Priesthood Power

I've been sick the fast few days, last night I felt so awful :( of course the awfulness is always worse in the middle of the night. Jorge gave me a blessing, so thankful for him and the priesthood he posesses. Today I'm feeling better!!! :)

Birthday Party Fun

Karen & Jimmy's wedding

Jorge and I attended the sealing tonight of a cute young couple in our ward. Jorge Sr. sealed them and it brought back so many sweet memories from our special day. This photo was taken just outside the front doors of the Guayaquil temple.

This is the wedding court & the tradition is that the maid of honor wears red symbolizing love and the matron wears white, not exactly sure the reasoning behind the white dress. They had a cute choreographed dance.

As part of the evenings events a member of our bishopric gave words of wisdom to the new couple.

Jorge and I had SO much fun dancing. He is such a good dancer!! I love that in Hispanic culture everyone dances from the youngest to the oldest. They also party like rock stars we left at 11:45 and they hadn't even served dinner yet. 

I won the lottery!!!

The husband lottery that is... I'm so lucky to have him. I really have the best husband. He is so kind, thoughtful, and understanding. We have so much fun together. As the years roll by (almost 4 for us) we get closer, so many shared experiences stitches your hearts together. I love you Jorge!

Birthday fun part 2.

We ended up having lunch for Stella's birthday at Plaza Lagos. This plaza is awesome they have amazing restaurants and cute shops but they also have this island ful of play equipment for kids. Stella and Renata had a blast! As part of the play equipment there are a couple of ginormous chairs and a table.

Modern version of boing chair, she loved it.

Zipline

Eating frozen yogurt (why not have a healthy birthday treat ;) ) they actually found out that it was Stella's birthday and gave us a gift certificate for a free  frozen yogurt and took our picture to post on their Facebook page. I've got to get around to checking it out...below zero, Guayaquil is the name of the place.

Stella's birthday

Look who turned two!

First she had a visit from her best neighbor friend.

Then to grandmas house for presents 

Then out to lunch

Then fun w/ her cousin Renata... you've got to love that BIG hug.

We had such a fun day. We are so grateful to have this sweet pea in our family. She makes a laugh and keeps us on our toes. She is so smart, sweet and fun. Happy Birthday!

Laying around

Stella has started this new thing where she randomly lays down wherever she is, outside, inside, at the park. She will lay there for usually 30seconds maybe.  I don't think she's tired because she still takes a good midday nap and sleeps 12 hrs a night. Does anyone have experience with this behavior?