Terminando el 2012./ 2012 coming to an end.

Hoy dia, Max fue a New Yor a prestar servicio a las personas afectadas por el huracan Sandy; el ayudar a otros y el saber que esta magnificando el sacerdocio que posee, le brinda mucha satisfaccion.

Mientras tanto, Nathan y yo estamos poniendonos al corriente lavando la ropa, envasando y jugando, jugar es lo unico en lo que Nathan piensa. Por casualidad ya mensione que Nathan camina? Pues si, Nathan ya camina aunque pierde el equilibrio algunas veces. Es emocionante verlo caminar desde el otro lado de la sala hacia la cocina para que lo cargue y lo pasee. Que chiquitin tan consentido!

Para este Diciembre he planeado que en cada dia hare algo que me recuerde Jesus y su evangelio. Hoy comence envasando tomates para el almacen familiar. Manana, es reunion de ayuno y testimonios en la capilla y ya se por lo que voy a ayunar.

A contunuacion unas fotos del dia de hoy.

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Today Max went again to New York to help those affected by hurricane Sandy. He really enjoys helping others and do part of what he is to do as a Priesthood holder.

Meanwhile, Nathan and I are staying home catching up with some laundry (the never ending story), canning and play, Nathan loves this last one. Have I said he is already walking? well, he is!, although he still losses his balance every now and then. I feel so excited when he comes to see me from the far end of the living-room to the kitchen, usually he wants be picked up and carried around, silly!

I think this December I want to do/emphasize) something each day that will remind  me (more) of Jesus and his gospel. Today I started with home-preparedness by canning some tomatillos I bough (99 cents/lb). Tomorrow is fast-and-testimony service at Church and I've already known what I'll fast for. :)

Next some pictures from today.

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1ro. de Diciembre 2012
December 1st, 2012

3 forasteros explorando! /3 outsiders exploring!

Estos ultimos dias hemos salido de paseo y a explorar los parajes de Pennsylvania. El fin de semana pasado visitamos unos "boulders" en Rock Run, PA.   El dia estaba muy agradable con una temperatura de 76 F y el paisaje lleno de verdor y vida. El riachuelo estaba muy frio, preguntenle a Nathan, quien metio sus piecesitos al rio, que tan fria estaba el agua.

We have visited and explored some places in Pennsylvania. Last weekend we went to check out some boulders in Rock Run, PA. We enjoyed the day with a temperature of 76 F. The water in the little river was icy cold, ask Nathan, who immersed his little feet, how cold it was.

Williamsport, PA

Y nuestras aventuras continuan. Durante el fin de semana (mayo 4-7) fuimos a Williamsport, PA en busca de casa, la busqueda fue exitosa. El lugar donde viviremos es una casa duplex, de dos habitacions, sala, cocina-comedor y cuarto de bano. Dana, fue la ssrita que nos ayudo a encontrar casa!
El clima en Williamsport es muy similar al clima en Salt Lake aunque menos extremoso.
La ciudad es comparable en tamano a Tooele.
El paisaje es vibrante y versatil. La ciudad aunque un poco traqueteada es muy interesante en arquitectura y distribucion.
A pesar de que el verano no promete ser muy largo, Max y yo estamos emocionados por todas las posibilidades de pasar mas tiempo al aire libre con nuestro "little Nathan".
En el mes de julio se prensenta "The Hill Cumorah Pageant" (http://hillcumorah.org/) al cual  espero traiga algunos invitados a casa!

August's gone and I'm in the middle of September already!

Time just keeps running and non-stopping, that is how it is!
On August:
I was born on a beautiful Monday morning on August 3rd, 1981. Yeah, I am a fine 30 years old lady now.
Max and I got married on a beautiful summer Tuesday noon the same day a year ago. Yeah, I was a nice 29 years old young woman back then. To celebrate my birthday we went out to shop for some maternity clothes, Max has good taste on women clothes, let me tell you! and we had cake.

The cake topper!

Macadamia cake and pineapple filling

will have to wait for a future anniversary.

The setting!

Our original wedding cake-topper came all the way from Tooele [thanks so much sister Lou (grandma vonNiederhausern)], but the heat ruined..it... sad isn't it! so we improvised and bough a small cake to celebrate.

We waited til the weekend to celebrate our anniversary by going to the movies, we watched the "the rise of the planet of the apes" a good movie and afterwards we ate some Italian food... to be honest we need to visit and learn about new places to eat.

Here is Max and the pride substitute.

La celebrada or b-day girl!

A new chapter in our lives!

