UT vs. LSU game

On Saturday, David and Becky invited us over to watch the UT/LSU game. Knowing that I'm not the biggest football fan, Laura asked David if I was invited too. He replied that of course I was invited, but I had to show up barefoot and with a tooth blacked out to show my enthusiasm for the Vols. So, Laura and I both showed up barefoot, with freckles drawn on our faces, wearing pigtails and bearing some pretty cute UT football cookies! The Vols may have lost, but they played a pretty good game and we had a great time!

Laura's Birthday: Part 3

On Laura's actual birthday, we had another party at the CEB. Not only did we have a couple more pinatas, we had a "bonfire" (basically we burned whatever wood we could find in a grill. haha. talk about an urban bonfire!) but had to go across the street to the park to get sticks to roast our marshmallows, funfetti cake with funfetti icing! and a "mordida." I got to be the one to mordida Laura (push her face into her cake!), but she got revenge and attacked me with some of the icing. haha.

Laura's Birthday: Part 2

A few days before Laura's birthday we went over to David and Becky's house for dinner to celebrate. Becky "accidentally" put trick candles on her cake and we all got a great laugh out of that one! We also got a picture of the Haynes in front of their tree.

Laura's Birthday: Part #1

A couple weekends ago we began the celebration of Laura's birthday with a party at the CEB (student center) for her and about 7 other people with November birthdays. We had a "carne asada" (cookout), pinata (of course!) and cake. We also played some silly games and had an inflatable moon bounce thingy. Haha!

izzy, izzy

i seriously have the sweetest dog. she might be a bit mischevious, but how can you stay mad at a face that cute? and yes, she is spoiled rotten!

thanksgiving #2

on thanksgiving day, we got together with other missionaries in the city. there was somewhere over 65 people there, and we had a great time and enjoyed some great food! here are just a few pictures:

laura and i before we ate

missionaries LOVE american food!

etel and i. i just love her!

one of my favorite MKs. she's so much fun and it was great to see her, even if just for the day!

thanksgiving #1

i admit, i'm a little behind on blogging. ok...a lot behind! anyway, on the monday before thanksgiving, laura and i hosted a thanksgiving party for about 23 of our mexican friends. we had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, green bean casserole, baked macaroni and cheese, broccoli casserole, purple lady (jello thing...dont knock it till you try it. it's amazing!), cranberry sauce, biscuits, corn bread, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and brownies (because even if they hadn't liked anything else, we knew they LOVE brownies!). we were a lil concerned about trying to cook so much, seeing as how our oven is a lil unreliable to say the least, not to mention incredibly small! but God definitely blessed our oven that day and the entire day went off without a hitch. izzy even seemed to have fun and didn't go too crazy with all the extra people. here is a picture of some of us (several had already left by this point) enjoying the evening: