More Sophia

Seriously?  Nothing like hanging out in a basket.  

Or going to sleep when you are tired.

The Girls

Sophia is full of personality and such a heart-breaker.

She love to dance and she turns everything into a song.  This is her best friend Kennedy. They are in the same class at school and she has an older sister who is just a couple of months younger than Peyton.  I love when it works out like that. :)  They were so cute in this little performance for Mother's Day.

Peyton loves music and dance too.  She is meticulous and orderly.

Showin' her stuff.

Jazz class.  She loves to get out and move.  We are looking forward to the time when she can play basketball.  So is she. 

Happy Father's Day

Okay, I really need to get caught up before we leave on R&R or I might as well throw in the towel on this blog right now.

Happy Father's Day to the 

2011 Embassy Games Chess Champion

This was really fun to make with the kids for Father's Day Dinner

and the

 2011 Embassy Games 3-on-3 Basketball Champion

It is funny how things come full-circle sometimes.  Steve held both of these titles at Ricks College in 2000.  So much has changed and yet, this is a reminder of how many things have stayed the same.

Nash Despedida

We said goodbye to the Nash Family today.  They are heading back to SLC to start a new chapter of their life.  Elder Nash has been the Area President here in Peru since 2007 and it is time for him to accept new church responsibilities.  Shelly and Spencer left just hours after this photo was taken, but Elder Nash will be with us on our flight out on Thursday.  Steve told Elder Nash that we were on his flight by special request from the First Presidency to make sure that he boarded. :)  

Shelly has been my friend and Visiting Teacher since we arrived.  The very first Sunday that we met, she looked at me and said you must be Jaclyn.  She is a good friend of the Area President in Buenos Aires who had told her of our arrival.  It was so comforting.  There is something about being 'known' in this strange lifestyle we lead where we have to start all over every couple of years. 

Shelly has taught me so much in the year we have been in Peru.  She is such a light and shining example of everything that a great woman represents.  We have enjoyed the football games together, walks, spanish class, tennis and most of all, the laughs.  We will really miss you!

This is such a great group of people.  The Nashs' have touched so many lives. We had the priveledge of making a video with memories and photos from people who are currently living here and those who have moved on.  Everyone was so eager to contribute.

What the heck was I doing?  Trying to make light of goodbyes.  I have said it a hundred times, but goodbye are the very worst part of this life.

Cherilyn and Betty Ann.  What would I do without these great women?  And how did my bangs get so stinkin' short? Just sayin'.

After years of talk...

Steve said goodbye to the world of corrective lenses.

In a few hours, he will wake up a man with 20/20 vision!