I Love to See the Temple...

For our last family home evening we took Kenadi to see the Oklahoma City Temple. We are so lucky to have the temple only about 20 minutes away from our house. Kenadi loves the primary song "I Love to See the Temple" and wants me to sing it to her a lot, so I thought it would be nice for her to actually see it up close. She was so cute. Randy told her that this is Jesus' house, and so Kenadi would say, "I want to go in there. I want to see Jesus!" It was a wonderful walk around the grounds, and a beautiful night. We felt so good being there as a family. I loved it. I also loved that Kenadi wanted to be there, and go in, and learn more about it. We told her that it is a special place, and because of the blessings of the temple, we can be together as a family forever. Isn't that wonderful?! I love knowing that. Now she asks to "go to Jesus' house" just about every day. Randy and I decided when Kenadi is 12 and can go into the temple (same with all of our kids) we want to do regular family temple trips. That would be so neat.

Here's the crazy part

Tara told me that I have to write this post for some reason. I guess she wants me to contribute. I'm apologizing now for this being so long. Well, here is our story of almost getting stuck in Mexico. We started the morning early because we needed to catch our shuttle to the airport at 7:30. Well, at about 7:40 the shuttle came and picked up some other people but wouldn't let us on because we weren't on the list. But after only one phone call, there was a guy on the way to pick us up. So we just got to the airport about 1/2 hr later than we expected, but it was ok. We still had 2 hrs before our flight left. At check-in they tell Tara to fill out a form that says she's pregnant and doesn't hold the airline responsible if something happens. On the form she wrote that she was 7 months pregnant (even though she's actually over 8, sinner). We then proceeded through security and waited forever in the airport because our flight was delayed about a 1/2 hr.
We then boarded the plane, and just before take-off, a flight attendant came up to Tara and told her that she was too pregnant to fly and she needed to get off the plane, unless she had a Dr.'s note. We Tara gave her the Dr.'s note and the lady took it to her supervisor and then came back saying the note did not contain enough information about her "condition" and it was too old, so she would have to get off the plane. Well talk about ruining a person's vacation. They said we could get off, see the Dr. at the airport, and then get on a later flight. So after a few tense moments with the flight staff, and threats to call the police on us, we got off the plane. The best part about it is they were telling us it is for our own benefit, now explain to me how kicking us off a flight we wanted to be on is for our benefit. They then took us to their little office where they proceeded to tell us that all their flights for the rest of the day were full and they were also full the next day (saturday). They said they would put us in a hotel and try and get us on stand-by for saturday, but they were sure they could get us out by Monday. Now that was sure comforting. Throughout all this Tara is balling because we don't know what is going to happen to us and Kenadi is waiting for us. Tara told her the night before we would pick her up after her nap and she was so excited. Now, for all we knew, we wouldn't get back until Monday.
The airline then informed us we could call our Dr. and have him fax a new note with all the crazy information on it (her name, how many weeks she was, her condition, etc.). Well that took about an hour because they couldn't get the fax to work, then it was their lunch break. We then just got an email address they could send it to and that worked. So the airline cleared us to fly, but there were no flights. Luckily we had a travel agency, the one's we one the trip from. So I called them and they were really mad at that airline. They told me that they were breaking the law by kicking us off the flight since they flew us down to mexico. By law they have to fly us home. Well it was too late for that, since our flight was going to be landing in Dallas soon. So they worked really hard to find another flight for us. Now it's about 2:00 and we are starving (we last ate at about 6:45). But there aren't any food vendors in the airport that would take credit card. Tara finally asked the AeroMexico people if they had any snacks or food she could have. They then gave us a voucher to use at a restaraunt in the airport. So that was nice of them. While we were eating, one of the managers came and found us and told us that they (even though it was our travel agency) found us a flight on american airlines and we needed to be there in a 1/2 hr. So we quickly finished our lunch and walked about a mile to the AA counter and checked in. They didn't even notice Tara was pregnant, nor did they care. We had no problems after that. Well, except Tara threw-up on the plane as we were taxiing out to the runway, I think it was from all the nerves and stress of the day. Unfortunately she lost all her lunch and AA does not feed you at all, just a bag of peanuts will cost you $3. AeroMexico at least feeds you a whole meal. We finally made it to Dallas at about 8 pm, 6.5 hrs later that we were suppose to, but at least it was still friday. Then we had to drive 3 hrs to OKC. What a long day (and post, sorry).

What a Crazy Trip!

