200 anos!

This year is the 200 anniversary of independence for Mexico, Chile and Argentina (in May).  I'm sure there are other countries but I dont know which ones for sure.  On Wednesday Danny and I went to Sacramento for "El Grito"  I was suppose to be at mutual with my Y.W but most of the youth wanted to go to Sacramento to celebrate Mexico so we ended up "canceling" mutual last minute so the kids could go with their families.  Danny and I got there a little late so we missed the dancing but we got there right in time for El Grito (not that we know it) but we enjoyed the Mariachi music, Danny loved the food, I on the other hand went the safe route and had my snow cone.  There were a bunch of people there, the capital building looked cool lit up with Mexican colors, but at the same time I found it very ironic.  We sat on the grass and enjoyed some music until they changed from Mariachi for Banda-Sinaloense music, which at times is bearable but I couldn't stand the guy that was singing with the band that was on stage.  That is when we decided to leave.  The baby sure enjoyed his/her first Mexican independence celebration!  On the following Saturday I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the adult session of our Stake Conference.  I for sure thought Danny was going to speak with me when hey asked me, but no, it was only me.  It was a good experience, I was asked to speak on temples and it was neat because the Sacramento Temple Pres and his wife were there.  This month is the 4 year anniversary since it had been dedicated so they have been encouraging the members to attend as much as possible.  All in all it was a good experience, it helped over come my fear of speaking infront of A LOT of people.... On a side note, we get to find out what the baby is going to be in  about 3 weeks and we are excited!  When we talk about the baby Danny naturally says "she" (I think cause his family pretty much produces girls so he is so used to it, plus we agree more on girl names then boys) and I always say "he" ( I just want an older brother for the rest of our kids) so I guess we will see!  Either way we will be happy!

El Grito

our amigo Jesus, from the singles ward

Danny's cumple/Labor day/15 weeks

On September 6th it was Danny's birthday and my 15 weeks mark.  We had a pretty relaxed labor day.  We had a BBQ the saturday before with Roy/Gail Bair family, we ate some yummy food and then after the kids attempted to hit the pinata that I took to celebrate Danny's birthday.  The kids were very hesitant at first, I guess it was there first time they have ever hit one so they were kind of stand offish, until Taylin went crazy on it.... then they felt more comfortable breaking it and realized that in doing so the reward was falling candy.  On Monday Danny and I worked out in the morning (which was very much needed), went to the mall, ate at cheescake factory (which is his favorite desert) then finished the night with going to a movie, Inception.  We really enjoyed the movie, quite mind boggling.  Here are some pictures....

Danny's pinata