Cancun Pictures!

Reno Home Show

Today Jamin and I went to the Reno Home Show. There were so many things to see, and I even won a month free membership at an awesome gym near my house. I am excited to go to all the fun classes they have there.

The highlight of the show was that Taniya Nayak from Designed to Sell was there. I love that show, so it was like meeting a celebrity for me. We were able to get pictures with her, and she gave us some free design advice. Jamin drew an example of our floor plan and she told us the best way to arrange our furniture, which of course is the exact opposite of how I have it. Her ideas will give me something to do when I get ambitious. She was so smart and could visualize things so well. I wish I had that talent. So, here is a picture of me and Taniya so you can visualize just how huge and white I look next to her.

Blessings

While we were in Cancun, Jamin's dad had open heart surgery. We called after his surgery, and everyone was amazed at how well he was doing. He was released a few days earlier than expected.

Over the weekend, Roger took a turn for the worse and was rushed to the E.R. He had some pretty severe complications from the surgery, and everyone was very worried. After he was in the hospital for two days, Jamin's family told us that we probably needed to come to Indiana as soon as we could get tickets. His doctors had no idea what was wrong, but they suspected a stroke. Then, Jamin's brothers gave him a blessing and he immediately started to turn around! All of his symptoms were gone and he was once again back to normal. They kept him in the hospital for a few days, but they decided he was fine. It was so amazing to hear the good news after we had been so worried.

I am so grateful that he is doing better and that Jamin's brothers were worthy to give him the healing blessing. We definitely had our testimonies strengthened over this Easter weekend. We are grateful for all of the great things we have in our life, and this little scare has helped us to be more appreciative of our families. I hope all of you also had a great Easter!

Cancun

We are back, and we had a lovely time in Cancun. We were not your typical vacationer who basically sits on the beach and drinks margaritas all week long. We spent a lot of time swimming in the ocean, snorkeling in cenotes and caves, and driving recklessly around the Yucatan Peninsula (I seriously thought we might die on several occasions; such as when a FedEx truck ran a red light and came barreling towards us at extreme speeds.) We also visited a Mexican Wal-Mart and the ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. As our consular said, “A Mexican Wal-Mart is just like those in America, except all of the workers here are legal.” That is not entirely accurate, but I thought it was funny. We also spent some time at the Flea Markets where all of the sellers offered the same sales pitch of “Almost free!” or “Everything cheaper than K-Mart!” At these Flea Markets, we were also quietly offered Cocaine and Marijuana. Don’t worry, we didn’t buy any.
Politically, we were surprised to at the numerous document checks we had to endure to enter into Mexico, but at the apparent disregard for these checks in order to return to the US. I expected it to be the other way around. I guess we just look honest.
On our trip we saw some very beautiful places and some intense poverty—it was very eye opening to us. I am so glad that we got to go, and we are already planning our next vacation! I will post some pictures later—I need to go through them and figure out which ones to keep and which to delete. Adios!

Two More Days....

Then I am off for a month! Sleeping in every day, no responsibilities--I really can't wait.