Well, ABQ (that would be Albuquerque, I am not going to type that out every time so remember that) is treating us quite well. The weather is nice, and the people are even nicer. Kylee is loving school at Tierra Antigua.....translation...ancient earth....she loves her teacher Mrs. Piccininno (like pitch-a-knee-no) that is how they taught it to Ky to remember. She is also making lots of new friends, I know hard to believe. Jack is playing soccer and loving it, he actually had his last game yesterday sad. He is playing 2 years up, so he is 5 and most of the rest of 'em are 7. Mia is keeping me busy, making messes everywhere. She is still the same little fireball...maybe even more so. Heber is so fun, and growing too fast. He has 4 teeth. Two on top, and two on bottom. I think I can see more coming in on top, and he is drooling pretty bad. Joe is enjoying school and glad to be done with the first semester. This is our family in front of his school the first week we were here.
Here is the basics about ABQ. Jack said when we first moved here after being out and about that first week. "ABQ is pretty much the same as Utah....there is a Chuckee cheese, there is Carls Jr. they have everything we have....it is just that everything is a lot smaller here!" Funny kid right? But he is right they pretty much have everything, it is just smaller. UNTIL.....we went to the new Golden Coral when Barbaloot came and visited us.....HUGE. They had everything imaginable...every type of food, they had cotton candy, they had a fondue bar thing, they had ice cream and not just the soft serve either (they had that too though) but they had scoopable yummy icecream, the had a little doughnut maker. Anyway, ABQ is smaller except the Golden Coral. Here is Mia with a messy face after having some fondue fun!
Now for the most important....EASTER. Today we had a special Stake Conference. We got to hear from Elder Claudio Costa of the Seventy. I feel like I have a special connection with him. I remember meeting him in Brazil when my dad was Mission Pres. He was awesome. The whole meeting was awesome. The importance on Temples was spoke about quite a bit. I know that the Savior died for us so that we could repent and live together forever...we need Temples for that. I am so thankful for the Temple. Elder Costa spoke about the people in Manaus Brazil, how they would sell everything that they had to spend 15 days traveling to get to the nearest temple. They are still doing that. They have a temple that will be dedicated soon and they are so happy. His words touched my heart and made this Easter very special. I am so thankful for the Gospel and for my Savior, that he died for us, and that he resurrected three days later. Joe's 101 year old grandma died a couple of weeks ago. She was the oldest of 6 kids and the last to go. She out lived her family members and he husband and obviously her parents. I can't help but think of the reunion she must have had when she passed. I am thankful to have the knowledge of being together forever!
Sorry this post is so long, that is what I get for waiting so long to post. Deal with it!
