survived

Last week was without a doubt the craziest week I have had in a long time. I knew going into it that it was going to be and even texted a good friend of mine and told her that if I didn't make it thru the week ( alive), that she could have all of my clothes! It was sad dropping Chloe off at school every morning and having her say," I love you mommy, see you tomorrow!) But I made it alive and well, even got 100% on my lab practicum! Here is what my week looked like:

Tuesday:
Get kids ready for the day, drop off Chloe at school, drop off Bella with a friend, school for me.
After school got out at 12:30, head to the hospital to pick out my patient, head to friends house to pick up Bella, pick up Chloe from school, head home and start dinner.
4:00 start my care plan for my patient, Chris gets home, helps with dinner, eat dinner, keep working on care plan.
Chris gets kids ready for bed, I go in for prayers and kisses goodnight, keep working on my care plan. 6 hours and 22 care plan pages later, go to bed.

Wednesday: same routine in the morning with Clo, work on care plan some more, take Bella to friends house, work at hospital until 8:30, come home and have a bowl of cereal, work on care plan, go to bed.

Thursday: same thing as Wednesday!

Friday: Get myself ready, kids ready, drop them off at school and friends house, head to school, take my practicum ( which I aced, did I mention that?), give a group presentation. Get home at 4:00, don't feel like making dinner so we call Olive Garden for take out. Head to pick it up and wait, wait and wait some more. Finally they get the order and its wrong, so I wait some more, but get 4 free meals out of it! I only ordered 2!

Anyways, like I said, it was busy, but we all managed to survive! School, by the way, is going really well, I keep very busy with it, but I am LOVING it!

On a side note, I have the greatest friends and family members who have been helping with my kids, praying for me, and keeping me sane! I love you guys!

Halloween

Happy Halloween from Minnie and Alice, Sally ( from Nightmare before Christmas) and stick man!

imposter

I got this picture from my baby sisters blog. At first glance I thought, I dont have a shirt like that, then I realized it was her! She just started her masters program at BYU and I am so proud of her, she is so smart and beautiful, pretty much perfect! GO KATH!

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This is the hike down from Wyana picchu, and yes it was that steep. It was a really hard hike because it was steep and the elevation was high!

This is the side of Macchu picchu where the incas would farm. The irrigation system is still working, it was amazing!

This is the river that is at the bottom of the mountain.

This is the spot where the inca king would come for inspiration. It was amazing because when you would stand in that spot, everything went quiet and you could feel a breeze from the valley below.

This is the temple of the 3 windows. Its just mind boggeling how much work these people did with carving and hauling these stones. Our tour guide said that the average life expectancy of the incas was 40 years, and its no wonder because they worked themselves to death!

Macchu Picchu

last but not least

Macchu Picchu! I really think these pictures need no explanation. And again on this trip I was absolutely amazed at this city! Words cannot describe it!

Maxi and Nelly

This is Maxi and Chris. Maxi was Chris's ward mission leader while Chris served in Chile. He is only 4 years older than Chris and so they really got along good. We went to their house and Nelly (Maxi's wife) made an authentic Chilean dinner which was sooooo good!
This is inside their house and it was a very nice house, especially for Santiago!

Another picture at their house. They live in a suburb of Santiago called maipu (pronounced my-poo) and we just thought that was the funniest thing! Maxi was asking what we were laughing about so much so Chris had to translate to him what Maipu meant to us. Maxi thought that was hilarious and as we were leaving Santiago he said. " Remember maipu is your poo" He is a riot!

We went to an Argentine grill for dinner ( yes I know we were in Chile) and it was yummy! Maxi served in Argentina on his mission.

On top of the Virgin Mary hill in Santiago.

You can see Mary in the background here. It was pretty cold at night here and Nelly was so sweet to give Brenda and I coats. We had so much fun visiting them and hopefully someday they can come her to the US!