After Ella’s nearly 3 week break from school, we are ready for Preschool to resume! This has been a typical scene in our house, lately, and my ear drums are about to burst! School begins tomorrow (hallelujah!), and I (Alisa) get a break from Ella for 5 days as I fly to UT with Maiya for my little brother’s wedding. Brian is getting married in the Idaho Falls Temple, so I’ll be carpooling up from UT in a vehicle packed...

December was a busy month in Mexico! In one week we celebrated Maiya’s 1st birthday, attended 2 parties, saw fireworks 4 nights in a row, and also attended Ella’s school Christmas party. And that was just the first half of the month!Ella’s preschool, Kinder Tohui, had a Christmas show that the children put on for the adults. I joined up with several other Mexican mothers and made and designed Ella’s class’...