Jumping on the Trampoline

Carson, Jacob and Abigail 12/27/10

Daniel 12/27/10

And Jack Handey is His Hero...

While trying to organize, I came across a project Mikkel had to do his senior year in high school. He had to talk about his future plans, give himself advice, talk about something he's learned and give advice to freshmen.

Here are some of the things he wrote (this is word for word, without any corrections for grammar or punctuation):

I plan on getting married to the woman I will spend the rest of my life with. This has always been something I have wanted, since before I even liked girls. I knew I would get married to one so it's only natural that I would include one in my future plans.

If I could give advice to any freshman it would be this, STOP MAKING OUT IN FRONT OF THE WORLD!! This really seems to be a problem here, these people seem to kiss more than they do talk to that person. I guess that's all fine and dandy if that's all you want, but please, spare me, leave that sort of stuff to the privacy of your houses, cars or anywhere else that is semi-private. I love my girlfriend and kissing her is never a bad experience but not in public.

Running from your problems does not help at all. It may seem easier to run for now, but sooner or later, you will get tired, and then they will catch right back up, that's when things get bad.

If I could give myself advice five years from now, I would say that while preparing for the future, don't forget to live in the moment sometimes, because in the future, you won't have anything to look back on.

Abby Lyrics

Frosty the snowman was a happy johnny snow!

Feliz naughty dot! Feliz naughty dot prolinsdfo lwosighn felislkjs dot!

Jacob's Christmas Shopping List

Here is Jacob's shopping list for Christmas:

Waterfall

Look at this jungle, wow, beautiful! Mikkel and a few other missionaries went to this waterfall and hiked up to the top, I'm guessing there was a trail somewhere in there.

Hide and Seek

The three little ones are playing hide and seek. Daniel is "it"and this is what I hear "5, 9, 4... hey guys, I don't know how to count!" So then I hear (from his hiding place) Jacob yelling the numbers out for him. Daniel got them all right and even knew when to say "ready or not, here I come!"

Abby's next - she sings 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' (her own little version) and then yells "100! Ready or not, here I come!"

Palenque

Here's a picture of last week's p-day excursion and a little background on Palenque.

Palenque is a ruin city that is part of the Maya civilization that dates back to 100 BC to its fall around 800 AD. It is located on the western edge of the Maya empire near the present-day city of Chiapas, Mexico. The ruins left behind are very well preserved and maintained by local people as well as anthropologists. Currently, it is one of the most popular ruins for tourists from around the world to visit.

His companion is the one on his left. He's from Orem, UT. His mom and I have been emailing each other since we found out about the missionary moms email/support group. His mom sent this to me and said "I don't think your son is in the picture because my son is the only gringo in it"