Trip to tAmPiCo

We went to Tampico over the weekend and went to the beach!! I loved it. It was a blast and so hot and so pretty. I went with claire, charlette, sofie, booth, brandon, tobi, louis-phillip and Jason. We are soo fun. It was really cheap and we had a 7 hour bus ride!! but it was good talking and getting to know everyone better. We went to the beach all day saturday and it was a blast. but after dinner i didnt feel well so i went back to the hotel and i had heat stroke!! my sunburn is like a lobster and i threw up and was sweating- hot and cold flashes and it was a horrible night. but im okay. the next day we went to the beach again. Brandon and I got this really cool coconut and drank the milk then the little boy cut it and we ate the inside too. It was delicious. It was a fun weekend at the beach! (this computer at the school is being eXtremely slow so i´ll add more pictures later!!)

Camille's Wedding!

CONGRATULATIONS MATT AND CAMILLE! I am so happy for you guys! You both look so pretty and so happy!! Hope you had a fun wedding and honeymoon. SOrry i couldnt be there! I thought about you guys a lot and started crying when I read Melindas email and saw the pics. Thanks for the pics Mel and thanks for giving them a hug for me!! haha That was funny.

Camille you are one of my best friends and I´m so thankful for all the fun memories we´ve had- from dressing like twins in 2nd grade to the night of initiation into Alpha Phi and much much more!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! Best friends forever and ever! Im so glad that Rikki could be there to help you and your mom. I love them. You are the best!

Feliz Cumpleaños Brandon

I met the cutest girls from Belgium! Last night we had dinner and a party at their house and it was so fun.

Me, Claire, Sofie

Alex, Brandon, Charolette, and Booth

Saturday night I went to my first bar. You only have to be 18 here to do anything. It actually was really crowded and stinky and not that fun at all. Sometimes I wonder...dont these people ever get sick of partying and drinking every single night. But they dont... Most people are so nice and think its cool and respect me even though its so different that I dont drink at all. But last night, I knew it was going to happen sometime, I broke down and cried. haha. I am fine I just needed to vent and I cried on Miguels shoulder- literally- and then a few minutes later I was over it and fine. Haha. I really do like Mexico and like here. School has been great. Learning spanish is great! I need to earn lots of money because I WILL travel a lot someday. Love it!

First day of Church and School

Sunday was so nice! I woke up early and took a taxi to church. I was able to contact my bishop and get directions- so thank you dad and sister cotrell (who i still havne´t met). It was so nice to walk in and hear familiar songs and feel the spirit there. We sang "El Alba Ya Rompe" which means the Day dawn is Breaking and "Mas Cerce, Dios, a Ti"- Nearer My God to Thee. I met some really cool people that were so nice and friendly! They have some young single adults and it was so fun to meet them. I met a girl that graduated from SUU and married someone and moved down here. Dont worry i´m most likely NOT going to do that. I love Matt! have i got any letters from him by the way? The mail here sucks so i hope that the letter i sent him gets to him. thank goodness for email. but anyways...i have made some fun friends here and its great. After church it was just a relaxing day and I hung out with my roommates and Miia. Okay so a little about my roommates- Mehtap is from Germany and she's 29. Our other roommate that is supposedly from mexico has not moved in yet. I hope she rememebers when school started! And then upstairs there is Orlando (17 from Mexico), Norman (22 from Germany) and Roberto (26 from Monterrey, Mexico). I made Norman learn some card games and it was fun talking and playing games.

The first day of school was good too. Yesterday I only had one class- salsa dancing and i hope that one day i´m half as good as my teachers. They are amazing!! It was in spanish but there are a lot of exchange students in that class. Then i went shopping and I bought groceries, a cute new comfortor (which i bought queen size on accident so Sab you can have it when i move home cuz its cute- i´ll have to put a picture on- its like green, blue and white) I´m glad my family had fun in Yellowstone and I miss you too!! I love you guys. Today I had more classes- 2 spanish classes, consumer analysis and international business. Spanish grammar is hard. I´m in the intermediate calss and i´ve learned a lot! I went to lunch with some people from Belgium and it was great. I have a few Mexican friends that we only talk in spanish. but a lot of people know english too so its kinda hard to always speak spanish. but im trying!! and learning lots. I love you all so much!

MeXiCo = Party Time!!!

We always hang out at the casa azul and meet tons of fun people.

Jason, Miia, Sharlene, Belgium boys
We all got pushed into the swimming pool!! and were soaking wet all night. The french boys think they are so funny...

I learned that I am the craziest, most hyper sober person that any of these guys have met. haha. (or so they say...) No worries - im not going to start drinking... I have fun without
Dance Party!!

1st day at UDEM

Sorry folks i cant post every single day...its pretty depressing without a laptop but i got a mexican cell phone so at least i can feel like i have a few friends. I love it here!! Except for nights are terrible and its too hot to sleep. I moved in! to a little brick shack...i mean house. yeah its pretty cool. i have 2 roommates one girl from mexico and the other girl is an exchange student but i havent met them yet cuz they dont move in until aug 2. Right now i´m at UDEM (universidad de monterrey) checking the school out and having orienatation. I like it.

The parties are great. I need to take more pictures. The people are so so nice! Its fun. Yesterday I just went grocery shopping, organized my room, helped Miia find an apartment, hung out, Walter came over to my house, went swimming, parited, danced, had a good day.

The mountains are great.

This is my friend Carlo and me in a taxi

Edith and Elsa sitting on the balcony

mangos, charlotte, taxis

Yesterday was good! I started to have lots of fun and met lots of cool friends. I decided that Mango is my new favorite fruit. Americans aren´t much of world travelers wanting to learn lots about other cultures apparently but i´m going to travel all over and have connections where i go. These way fun guys from Holland and France are hilarious and call me Charlotte- its easier than sharlene i guess. people from different countries have the hardest names to pronounce and remember. dont try to get a taxi at 2 am on a sunday night. its tough, but luckliy people are helpful. i love miia- we are the 2 blondes- shes from finland. I slept in til noon today. I wish i would have brought my massage book!! what was i thinking. and i´m glad i broght my scriptures and preach my gospel because when i say i´m from salt lake city and dont drink, lots of mormon questions arise haha. i love it here!