It’s again Monday evening after a much -needed vacation or I should say “marathon.” What an absolute delight it was to spend a week in McCall Lake, culminating that visit on July 14thas Brooks baptized his son Nixon. Daniel and Kelly Dame were the witnesses. Cristi gave a wonderful talk to Nixon and the other children in the Stake who were also getting baptized that day. That evening I was sealed to my parents along with two of my sisters. What a blessing! Those first days in Idaho were heavenly.
Thanks to Jami and Andres who planned a fabulous family vacay in Oceanside, we all had a blast! The serenity of the waves was exactly what the doctor had ordered. The waves were perfect not too rough or too calm so everyone young and old could enjoy playing in the water. It was also fun to visit with my sister Liz and her son Andres who have just moved to L.A.
Eating out at various new places was fun but the best were the empanadas. They were almost as good as Almeida’s empanadas. The highlight of the trip to Southern Cal. was to chat for a few minutes with Elder and sister Clayton while we went out walking one morning.
Next, we flew to Houston with Vale to see Hernan and family. We had not met Walter yet so that was absolutely, positively a treat for us. He looks perfect and doing so much better. We went to a Museum in Houston and to eat at an excellent Mexican restaurant and had Milanesas for dinner on Sunday. We had a lot of fun playing with Owen.
Next, we were back in Utah to celebrate Pioneer Day with the family and for dinner Jami and Andres prepared, you guessed it, Milanesas. It’s what Daniel and family love, love to eat.
Next, we saw a few doctors before we headed to Nebraska. Daniel’s doctor was very pleased with him because he lost weight and his liver function elevated was normal. Yay!
In Nebraska, we had a chance to stay home and played with the older boys. On Sunday July 29ththe twins were blessed. Spencer did a great job blessing Gabriel and Michael. Spencer is the master chef and knows how to cook meat. We are now officially Papi and Mami Vero. I can’t get used to the term grandpa and grandma yet. I don’t think we are that old. Lol
On our way back to Utah, we stopped one night at Pablo’s and visited with his family for a bit. Back in Utah we saw more doctors and Daniel realized how easy is for him to get sun burn so from now on he needs to wear sunscreen and a hat anytime he goes out. The very last night, we stopped by to see tios Silvia and Jeff Allred and saw my cousin Kimmy and her new baby.
During this time, my mother in Orlando had an infected toe removed due to diabetes so I will be going back to Orlando to care for my mom for a few weeks. My sisters and I are all taking turns.
We are currently excited and getting ready for a face to face event next Saturday in Manila with Elder Stevenson and his wife. Daniel is busy working on all the preparations. We are still not all the way acclimated to the new time and we might be asleep when we should be awake and vice-versa.
Con amor,
Vero
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