Jaime's First Prayer

I wanted to make sure I recorded such a special and cute moment in Jaimito's life. His first prayer.

He had already learned to fold his arms and close his eyes. He's actually pretty reverant when it comes to praying. He would sit quietly with his head in his arms. But when it came to trying to have him pray it wasn't really working. I actually think he's pretty behind in the talking department, and I find myself comparing him to other 2 year olds and he seems so behind. Yet yesterday night he truly surprised me when David told him to pray so we could have our small Family Home Evening.

David started to say the words so he could repeat and to my surprise Jaimito repeated every word(ofcourse as best as he could). It was the cutest thing ever. We all had to try really hard not to smile and giggle during the prayer cause it was just toooooooooo adorable. His little baby voice repeating all the words and ending his prayer with a clear AMEN.

He loved it so much that this morning he prayed for the food. His big sister is so proud of him. She was so amazed at how he was able to pray. So I guess he'll catch up on the talking department when he's ready but for now he's doing pretty darn good!

Pizza making with the Young Woman

This past Friday we had our usual Young Woman mutual. As part of the activity we made pizzas. Our Young Woman President, Lucy, showed us how. I'm amazed at what a talented sister she is. She is just full of talents. She seems to know a little bit of everything and I admire her so much for this.

I'm enjoying being with the girls. Ofcourse it has it's challenges. Sometimes I sit there and think, "Was I really like them as a teenager?" I have to develop patience and understanding.
But I'm loving being there with them. I can't help but think about my years in Young Woman. The impact that a good leader has on a young woman. For me that was Sister Gutierres, she was the Young Woman President when I was in the organisation. I can't help but say "Sister Gutierres use to do this or that" or "I remember when Sister Gutierres did this." I can't remember anything specifically that she said to me or thought me, but I just remember feeling so loved by her. So comfortable around her, I felt like I could come to her with anything. I trusted her completely. That's why I felt so safe coming to her during later years when I was going through hard times. And even now 'til this day I feel the same way about her. When I see her on Sundays I can't help but hug her and express to her my love and gratitude! I love her so much, and I hope that I can be what she is to me to the young woman.

Kite Flying

Usually once every year us Mendez try to fly kites. I say try because most of the time we're not very successful. This year we were able to get our $1 kites up pretty easy. Even Jaime was able to fly his kite. So having been successful with our cheap little kites we thought we would try to fly a more intricate and fancy kite. Here's David trying to put our kite together. We bought it at Aldi and it caught David's eye because it was some sort of Star Wars looking thingy. Here's David trying to make sence of the directions. I don't know about you but I'm more of a visual person, I can't follow written directions. Another thing you should know is that us Mendez have the WORST, and I do mean THE WORST LUCK when it comes to buying things. We always, ALWAYS get the one in a million product that comes with some kind of defect or missing a part. For instance, our first pitcher we got came with a mest up spout which would pour the water in every direction exept the intended one. Then our fancy CD playing alarm clock who ofcourse wouldn't play CDs for some reason. The list just goes on and on. So ofcourse this couldn't be an exception. We were missing a part. But David being the little thinker that he is made his own part.

So after awhile he finally completed our kite. Unfortunately we weren't able to make that darn thing fly. We tried every way possible. We ran, we jumped, we pulled and nothing would get that darn kite flying. So from now on we are sticking to our simple plastic $1 kites.

Oh and another highlight of the day was getting this picture of my mom falling through what she thought would hold up as a seat for her! hahahaha! Jaimito was trying to help his abuela out!

My new niece!

I wanted to present to everyone my new niece. Ruth Scarlet. I would put her last name but it's so hard that I don't want to miss spell it. She was born February 2011.

She is the cutest thing ever. She is so loved buy soooooooooo many. I know she is going to be a blessing to her parents.

Her mommy is David's youngest sister Xochilt who couldn't wait for the day she could hold her in her arms.

And as you can tell by Natalie's big old smile, we love to carry her!

First Spring Walk

Just wanted to share our first walk of Spring 2011! It was still a little chilly so we still needed our coats but it still felt so nice to be out walking on the first day of Spring.

I can't help but smile at how cute Jaimito is. He does this thing were he puts both his hands into his coat pockets. He looks so cute, like a little man!

He loves walking no matter what the weather is like. And getting him back in the house is always a hard task!

Happy Spring Everyone!