Australia is looking good

Avram and his comp are working hard and doing great.  They found this man, named Layton, while they were out tracting one day.  They were able to teach him all the lessons and then they used someones pool to baptize him.  

 

Presidents Day Weekend

For Presidents day weekend we headed north to Island Park.  We rented a couple of snow mobiles and enjoyed to snow.  

We were able to go by the cabin to see how it is progressing.  I think we are about 2 months away from completing the cabin.  It will be good to start filling it up with rentals and collecting some money.  

 Adam already has the next project planned out.   

Home again

We have returned to running a million miles an hour. 

 

But the best things are talking to Avram each week.  He is doing great!!!  He is happy in Alice Springs.  He loves the people and his comp is great.  They have 3 baptism dates set up.  He has found great joy in missionary work and in reactivation efforts.  He had a bad bought with some water but I doubt he will make that mistake again.  

We also got to celebrate Jareds return from his mission.  

 

So Thankful

We have been so blessed that for the past few years Adams business has flourished.  Part of that means that for the past few years we have been able to go a trip which has been totally paid for by one of Adams suppliers.  This year the trip was to Cancun.  

We left freezing cold Utah

And arrived in warm Cancun Mexico

The supplier always lets us choose a couple of excursions 

Our first excursion was Rio de secreto.  Ironically both excursions we went on were things that I had really wanted to do with our family when we went to Mexico in 2021 but between time and expense I couldn't work it out. 

 

This excursion included caves, bike riding, hiking, and repelling.  

I think I was at the hotel pool for a max of 3 hours total because we like to rent a car and go explore.  Most people layout at the pool and drink all day.  

I did enjoy my few hours at the pool.. 

While I was at the pool Adam, Derick and Jordan (Derick and Jordan both work with Adam) decided to take a mini fishing excursion.  

Our 2nd big excursion was to Tulum and then xe ha.  

We ditched the tour guide that the supplier had paid for when we met Mosiah who told us he would take us on a "church/ history" tour.  

The things Mosiah taught us were AMAZING!!!!

Mosiah does tours at many of the ruins around Mexico.  Now I want to go back and see more! 

After Tulum we were taken to Xe Ha.  It was a unique and fun water park.  It combine snorkeling, swimming, cenotes, rope swing, cliff jumping, zip line, river float, water slide, and lots more! 

It was over cast and according to Mexico standards "cold" that day.  For us it was a perfect day at the water park!  We weren't cold and it wasn't busy so we loved it.  

Since we had a rental car we went to playa del Carmen twice for delicious food and adventure. 

And I am happy that I was able to escape for an hour to get some pictures at a cemetery for family history work.  (I wish I could have spent more time at the cemetery but no one else enjoys that kind of outing when on vacation)

 

Pictures are worth 1000 words...

And I need a reminder of those words so I can remember what has happened in my life.  Im in a pattern of just trying to check off the most important things first each day and then hoping I have enough energy for other projects.

#1 on my daily schedule is Ilas school work.  We have good days and bad but overall we have more good days.  She has improved so much in math!!!! Before I teach her a math lesson I have to go through and relearn how to do it because some of the math I have forgotten and all of the math is done differently now that common core is the base of math instruction.  At first I really hated the common core method but as we get deeper into more difficult math I am actually amazed at how it is coming together.  

Below is one of the projects we did for Ilas school work.  It is a hydro robot.  It moves and functions with gears, hydraulics and water pressure/ movement.  Ila had to do several engineering units about how this robot functions and then we built the robot together.  

Ilas favorite class is her chocolate making class.  I have a neighbor that loves making chocolates.  Her technics are really different then the way my mom makes chocolates.  (I still like moms chocolates more).

Ila goes to my neighbors house about once month for her chocolate class.  The two pictures of flowers/vases below are made out of chocolate.

Once school work is done each day then my day really gets going.  I fill it with book work for Adams business, young women/ church stuff, house cleaning and care, and yard work.  I have tried to prioritize time each day for scripture study but  I really need to find time to focus more on my health/ exercise.  

this is an ice skating night with the young women.  No, I don't ice skate, I just watch.

One night for Young women's we went to my neighbors house to make little chocolate valentine houses 

These two never run out of things to do.  Unfortunately Adam is so busy that his free time is scarce.