in Mexico have 5-6 bedrooms that can sleep a lot of missionaries!  The mission homes are beautiful and big!  Of course, every house is bigger that our little hotel room that we live in! But remember - we have a window!!!  We relaxed for a few minutes and then got back in the car, drove back to the north mission office to meet the Christensens and went to dinner at La Ciudad!  Good food and good company!  We talked a lot about the health of the missionaries.  We need to find some good doctors in the city to take care of them!  The doctor that does help with the missionaries lives about an hour away in another little town!  Greg has his work cut out for him - finding new doctors and hospitals and such!  There is a big medical hole here!!  We got back to the mission home late and went to bed in the NICE big kingsize bed!  Life is good today!!

Pic out the window of people, people and more people!
They just keep moving up the mountains around here!
This is on the way to Puebla!

I don't know what this is!

Driving up the little lane to the Mission Home!
That is it on the left across from the car.
Everything is gated and barred and closed up tight!
We were turning around at the end of this lane and
two Dobermans came right to the gate and watched us
until we moved away from them!
Yikes!

I am so bummed that I didn't get a pic of the Christensens and Stellmans!
Next time!


Wednesday, Feb 4th


Another fabulous day!  Sis. Stellman made us breakfast of a french toast casserole, scrambled eggs and bacon!  I am so coming here again soon!!! We had such a great time with these people!  I love getting to know these presidents and wives!!  We took off to go look around the city of Puebla and then off to meet Dr. Parra who has been taking care of the missionaries from her home an hour away! Puebla is famous for Talavera which are  ceramic dishes, vases, all kinds of things - mostly blue and white.  Beautiful stuff!  We will need to come here again to get some stuff, but we didn't take time today!  We drove and drove and drove through all these little Pueblitas to get to Dr. Parra's house.  One discouraging thing about driving is I don't get to take the pics I want and Greg never sees anything to take a pic of.  I missed taking a pic of a cute little grandma holding the cutest little girl, leaning on a post waiting for the bus, also a cart being pulled by a horse or two, with the kid driving while standing on whatever was in the cart, a sweet little store full of fruits and vegetables in a really old little building with a rusty old bicycle sitting out in front that I know was being used by someone!  You are just going to have to make your own pic of these things in your own mind!  I did take some pics and forced Greg to take a few!  I will post them.
On the way to the Parras we stopped at a huge pyramid that the Catholics built a huge church on top to.  The history is that they tried to put crosses up on top of the church and 3 time they got hit by lightening and ruined!  You would think they would get the hint!  There are crosses there now! These pyramids are steep and high!  I don't know how those little people that built them could go up and down those steep, deep stairs!  They must have had strong thighs! HA!
We met the Parra's in their home.  Greg and Dr.(female) Parra talked for an hour or so. Bro. Parra was there also and he was as cute as could be.  He kept offering us drinks, cookies, fruit! Their little house is FULL of figurines, dolls, artwork, cross stitch, and more stuff!  They can hardly move in there!  I took a pic of the big heavy red curtain that is hanging in the middle of their living room!   After we were done with them we were going to go see some other pyramids that aren't very famous, but have murals on the walls of a dark skin man fighting a light skin man!  Go figure!  People estimate these pyramids and murals were built between 600-900 AD.  Things are a little old around here!   Here is a fun fact you should know:  There are 40,000 pyramids in Mexico, and only 10,000 have been discovered and of those only a handful have been unearthed and are visible!  As you drive around this country there are mounds everywhere and almost 100% of the time they are pyramids that are buried beneath dirt, cactus and trees.  It costs too much money to unearth them so they just sit - buried!
The Parra's took us to lunch around the corner from their house.  It was our first experience of eating off the street!  We keep preaching to the missionaries to NOT eat off the street.  This was a little restaurant, but I prayed extra hard that I wouldn't get sick!  So far, so good!  Prayer works!
I had breaded chicken breast that someone had beat to a thin slice about as thick as a piece of paper! There was soup - not eaten, lettuce - not eaten - refried beans - not eaten - and most of the chicken - not eaten!  I did eat the rice pudding for dessert!  I ordered a Coka light and the waiter had to leave the restaurant  and go somewhere to get me the drink!  A yummy lunch all the way around!
After lunch, the Parras asked if they could take us to the pyramids - Cacaxtla!  They are not well known pyramids, but very interesting because they have murals from 600-900 AD painted all over the walls.  The murals are of dark skin warriors fighting light skin warriors!  The pyramids are so cool to be wandering around in.  It is so peaceful there and you just have to wonder what ever happened for sure at this spot!  Who knows if the archeologists know what they are talking about!  We wandered around for a couple of hours, then had to get on the road to get home at some reasonable time!  We already had driven for a couple of hours and had what we thought was a 2 hour ride home!  HAHA!  It took us 3 1/2 hours to get home due to the dang traffic!   I may go completely nuts with this traffic!  What is happening at 7 pm on a Wednesday night that the whole planet has to be out on the roads!   BLAHHHHHHH!
We have taken lots of pics so here are some of them!

