Maylin Fam Get-Together

1/28/11

After 6 months of living in NH, we finally made it back for a nice family get together. It was so good to see everyone and try to recognize our nieces and nephews that have grown like weeds in 6 mo! :)  Everyone also really got into this new game on the Wii called "Just Dance." Literally EVERYONE got into it! :) So fun! It was nice to remember what it was like to have a big fam get together again! Ha ha, it hasn't been that long, but we've never lived away from family before! :) 

We are already excited for our next visit to see family again this summer! And this time we'll be able to show off our little girl!!! :) That'll be the best!

Jazz vs. Celtics

Thanks to Shauna's mom we were able to go to the Utah Jazz vs. Boston Celtic game in Boston. The Jazz were blown out but it was still fun to see our Jazz play some where else besides the ESA and now that we live near Boston we have to cheer for them too :) We also ate at the Cheese Cake Factory before the game, it was soooooo goooooood! Thanks Bonnie for the game and giving us a chance to go on a date!

Guatemala con mi Mama

January 3rd - 19th 

I needed to get out of the house and work on some goals of mine, instead of being a lazy bum with no job in NH, so I decided to head to Guatemala again to attend the same Spanish school, Sevilla,  that I went to last year. I told my mom that I was going and she said that she'd come with!!! :) That was wonderful news!!! We went and stayed with the family that I stayed with last year, Iris, and her two boys. I was also able to take her around some of the mos beautiful spots in Guatemala. We spent 3 days out at Lake Atitlan. We stayed in Panajachel but visited Santa Clara and San Pedro enjoyed the scenery from the boats. We also went to the markets in Chichicastenango.

Santa Clara y San Pedro

Antigua

My mom and I talked about the luxeries that we so often look past at home... like toilettes that you can actually put toilette paper in, hot water, food that we enjoy, roads that don't make us sick and  people that we can communicate with easily. It is fun to travel and be amidst others homes and lives for a while, but it is also nice to be home! So, my mom left for home... and I stayed a while longer to continue my spanish skills.


Estoy feliz y orgulloso de mí mismo. Estudié mucho y me siento que puedo hablar mejor que antes! Tengo mucho mas aprender pero, poco a poco, correcto?   Por lo menos, estoy tratando de aprender! :) Voy a continuar estudiar y tomar clases.

It was hard to be away from Matt, but we spoke daily on Skype, and I feel a bit more satisfied that I was working toward a goal that means a lot to me! I hope to continue to progress! Matt is planning on taking Spanish lessons soon! That will be fun when we can both practice and mess up together :) Isn't that sweet of him to do that! I love him!

Painting Zoey's Room

Zoey's First Room

So Shauna and I are not big fans of white walls. So obviously when we were getting ready for Zoey we had to paint her room.

Don't you think her room looks a lot better now? We do:)