Shopping Day



Yesterday was a busy one.  I had a planning meeting with Carmen Lopez and Ramona Martinez to plan the Relief Society activities all the way to December.  I was glad to have their input and we came up with what I think are pretty good ideas for each month and now we just have to get them approved by President Solorzano.  Around 2 o'clock I was already starving, so I took Erik, Emma and Pedrito to Carl's Jr. to eat and then it was on to Wal Mart to buy Emma a new swimming suit, a leotard, leggings and ballet shoes.  She starts swimming and ballet classes on Monday.  Unfortunately we couldn't find a short sleeved leotard in her size but we'll try again today.  She is SOOOOO excited about these classes, it will be her first time on both and I'm just happy when she's happy.   We also bought Pedro two t-shirts for Father's Day.  By the time we came home, Pedro was already here frying some eggs because there was no dinner, but it was all cool with him.  Thankfully. 

We've been a little lonely without Angie.  She left last Wednesday for Girl's Camp and they rode a charter bus so it must have been a nice trip up to Camp Lo-Mia.  She's coming back today and I can't wait for her to tell me all her adventures and experiences.  Since I never had the chance to go to Girl's Camp as a young woman (I was baptized when I was 15) because I had to stay home with my younger brother and sister, I do feel like I was deprived of what would have been an unforgettable experience.  I don't want any of my children to feel like that, so I always encourage them to go to "every" camp or activity the church has.  These years in the young men and young women will go so fast and I don't want them to miss anything, I want them to create wonderful memories they can share with me, and later on in life, with their own kids.  Sometimes they resent me for doing this, you know, they tell me how such and such person didn't go, and how missing one or two activities won't kill them or their leaders....  But they always come back happy, always...  I was born in Mexico and I never had the kind of activities or trips that LDS children in the U.S. have.  Sometimes I wish I had been born in this country and be from an LDS family.  Sometimes I wish I was my children's age to participate in EVERYTHING.  But I'm not, and I guess there is a reason for how our life is the way it is, like me not having the gospel from the beginning and being born in Mexico.  I love Mexico, don't get me wrong, but there is a lot more opportunities here.  At least I live here now, I'm a naturalized citizen, and my children have the opportunities I didn't have.  I am truly BLESSED.