Driving down the road looking for the pyramid!
It is under that Catholic Church that is standing
above this hotel!

Better pic of the church sitting on the pyramid of Chulula!

We are at the pyramid and this little pyramid
that is partially unearthed is sitting next to the big one!

A view back at Chulula from part way up the pyramid!

Beautiful blooming trees!
I am told people pick these red leaves and
eat them!

Another view of the city from the top!

Here is the church with the two crosses on top
that kept getting hit by lightening!

City view!

The town center or zocolo!

Down the back side is another pyramid that they have
unearthed the stairs to!

I love taking pics of the people all around!
A mom pushing her cart somewhere to sell
whatever is in it with her daughter
going along for the ride!

People set up these little eating areas wherever along the road!
This one seems quite popular!
Then every night they clean everything up, pack it away
and start all over the next day!

In the Parras home with the sister missionaries that live
in a little house in the backyard!
Don't you just love the red curtain in the middle of her living room!

Pic with the Parras!
Look at all the knick knacks in the cupboard behind us!
They also still have all of their Christmas decorations up!

I love this door!  It goes to a little bathroom
that is 2 steep steps down and mostly under the
stairs that are to the right!
I could hardly fit to go potty!
Greg went after me - I don't know what happened there!!

We missed the good pic but look closely under that yellow sign!
Yep those are dead chickens hanging for sale!
There were hanging chickens all over this little town!
They look like they are made out of rubber!

I love this pic!  Just a guy taking his greenery
(maybe marijuana!) to sell it somewhere!
I love his donkey!!
Bet you never see this in SLC!

Pyramid at Cacaxtla!
Built 600-900 AD

The reason they have built a roof on top of this pyramid
is because of the murals inside!

Different rooms on top of pyramid

Mural down some stairs into the Temple room!

Dark skin warriors fighting light skin warriors!

Back side of pyramid!
Can't really see if behind us due to shadows!

Nos vemos!

Yay! The weekend!

Saturday - Jan. 31st.

THOUGHT:  "GOD ALWAYS GIVES HIS BEST 
                                TO THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CHOICE WITH HIM!"

