Shopping, Conference, Parks and Baking Cookies

I had a fun but calm weekend. Saturday Norman and I went shopping all day! He got some cool new clothes and we ate a delicious cinnamon roll from Cinnabon.

Saturday night I went over to sister Cotrells and we watched Relief Society General Conference and had homemade bread and a delicious dinner. I am so thankful for my ward and the gospel in my life!
We played at a park close to our house with all the little kids from the neighborhood. Brandon and Booth played basketball and I played on the merry-go-round, see-saws, and swings.They are the cutest little kids. We played a funny game where you have to kick off your shoe and see who can kick it the farthest. haha Kept us entertained for a while.
I was so excited to make chocolate chip cookies becasue you cant get all the ingredients here (like brown sugar) so sister Cotrell gave me the ingredients (how nice!) that shed bought last time she went to Texas. So me, brandon and booth were excited to have some homemade cookies!
But turns out.......that Im a horrible cook.
Plus we didnt have a Pan, measuring cups, or beaters, etc etc haha
So we made a cake and it actually tasted pretty good, but i was still disappointed
Booth showing his cooking skills

so so fun Crazy Hair Party!

On Thursday night we went to a crazy hair party at the German boys´ house and it was fun!

We had fun getting ready and then having a dance party!

the boys went all out and even shaved their heads crazy!

Sushi Night!

Since I`ve been here I dare to try so many new foods and so many new things. We went out for sushi on saturday night and it was pretty good. Not my favorite but good. We had fun then I went to a party after with Alex and it was really fun!

Eating with my favorite girls- Vale, Andrea, Jessica, Me
I got sushi with crab. My favorite was sushi with shrimp.

its all about WHO you know

GOOD NEWS!! I applied for an internship at a spanish marketing firm called Mercadotecnia Inteligente Consultores (aka Marketing Integrated Corporation MIC) and I GOT IT!! Im so excited. Almost every job I have gotten is becasue of networking and who you know. So its important to have good relationships with people and make good friendships. Thanks to Alex I got this job, and my amazing skill and grace when speaking spanish. haha. I had my interview Friday and started on Monday! how awesome huh. I work with powerpoint, word, photoshop, make demos for companies we market and advertise for, whatever they need that day. Its cool and in spanish so Im learning a lot!

Breaking Dawn

I love this book!!! I just finished last night and it is so good. Thank you Stephanie Meyer. I cant wait til Twilight the movie comes out on November 21. So excited!

Breaking Dawn

Book Four in the Twilight Series

If you have not read any of the books GO start RIGHT NOW!! They are amazing and will get you hooked. I love to read and have finished a few good books since I´ve been down here- Breaking Dawn (obviously...the best and I love Edward Cullen), A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks, As Always, Dave by Jack Weyland, and now Im reading Memoirs of Geisha. Sabrina told me a read-a-holic and I guess I need the entertainment when I dont have a tv hahaha.

I´d love some book suggestions for my next read- any ideas or suggestions??

VIVA MEXICO

Today is Independence Day for Mexico! So last night we had a PARTY! It is so much more logical to party on the day before (aka morning of the holiday) in a way...becasue you usually get the 3rd and 4th of July off but stay up way late on the 4th and have to return back to work on the 5th of July. Here in mexico people get the 15th and 16th off (the 16th is Independence day) so everyone stays out late on the 15th. Anyways...enough about my stupid rambling theory. A little more about what the Mexican Traditions are- they have "El Grito" (the independence yell) and say VIVA MEXICO! to remember the day Mexico declared independence from Spain on Sept 16, 1810.

Janice, little girl, Andrea, Me, Valeria, Monica, Paulina

During the day we went bowling and it was fun. Then we went to a house party and had a BBQ, danced, laughed, and had fun! We went to the centro of San Pedro and there was a big clebration...like a fair type thing. Fun night! We danced to a band and acted like crazies running around. Then we had a sleepover at Dorthys and it was a blast! So you guys can stop worrying- I finally have a good group of mexican GIRLfriends that I adore!! (and I learn LOTS of spanish!!)

Dancing

I love these girls- Me, Jessica, Andrea! I met andrea on the first day of orientation cuz we are both studying marketing. i met all her best friends and their group reminds me of my best friends and Im so thankful for them. More good times to come...

Karaoke night and more

So normally i get SO embarassed to sing in front of people because
1. I sound terrible
2. I dont know the words (even if they are on the screen.....its hard)
3. Even though I like to be center of attention, NOT when singing or dancing, I turn red and its weird

But last night I dont know what happened- it was SO fun!
I sang a few songs with a group of friends IN SPANISH and it was the first time I´d ever heard those songs. Maybe because it was in spanish i didnt feel any pressure...and it was a small place- with people I´ll probably never see again.




It was fun dancing and hanging out. I drove Alex´s car! driving in monterrey is....kinda scary. I think everyone in the car was holding their breath the entire way but we made it safe and sound. Jeez I think Im kinda a good driver and it was so nice to drive again. I miss my car! The police were stopping every car leaving this one street and breathalizing every single driver- it was the first time I had to blow in a breathalizer thing. I passed. haha (just in case you were wondering)

Friday Miia and I hung out. We went shopping with Vanessa to the mall and for groceries. I lost my cell phone but luckily it was just in Vanessas boyfriends car- Miia and I walked like 1 mile around monterrey at like 2 in the morning to get my phone back cuz it was nice weather and we didnt feel like taking a taxi. We had a sleepover!I learned a lot about Finland. We showed each other pictures and talked forever. So fun!
Sunday- church was good! I love primary. The songs in Spanish are so fun. I think karaoke boosted my self esteem for singing in spanish. I teach the valiant 8-11 year olds in English. I love my ward and all the nice people.

I just have to take a moment to brag... I got my partials back a week ago...I got 100% on my Spanish grammar (thank goodness for mexican study buddies), 95 on my Spanish vocab/communication, 84 on consumer analysis, and 96 on international business! I guess studying does pay off sometimes. I need to study more...