You might wonder how our trip went, and lets just say that it was pretty eventful! We had a blast (most of the time)! The trip down to Cancun was uneventful, I made it on the plane fine, to our hotel and checked in with no problems! I was a little worried that we'd get to Cancun and that they wouldn't honor our reservation for the hotel or something. There was nothing to worry about, they even made us VIP guests! Our room was gorgeous. Something that only the wealthy can afford, I'm sure. Well, I'm used to Motel 8, so this was luxury compared to that.They even turned down our sheets at night and left us these cute little cards with chocolate!
We enjoyed WONDERFUL drinks, and buffets. Everything was all inclusive, and there was 24-hour snacks in the lounge right next to our room. However, the 24-hour snacks were usually things like a big leg of pork, caviar, sardines, sushi, and stuff that I don't really like to eat. There were some delicious cheeses (which I LOVED because I want to be a cheese connoisseur some day) and, of course , unlimited alcohol for everyone who drinks. Our room was stalked full of alcohol too. I think Cancun is more for people who party and drink. Everyone asked me if I needed a drink for the baby, and if we had been to the most popular clubs yet. They even looked confused when I turned down their drinks. Kinda sad, I thought. But, I did enjoy virgin margaritas. The mango and peach ones were my favorite, Randy's too. They were good!

Our morning of room service. It was nice!Do you notice how runny those eggs are? There is something about raw eggs down there. Even their scrambled eggs were runny. You can tell in this picture that the whites are clear and runny on top, and the yolks are just like they came from the shell. Yuck! I'm a well-done kinda girl.
Randy likes to attack his food. I think he must have been starving or something.

We got to go to the open market and bargain for some gifts... I can't say that I have fun doing that because I have no idea what things are worth there. Plus, they are really good at trying to get you to buy things you will never use or need. We got to see some Mayan ruins. That was cool! There were iguanas everywhere, so you had to look where you sat or walked.
So you get a general idea, this guy's over 2 ft long.

This was a temple, with an altar in the middle.
Randy decided that this was the bathroom, and he even brought reading material!I decided that this must have been one of the kids' rooms. It was actually a room off the back of a political building.
You can't forget the beach! Oh, it was wonderful!
Part of the view from the hotel.I like my feet with sand on them.
Beautiful!
One of the pools. This one was the party pool.
Well, I have a few stories to tell, one including a couple of bathrobes, and the other including our trip home. I will have to save those for a post tomorrow or something. Right now I'm sick, and this is way more than I planned on doing tonight. I'm going to bed!

Another Ultrasound

I had to get a second ultrasound today because of my hypothyroidism. They just wanted to check up on her and make sure that everything is okay. I guess that hypothyroidism can cause low birth weight babies. Well, we don't have to worry about that! They actually said that she is weighing big... 4 1/2 lbs already! I am worried about having a 10-lb baby now. I have a few good reasons for this... I think babies gain a 1/2 a lb every week for the last couple months (maybe that's just an exaggeration, but I really think that is true. Correct me on this if I'm wrong please, it would make me feel better), and because Randy was 10 lbs 2 oz when he was born! Can you believe it?! I'm just not made for that, sorry folks. I decided that she's coming early if she really is that big. Of course, I do want her to go full term, but I'd like to live through delivery. Also, she has a lot of hair already! You can see it in the face shot picture. Anyways, I thought these pictures were cute... look at those chubby cheeks! (so, maybe all that ice cream I've been eating really IS going to the baby and not my hips!)

We're still here...

That blurr is the horse and rider. I tried to get it as it was going over the jump, but never could.

I just noticed today that Randy added his name as a contributor, so maybe that means that we'll all get to hear from him too! I hope so. Lately I've had a hard time knowing what to put on here. Not much going on, I guess. A couple of weekends ago we went to a horse jumping show, and that was fun. Kenadi loves horses, but she was done watching them after about a 1/2 an hour, and after many trips of taking her to the bathroom, we decided we were done too. It would have helped if we knew the rules and how the judges were scoring. I think we kinda figured it out by the time we left. I'm having a tough time figuring out how to get the best picture from Haley's camera. Most of the pictures turned out blurry, I think it was trying to decide what to focus on, the horse, Kenadi, or the poles. So, most of the time, it chose the poles. This is Kenadi clapping... she was cheering too. It was cute.

We were about the only people there, except for the contestants and their families. It was FREE fun, though!

This is what we do on Saturday mornings. See how those weeds grow so well?

Other than that, Randy went on a boating trip all day Saturday with the youth in our ward (he's the young mens president). Kenadi and I missed him, but we went garage saleing and that helped us cope =). This weekend I don't know how I'm gonna make it though, he has to go on a scouting camp-out Thursday through Saturday, and then Saturday night travel another 1 1/2 hours to help chaperone the stake dance. I'm thinking of having a girls party here with all the wives who have to go through the same thing.

Other than all that, I've been canning. I canned salsa and zucchini relish on Tuesday last week, and on Saturday night Randy and I canned tomatoes. Tonight (he doesn't know it yet) we're canning peaches! Yay! (It makes for great bonding time)