La familia Montoya por toda la eternidad

Well, I blogged about Brian's good luck. But I failed to mention MANY things. Which I decided to randomly post when I want and in Spanglish :)

Acontecimiento 1: Sellamiento de la familia Montoya


A family that we dearly love in our Rama Sonora got sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple in December. Brian and I were fortunate enough to be there :) It was a happy time for them. And it was my first sealing (with a whole family) in Spanish! It was a great experience.



So, while all the beautiful brides were coming out of the Temple Hermana Montoya popped right out in her hermoso gown. Many from our rama were there to support la familia Montoya.


A lot of you may know (or not know) that when it comes to pictures I like to be in charge. By this, I really mean that I like posing people. (Liz, Whitney, Kirsten know what I am talking about, it runs in the family....remember my picture by the fireplace?? haha). So since la familia Montoya did not have a photographer, Brian and I happily stepped in! And here are a few that I took. I know I am no photographer, but these pictures are all this family has for tangible memories. So Brian took the pictures and I "positioned" the Montoya family. haha!! Well, we love the familia Montoya and we are so happy for their decision to be sealed in the Temple. They are a great family and their kids are super cute :)

Suerte

Brian recently had the luckiest day ever. We were in Phoenix, back from our Utah adventure, and decided to go see Blind Side. Which is a great movie! Then we found cheap tickets online to the Suns game. So Brian, my mom, and myself went out to have some fun! We got there early because if you get there 1 hour before the game you get autographs from the players. Anyways, the Suns were playing the Houston Rockets that night. And if you are a big U of A basketball fan you would know that Chase Budinger just got signed with the Rockets. (side note: Brian won the U of A Chase Budinger look-a-like, haha!!, don't ask me how).

SO, we got to the game later than planned, and missed seeing Chase and the rest of the Suns! We were so bummed! So anyway, Brian asked a man that worked there about Chase and he just walked away. It was really odd, but we decided to wait to see if he would come back. He certainly did with 3 post-game locker room passes to meet the Houston Rockets. Yep! So we were so excited to go meet them and get some pictures and autographs. So we are sitting at the game and see a lot of open seats in a lower level. So Brian goes to check it out and as he is checking it out the blimpe that drops tickets practically dropped the tickets into Brian's hands! He got 6 free tickets to a concert at the Casino. It was certainly becoming Brian's lucky day! So after the game we did just that we went and meet the Rockets. Brian got his U of A hat signed and all was well. It was certainly a memorable experience.
So does Brian look like Chase?

Midgets and finals??

So I am at school and got out of my Italian class early (we had our final). So I find myself at the library avoiding the cold and rain and writing on my blog since it has been a while.

Thanksgiving was great! We had so much fun at the La Rosa and Mortenson homes! (check brad and emily's blog for pictures). Brian and I went out on Black Friday....we're poor, okay? haha. Anyway, we only got one thing, a new camera. Due to my last camera breaking :( Anyway it was a success and we spent one hour in total of getting there, waiting in line, buying the camera and getting back home. Not bad. At the La Rosa Thanksgiving there were a lot of people. More than have ever been there in the past. But it was fun to share Thanksgiving with them. We headed over to the Mortenson home in Prescott to celebrate Thanksgiving #2. We ate and had fun, and then it was Abby's birthday the next day, so we had a little birthday party and saw New Moon. We had lots of fun over Thanksgiving break!

Now school, finals and all that great stuff. I am working more, since more people want tutoring during finals and trying to find time to study and sleep. So sleep is kind of out of the question for now. But once Saturday hits I will only have one more final...why Saturday? Well I have a Spanish final, which is a play we are putting on for downtown Tucson, YIKES! It's going to be pretty funny I think because it is a musical and out of no where we break out in song and start dancing. HAHA. Yeah..lol. Brian too has a ton of work going on. Actually his teachers thought they would make it easier on him by making his finals the week before finals week (so this week), except ALL his teachers did this, so not only does he have all his finals this week but he has work and regular class too! What luck!

So I have to share this really funny story real quick with you, let me preface it by saying in no way do I have anything against midgets, lol. So the other day I was waiting for Brian to pick me up in front of the Education building on campus and he was a little late, and as I was waiting, I see this car full of midgets drive by and they slow down when they get to pass me and all yell (simultaneously) "Big people suck!!" . I was in shock, as they drove away real fast, as if they commited a crime, I just couldn't help but laugh. That moment definitely made my day! haha. AND THEN, I went to Safeway Saturday and as I was leaving the parking lot I see like 4 midgets walk out of the store, then go to a canopy they had set up in the parking lot in front of Safeway. There was a sign on the front of the canopy that said "Little People Kettle Corn sale", and there were about 10 or more midgets under the canopy making kettle corn and dressed up as Santa's helpers. haha. This makes me wonder if there are an extra amount of midgets in Tucson or if I just started noticing them. Because that was NOT my first encounter with a midget. One of my first was on the drive home from Tucson to Phoenix freshman year when I got a ride with Natalie (Purtymun) and her cousin drove and had a Russian midget friend with us...it was an interesting ride...only because she was VERY mean and had a strong Russian accent. Anyway, I guess I will stay on the lookout for more "little people"

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!