Women's Conference 2011

This is one of the special women events I wish I could do every year. This year so it happend that I was in town already. My soul and my spirit get charged in a way that I can't even explain. All I know is that I come out a better women each time I go. I heard my Aunt Silvia speak and saw first hand how much people love her.

Easter fun

I had the fortune to be at the Merkley's cabin at Sundance for Easter and had the extended family over. Cristi prepared the Easter egg hunt for the grandchildren. Bianca went to a seminar for local artists there at Sundance. It was a way of celebrating the graduation too.

A quadruple Graduation!!!!

Valentina, Lexi, Alejandro and I graduated at BYU this spring 2011. It was the highlight of our Easter trip. According to the children who seemed so happy by looking at their smiles, nothing must feel so good than to finish something that you have started. I am still finishing a couple of classes but by December of this year, I should be done!

2011 cluster meeting

At the Orlnado cluster meeting Daniel and I went to the Church owned Deseret Ranch in Orlando Florida. It was an interesting field trip. I never knew there was so much to a ranch than raising cattle. It was a nice visit with the wives too who normally are not invited to these cluster meetings. We spent a day at the Epcot park and later went to Disney town. It was fantastic!

A day running the city of Salt Lake

I decided to get ready to run a half marathon. I know that running is not what I enjoy doing but it is a good way to get in shape. On Friday April 15, after I got my packet, I went out to eat pasta and got to bed early. On April 16, I woke up early to drive from Lehi to the gateway where the race ends and where people park to find the shuttle that takes you to the start line. I started following a group of people that had a number on their shirt thinking that they were going to the race just to find out that they were the fans from a radio station. I then realized that I was in the wrong place and needed to take the trax so I run as fast as I could to get take the train but I got 10 minutes too late and the race had started. I didn't stretch and that caused me to get a bad hamstring strain. It was very painful. It happened right at the start of the race, so all I could do was to walk. It was the longest 13.1 mile walk ever but I did it.

What's in a name.

Working on genealogy, finding out more names related to my mother and grandmother and their origins. For now, I want to find more details about: Virginia Alvarenga, Sebastian Zelayandia, Soledad Melara, Carlos Marroquin, Clara de Jesus Henriquez, Romualdo Ayala, Joaquina Cerros and Juan Lopez. I plan to do research when I visit El Salvador this year.

Summer is upon us!

How do  you know it's Summer? You get out the garden hose of course! There something about water and Summer that go hand in  hand like bread and butter. A toast for Summer finally and happy mothers day to all those wonderful mommas out there!