We are Alive

I know, it's been a while.

David mastered the perfect crepe. He listens to French music and makes me crepes on a regular basis and I love it. His French speaking skills are improving with each day and my good friend, Eve, who is actually from France said he has a "cute accent."

He sold our Canon Rebel and video camera and bought a new camera. Selling electronics on this island is awesome. We can pretty much sell something for what we paid for it (even David's seven year old video camera!). I guess it's a trade off since everything else is expensive. 

He had corn rows for about a day and a half. I'm in love with his hair, but definitely not in love with braids in it! 

I've made the same exact Sunday dinner for the past two Sundays- lasagna, green salad, and garlic bread. I just love that I can make a lasagna in the morning or day before without having to stress about it after church. The first Sunday we had the "Hermanos" from the branch come over and today we had the Myers over. David usually manages to spill a little bit of sauce on himself and it is one of the things I love most about him. I think it is so, so funny. Yesterday sour cream spilled out of the end of his burrito when he wasn't wearing a shirt. That was really funny.

I've been able to sit in on David's Gospel Doctrine classes and I enjoy every minute of it. At times I forget that it's actually Sunday School because it's so interesting! 

Then comes primary... I'm trying to be a better Primary leader. We had a training session a couple weeks ago and were told to try our best to not let the children see us frustrated. I'm trying to be patient and loving, but it can be so hard when the kids are not behaving or listening. I try to prepare a fun activities, but the children seem to be hungry, tired, and ready to go home by singing time. We have a tiny primary room (probably the size of a bathroom in a regular sized church building) and limited leaders to help calm everyone down. I'm probably being a drama queen, but today I was so upset it actually brought me to tears. I guess I need to toughen up. I know the moment I walk out that church building for my last time I will miss those children like crazy, so I should definitely put my love for them over my frustration with their behavior. 

So basically, I can tell David an idea I have and he can create it with Photoshop. For example, our Christmas card pictures. I wanted a photo booth strip with pictures from our year and an aged look and he exceeded my expectations. Recently he designed something that I love and adore. It will probably show up here on my next blog post. Be sure to look out for it.

Oh and another random piece of news is that I have been on this odd phase where I watch Oscar acceptance speeches on YouTube. David thinks it is the weirdest thing, and I'll admit that it is very weird. I will watch these speeches and then tear up at their humility and touching words. I literally spent about two hours the other day watching these clips. What a weird phase. 

Happy Birthday to my sister Emerald tomorrow. I'm going to look for a cheesy e-card for her to make her cry like I did last year. How sweet is it that she cried at the one I sent last year? She never really seems to be that sentimental, but finding that the e-card made her cry ended up making me cry and it was just a silly card! 

I don't know when I'll post next. I had this grand idea of doing a series of what we'll miss and what we won't miss about Cayman, but I'm not sure if I'll get around to it. Maybe I should just tell David my idea and the vision in my head and he can make it happen like all of the Photoshop successes.