True Love

My toothbrush + my adorable nephew=

TRUE LOVE
(between an extremely germophobic aunt and this sweet boy)

Wisdom-less

So having my dad as a Dentist has been a blessing in so many ways, one of them being that I can usually be fit into be seen whenever I need to and I get my teeth cleaned whenever there is a cancellation. So a week and a half before I left for school, I felt one of my wisdom teeth start to come in, so I told him about it and he had me come by the office. So, I had an hour break from work so I drove to his office, for what I thought was going to be a little exam. I was very incorrect. We decided since I was already there, we might as well take it out. So before I know it, I am numb and my dad is pulling out my wisdom tooth. Literally 10 seconds later, it was out and done. So we packed in some gauze and made sure it clotted and I was on my way. The only problem being that I had to go back to work to teach swim lessons, instead of going home to relax, like a normal person.

Lesson Learned:
Having your wisdom teeth pulled then heading to the pool to teach lessons, is wisdom-less in more than one way.
But, I must admit, I mastered talking with a large piece of gauze in my mouth

California YSA Conference

California held a state wide Young Single Adult Conference that was held in 7 different locations. It was really cool being a part of it considering it was President Monson's idea and California was the first state that has ever hosted an event like this. We were assigned to the Oakland Temple and I loved everything about it. Steve Young spoke to us, there was a broadcast from L. Tom Perry, and my mom even taught one of the work shops.

So the picture is a little blurry- but its my mom with a few of the kids that attended her workshop. She did an amazing job.

Lindsey and me
LOVE this girl

Emma, me, Hanna, and Eryka
I had so much fun with these girls...

...as you can tell :)

love the California sunset
view from the Temple

love them

There was a dance that night, which was a blast.

We danced. A lot.

after the dance

fun boys

A Grande Birthday

For my Dad's birthday we all went to a Giants game the Friday after his birthday. With me, my parents, Melissa, Luke, Savannah, Rachel, Ryan, Rick and Lonna- it turned into quite the party. We had great seats, delicious food and treats, and perfect weather.

most of the group

me and Savs

Savy and the birthday boy.. well I guess man.

Happy Birthday Dad- I love you so much

Party Time!

Madi's Birthday

I love this girl.
We always have fun together- whether its talking about boys, laughing about our ridiculous swim lessons, talking while scrubbing lawn chairs at work, being mixed up for each other, trying to avoid being splashed in the pool, or just watching movies
thanks for always being there for me Madi-
you truly are a great friend
Happy Birthday!

Introducing...

Zito

So we have this tradition in my family of naming cars. I think this mostly came because whenever one of the kids had a car and called it 'theirs' my dad corrected them saying it was not their car- it was his car that he was letting them use.
So here is Zito, my dad's new car that he is so kindly letting me drive :)

January was helping me think of names and she suggested something to do with tuxedo since it's white and black. So naturally it was shortened to Zito, and it's stuck ever since.

Cici will be missed

la vida es mejor en mexico

Every summer my family goes on vacation to Mexico but this summer because of various busy schedules and school, it was just my mom, my dad, and me. It was definitely different without the rest of the family- a lot quieter, but very relaxing. We flew to Cancun from Dallas and spent the week there.

On Sunday we were your typical American tourist. We drove into the city Cancun (our resort was in Playa del Carmen) and saw the large hotels and beautiful beaches.

We came back and my dad and I played some cards. I have so many memories playing cards with my dad on vacations. I taught him a card game called 'golf' years ago and it was an automatic favorite (I think it might just be because of the name)

His golf game is as good on the table as it is on the course...

...much better than mine

Monday

Monday morning I was thinking about how if I were at home, then I would probably be at the pool teaching torpedo glides. So my parents decided they would be my pretend swim students and practice their torpedo glides

Reading- which turned into napping- on the deck

Tuesday

the epitome of a perfect relaxing day

Wednesday

We have been to Xel-ha a few times and I think this is one of those places I could go everyday and never get tired of it. There is snorkeling, tube rides, cliff jumping, rope swings, and delicious food.

The oh-so-attractive snorkel mask

going down on the tubes

my cute parents

My dad thought it was fun to splash me, so I made him a deal that every time he splashed me, I was going to take a picture of him (he likes pictures just about as much as I like being splashed) It worked out great, he wasn't allowed to complain about pictures for the rest of the day :)

Cliff jumping:

Snorkeling

Iguana!

A couple asked us to take a picture of them, and they did a pretty funny pose-
so this was my parents imitation

The first time I took this picture, my dad wasn't smiling, so I told him to smile, and this is what he did haha

"cheers"

as Audrey&Savs would say

love the hammocks

Thursday

The cute swings at the bar by the pool

the famous pool

The pier

Friday

We spent the day in Tulum- which has the most amazing beaches. We went here last Thanksgiving on the way home from Koba and I fell in love with this beach. My dad was so nice to make the hour and a half drive "just to go to a beach" (his words exactly)

Clearly, this was not "just another beach"

my mom and me floating on the rafts

The water was unreal

under the ocean

life is better in mexico.

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