Mom says I have to do better or I will get fired at blogging.  Saturday morning I slept in until 7 am -way to go.  I was tired from all of my traveling.  I did get a spectacular view of Pico de Orizaba which I posted on Facebook - almost 19,000 ft (about 11,000 feet under our airplane.)  I had a lot of computer work and phone calls to catch up on and Peg had a leisurely morning and burnt the pancakes (tried a new grill - did not work out.)  We decided to go to the Merced (biggest market in one of the biggest cities in the world.  Three couples rode a bus to the metro while the Andersons (he has a bad back) took a taxi and met us there.  We took the subway to the merced.  It is hard to imagine what this is and we only saw about a 10th of it.  It is indoors with tiny aisles about every 20 feet.  You see vendor after vendor of the same things such as shoes, clothing, kitchen items, artificial flowers.  It goes on and on with floods of people trying to go both ways on an aisle that is definitely one way only.  We got a silicon mat to roll out cookies, rolls etc.  We got a cupcake tin.  One of the elders kept asking for the CD's or DVD's and they kept sending him to the pornography stores - disgusting.  Interesting note - all of the mannequins modeling jeans were turned with their bottoms facing us.  I guess you might call it backwards fashion.  Maybe the women here want to see what their bottoms will look like in the jeans.  We finally wore out and took the metro back to the Zona Rosa (the upscale part of downtown) and we ate at Chilli's.  We then came back and played Phase 10 after dinner with the Rices.  Of course I had phone calls all day.  Sunday started early.  It was fast Sunday.  It is interesting that there is never a pause in our testimony meetings.  A blind gentleman who was baptized the week we came bore his testimony of how his life had changed and how happy he is now to be a member of the church.  The testimonies are always heart felt, never travel logs (they never go anywhere) and are not preachy.  This is a very humble people, grateful for all of the Lord's blessings.  I had to teach the priesthood lesson and chose to talk on the Proclamation on the family and the new announcement.  Before I taught a man who was baptized 3 weeks ago was ordained a Priest and he then ordained his son a teacher - it was very powerful.  He is very bright and will be a great addition to the ward.  We had one set of elders and 2 sets of sisters today (one set was the training sisters - equivalent to the assistants over the sisters.)  One of them had turned her ankle and was very concerned about not being able to go out and do splits with the sisters.  The missionaries in our ward have been baptizing almost weekly.  We will be going back to English church - a judge from the 9th circuit court in San Francisco is speaking in a combined Priesthood/RS meeting - he is here invited by the Mexican government for their 100th celebration of their constitution.  He is a member of the church but knowing how liberal the 9th circuit court is I am sure he will be way left of me.  We have all of the couples coming to our apartment for dinner - we do that every fast Sunday.  My guess is that there will be no Super Bowl - not that much interest.


This is Peg!  I didn't take any more pics of the Merced.  Pics nor words can describe this place!  Come down here and I will personally take you there!  You will love it!!

After the Merced, we got off the Metro
on Reforma and walked along this nice
closed road that they have like Gateway!
Lots of shops and places to eat!
This is a hotel!

We are with the Toblers, Rices and Andersons (not in pic)
walking along trying to figure out where to eat!

Another big fancy hotel!
Pretty building!

Hasta Luego!

Wednesday, then home alone!!!

Wednesday, Jan 28th -

THOUGHT:  "KEEP YOUR FACE ALWAYS TOWARDS THE SUNSHINE -
                          AND SHADOWS WILL ALWAYS FALL BEHIND YOU"
                                                                                                          Walt Whitman

Today was groundhog day again!  We had another zone conference with the south mission.  I love the Valadez'.  They are awesome mission president and wife!  They don't speak English, but their spirit is tangible!  Greg got to give his shpeal, but that wasn't the extremely exciting part of today!  He was in the chapel next door to the older chapel that he attended as a missionary!  Someone had keys to the building, so we got to walk through the church!  Greg remembered everything about the church and some of the people that were in that ward!  Talk about a walk down memory lane! I also got a pic of the older church when there was nothing around it but fields!  I don't know how old the pic is, but now the building is surrounded by houses, freeway and busy roads!  The newer church was where the zone conference was held!  It wasn't there 42 years ago when Greg was there!  Good Times!!!
While we were at the conference, Greg got a call and was informed that he needed to take an Elder home to Salt Lake.  The missionary was struggling with some mental issues and needed a doctor to escort him home!  Greg spent the rest of the day getting things arranged and packed.  We won't be able to go to the zone conference tomorrow - the third one for the south mission.  He was also suppose to do a presentation for the Southeast mission for Pres. Stuttzenegger on Friday.  He had to cancel that as well!
Greg got the Toblers to ride with us to drive Greg to the airport!  We left at 7pm and got to the airport at 8:35!  The traffic was horrible!  Elder Tobler helped my get on the dang right roads to get back to the hotel!  We finally got back at 9:50!  Tired and now HOME ALONE!  I'm not sure if that is good or bad.  What's wrong with this pic that Greg gets to go home and I am in Mexico alone!
Tonight Greg flew to Vieramosa in southern Mexico.  He got to stay in a hotel with a king size bed!
In the morning he will take this Elder and fly to Salt Lake!  Who really knows what I will do!!
What happens in Mexico....  Stays in Mexico!

