The Rambles of a Wanna-Be-Mexican

Sorry to the 3 people who read my blog, I know it's been so long since I've written. Mexico has become more of a home rather than a vacation since I last wrote, but it's also has brought some challenges and things that I've been learning from lately. I am learning that God continues to challenge me with the trial of being happy, wherever I am physically-Rexburg, Washington, Mexico, New Mexico-and where I am spiritually and emotionally. I'm learning that I have a hard time appreciating the here and now, and being grateful for the every day blessings while there are so many other things that I feel like I need and that I'm ready for. I have to continually remind myself that, as Jeffrey R. Holland says, "He is God and we are not"-and thank goodness for that. He knows what we all need way better than we think we know what we need. That's a lesson I think that I'll be learning all my life.

But enough of that. There have been some pretty fun things happening around here. 

The weekend after the 25th (of September), we celebrated Shanequa's 22nd birthday! Yay!! We went to Chile's on Friday had cake that Ely's mom bought for her (I know that friendship alone should make you grateful enough that someone was born, and every day I really am so grateful that Shanequa was born and is my friend, but that chocolate cake really was just the icing {see what I did there?}). Feeding me chocolate cake will always get you more points in my book. But we had a great time, and it was fun going to an American restaurant in Mexico. Happy birthday, Shanequa! 

Are you drooling yet?

5 days later we celebrated Grayson's birthday with some Don Luis Tacos...which, FYI, is one of the most delectable places to eat in Querétaro. SO incredibly delicious. Unfortunately, I don't think we got any pictures of this, but we had an awesome time! Feliz cumpleaños, Grayson!

General Conference weekend was also Ely's birthday weekend-sweet! 

Getting crepes with Ely and Shanequa downtown for Ely's birthday

How cute is this girl? Happy birthday Ely!

I'll be honest. I started this post a while back, and I just never got around to finishing it. But I promise that I will get back up to date this weekend. There really have been some great things happening! Hasta luego, chicos.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Last weekend I had the incredible opportunity of being one of the millions of people outside of the United States to tune into General Conference from another part of the world. General Conference is special conference held by the LDS Church in Salt Lake City where the prophet and the twelve apostles speak to everyone for a few hours every 6 months-it's a pretty exciting weekend in the LDS Church. It really is one of the 2 times during the year that I can count on having peace, direction and hope in my heart for a few hours. I am so, so grateful to be one of the millions around the world to have access to General Conference by radio, satellite and on the web. Technology is such an amazing thing. General Conference is truly one of the greatest blessings of my life. I am so grateful to know that God loves me enough to send a prophet, as well as other witnesses of Jesus Christ to the earth so that I can hear in full clarity the answers to my prayers and have greater direction in my life. I know that these men speak as if God Himself were speaking to me and their words assist in my own personal relationship with God. The messages during this last conference were beautiful and spoke to my heart. These were a few of my favorite quotes from the talks (which promptly turned into pinterest memes minutes after conference ended-but how awesome are these?) The speaker and link to read, watch or listen to each of these talks in full are under each picture with the speaker's name.

by Jeffrey R. Holland

by D. Todd Christofferson

Given at a conference especially for women

by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

by Neil L. Andersen

by Carlos A. Godoy 

This message was given by our prophet, Thomas S. Monson

by Russell M. Nelson

Enjoy the other inspiring messages from this last weekend given by our prophet, Thomas S. Monson, and other inspired men and women here