Remember the Alamo!

On Friday we took the girls to Taco Bell for lunch.

Eliza had found my hygiene bag earlier in the morning.  She loved it!  She kept taking things out, putting them back in, taking them out, putting them back in.  So she wasn't about to leave it behind when we went to lunch!

 

 

 

Taco, taco, taco!

 

Grandpa caught this picture at exactly the right moment!

A fun song had just come on.  Eliza was eating tacos, dancing to the music, and smiling all at the same time!  Oh, to enjoy the simple things in life!

 

 

"Grandpa, why are there boogers in your ear?"

 

We had been giving "zerberts" to Afton.

Now she is giving one to Grandpa!

 

A trip to the Alamo.

Afton and Eliza are captivated by a squirrel.

 

And the fish.

 

Cactus everywhere!

 

The Alamo.

 

After touring the Alamo, we walked across the street and enjoyed a nice stroll along the River Walk.

 

At one of the shops there was a wax museum.  There was a giant dinosaur head that caught Afton's attention.  She looked and looked.

 

And looked and looked.

 

And looked and looked.

 

And then screamed!

 

Eliza just calmly watched the whole thing.

 

Then it was Fuddruckers for dinner.

 

And one more night picture of the Alamo.

 

A happy ending to another great day.

 

 

Look Out Texas, Here We Come!

Wednesday afternoon we took off for Texas!

Say goodbye to our van--it's not coming back!

 

 

Our drive was pretty uneventful.  We saw oil rigs and a lot of Dairy Queens--and smelled a lot of skunks!  We stayed in Amarillo that night.

 

Texas waffles--who knew?!

 

We traveled all day on Thursday.  We met up with Ty, Michelle, and the girls at the Salt Lick BBQ Restaurant in Driftwood.  When we got into the parking lot, Afton came running to me.  When Ty put Eliza down, she did the same thing.  So much fun!!!

 

Matt and Stephanie Osborne and their kids also joined us.  While we were waiting for them to arrive, we enjoyed some live music outside the restaurant.

 

Michelle and Ty kept trying to get Eliza to dance.

They thought by showing her how it was done she might join in.

 

"Grandpa, what are those pokey things on your face?"

 

We told Eliza to smile.

 

It was so much fun seeing Matt and Stephanie and their cute little family.

Six adults and five kids--we were almost outnumbered!

 

Even though we were stuffed, we continued our eating celebration and stopped at Dairy Queen on the way home!  Eliza and Afton wanted to show us their ice cream cones.

 

You can tell they are military children.

They kept doing toasts or "cheers" with their cones!

 

And they loved sharing their ice cream with Ty.

 

 

Eliza came right to me at the very beginning, but she didn't want anything to do with Grandpa.  But at the restaurant Grandpa grabbed her and tried to show her the stars.  Then at Dairy Queen he took her and tried to show her pictures of ice cream.

 

That was all it took!  Then they were best buds . . .

 

. . . as is evidenced by this video the next morning.  Eliza is watching for Grandpa to come back from his morning run.

 

 

Dallin's Pictures - February 16

Me and Elder Young my zone leader have really close the same tie, its the same material and everything.

 

Elder Rios and I doing the "Titanic" hahaha!

Dallin's Pictures - Feb 9

So we went to the big cathedral in Lima Central.  The lady that gave us the tour is Mormon, haha! It was really cool!

 

 

 

 

 

Dallin's Pictures - February 2

We made the Reeses cookies, but they didnt come out that great, haha!

But thats ok!

 

 

Someone in Elder Niños area got baptized, Roxanna. Elder Vidal baptized her. 

 

 

Sometimes there's random carnivals in random places and they usually have llamas and monkeys.  The llamas were just chilling so we got a few pictures.

 

 

 

 

Alright, so the picture didn't go very well, but it's my new comp and the ocean. 

You can't really see it in the picture, haha! 

 

 

Elder Ollerton recieved the same Plan of Salvation shirt this Christmas,

and we wore it today to play soccer.

 

Congratulations, Joshua!

Josh and Elizabeth made us Vietnamese spring rolls for dinner this week.

 

 

This was our first time eating the rice paper--which you had to run under hot water in order to have it mold around your food.

 

 

Dallin, these pictures are for you.  You said you wanted to see the new Liberty floor.  We went to a game on Thursday evening and I took these pictures for you.

 

 

Guess who got accepted to TWO Physical Therapy schools this week?!

Josh got accepted to Rocky Mountain and Idaho State.

He has an interview with Northern Arizona in February--and then he'll decide!