This pic was taken many many years ago - even before
Greg was there!  Now, where all of these people
are standing is a huge busy street!
There are buildings all around this church!

This is a beautiful carved  piano that Greg played 42 years ago!
I don't think it has been tuned since!!

Pulpit..  no microphone!

Pic from the front of the chapel towards the back!
Look at the beautiful wood benches and doors!

Pics with the Valadez and an Elder!

I love these beautiful wood carved doors!

Pic with Pres. & Sis. Valdez - South mission
in front of the church!

Front door!

Look at that smile!

Thursday, Jan 29th -


Well, here I am home alone for today and tomorrow!  I tried to sleep in a little, but Greg had to call me at 7:45!  He refuses to let me sleep in!  Tomorrow, I am not answering the phone!  I studied my Spanish for my lesson that was at noon today!  I finally put my Christmas tree away!😬
The Andersons did not want me to be alone so they asked me if I could take them to the grocery store!  I was happy to do that!  The weirdest thing happened on the way to the store!  The traffic was going very slow - even the busses.  I could see something all over the road, but couldn't tell what it was until I got up to it!   OH MY GOSH!  ONLY IN MEXICO!   Probably 6-8 cow carcasses had fallen out of the back of a truck and there were bloody bones of all shapes and sizes - leg bones, hip bones, ribs, etc,etc, ALL over the road! We were driving over all these bones cause the road was completely covered! It smelled so gross and looked awful!    Nothing but fun here!!
The Andersons had me over to watch a Hallmark Valentines movie.  I love Hallmark movies cause they always have a happy ending!   It was so fun to face time with all of my kids tonight!  Greg isn't appreciating the fact that he has been able to spend this evening with them all and I am sitting down here!  Next time I am taking the missionary home!
Hasta la vista

OK, this is a 3 ft block of frozen bloody bones!
These were on the other side of the road from where the
bones were splattered all over the road for at least a block!

We went into the Superama grocery store and look at what
met us!  A huge pig leg, thigh, hip!
Elder Anderson is holding the foot (hoof)

When we came out of the grocery store, guys were shoveling up
the bloody bones and putting them in boxes.
The guy in the blue behind the tree is carrying a big
box back to the truck!!
Where do you think they are taking those bones??

There is a box of bones!

Here is a pile of bones waiting to be put in a box!
Just laying all over the road!!!

PS Greg thought he was the only one to have fun - just look at the fun I had alone in Mexico!!


Friday, Jan 30th

THOUGHT:  "HEALTH IS THE GREATEST GIFT....
                        CONTENTMENT THE GREATEST WEALTH....
                        FAITHFULNESS THE BEST RELATIONSHIP!"
                                                                                           Buddha

Today was very uneventful!  No bloody bones on the road or anything!   Ho Hum!
I cleaned up our place, did the ironing, the dishes, moved some of the extra stuff that was here up to the place where the Hackings will live.  I was suppose to pick up Greg from the airport at 3:30 today but there were a few problems.  First it was pay day and on pay day everyone is out going somewhere to spend their money.  Traffic is horrendous!  Also it is a Friday afternoon and a holiday weekend!  They have more holidays here than I can count!  So the airport trip would have taken me about 4 hours!  I let Greg know as soon as he landed to get a taxi and find his way home!  He ended up hitching a ride with Pres. Anaya who was at the airport to pick up a couple coming from Utah to work in the East Mission office.  Greg got to go to the Temple to see a couple of missionaries he told to meet him there.  He finally got home at 8pm.  I had already gone to dinner with the Andersons, Rices, and Sandbergs and was back home before he got home!  That's what he gets for leaving me home alone in Mexico!!!
We went over to the Andersons and watched a movie- The Legend of Zorro! then to bed!!
I guess there was a very eventful thing happen here yesterday!  There was a big explosion at a maternity hospital here somewhere on the west side of the city (where we live).  We didn't hear anything but a sister from our stake was in that hospital and her new baby died of severe burns.  I think 9 people died including babies!  I don't turn on the TV down here, but everyone in Utah has seen it reported on the national news!  Sad deal!