My last day of classes is Wednesday April 13th, and I'm so happy; Max's last day is May 4th. It is interesting, we are in our late twenties and we have spent most of this decade of our lives in school. In perspective, it has been the best thing we could have done.
In a personal level, being in school has been a character building experience; who would have known how enticing cheat on assignments is, or how easy is to procrastinate and how hard it is to catch up.
Well, those lessons have been learned and being married and wanting a family in the very near future our lives we have to adjust the course and for sure all those lessons learned in college have to prove. However I do not think that relying only on our experiences will guaranteed our complete happiness.
I dear fondly what "The Family a Proclamation to the World" declares:

Happiness in family life is more likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ.

caching up!

We are going to Dallas, Texas; yeeha! We are so very excited for our new adventure! Max's brothers are already fighting for us to stay with them on the firsts weeks of May. That makes Max feel important at all levels!
This month of April has turned very busy already which I do not mind at all. My beautiful "hermanita" is graduating in Entrepreneurship (a major that suits her spirit and personality to perfection.) My parents and little brother (Rodrigo) are coming to town in less than a week, and I cannot wait to see them. Last time they were here was for my wedding; it was so very great! If all goes well my brother (Paco) will get into a master program this year. Our prayers and good wishes are with him and his wife.
I have to confess, I decided to take care of our "relocating affairs" after my sister's Commencement Ceremony (which by the way will take place for the first time in the history of LDS Business College in the Tabernacle at Temple Square, isn't it cool or what!)  by then I'll be through with school and staying home all day focusing my energy in 1) feeding Max properly, 2) going through stuff, 3) packing, 4) blogging and 5)enjoying my parent's visit, yay!
In other matters, this week I had the coolest experiences riding the bus to Tooele, and in the check out at WalMart. In the bus someone was swearing and the bus driver said "no swearing in the bus" it was amazing! and then on WalMart I had a nice lady checking me out she helped me with my big blue bag (IKEA bag) and she matched prices of some of the items I had, and ALLwith a great smile. There is goodness all around, what you think?

'till next entry... LPS VN

Spring is here.

Spring has officially started officially! wooho!
During the last couple of days Max and I have been doing some fun things.
Last Friday we had a little picnic the both of us with a fire at settlement canyon, it was very fun!
On Saturday we hiked one of the hills behind our home, I personally needed fresh air and exercise, it was great!
Sunday, we stayed home and later in the evening we drove around town.Monday, we both came to Salt Lake to school and work.
Yesterday, we hiked another hill and cooked some curried chicken. Delicious!
Max is running everyday, last week he did very well! He went running 4 days!
This current week is his Spring brake and I know he is having a good time!

Dear posterity,

Last Monday Dad and I, had our interview at the immigration office; we have good news, I am now a permanent resident of the United States. Aunty Kim P. exclaimed in her facebook post "freedom" which it is very true. Hopefully we will visit to Abuelo Checho y Abuelita during this year if all goes well!

Lately, I have been thinking about what are the things that you should know, what character traits I should encourage and how you all would look like!

In other matters, I decided that "determination" is very crucial for one's happiness and I've been lacking it. So this week that starts I have resolved to be more determined and act immediately upon the things I know and the impressions of the Spirit.

Love you all.

Atte. su Mamá.

algo tiene hablar por telefono ...

El dia de ayer Papa llamo por telefono, lo cual me parecio raro porque por lo general usamos instant messenger, pero aun asi me  dio mucho mucho gusto; hablamos como en los viejos tiempos sobre negocios, inmigracion, y la charla del SEI (Sistema Educativo de la Iglesia). Debo mensionar que Papa es un hombre muy inteligente, espiritual, trabajador, y alegre.
Papa esta emocionado por el trabajo de Max, cuando le platique acerca de las circumstancias (escuela, inmigracion, trabajo) que rodearon nuestra decision de iniciar el trabajo en mayo en vez de marzo, el comprendio cabalmente y anadio que en muchos casos las companias no solo buscan personas capaces de desempenar la tarea asignada sino que buscan personas de caracter y vision en sus vidas.
Por ello creo que mama y papa quieren mucho a Max!


Last night I received a phone call from my Papa, it seemed odd to me that he called instead of using msn, nevertheless it made me happy! We talked like we used to about businesses ideas, my immigration paperwork, and the fireside he just watched. I must say that Papa is smart, spiritual, hard worker, and cheerful man.
Papa is excited about Max's new job, when I told him why we would start on May instead of March he understood completely and added that in most cases companies not only look for capable people they especially seek for people with caracter and vision.
I think Papa y Mama like Max for that!

dear posterity,

Everything is going well over here, Dad (Max) got into the TEXTRON leadership program, we are very excited!We will be moving from Tooele to somewhere in Texas in the first week of May.
Life at home is peaceful, and playful at times. We had our delicious cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped hot-dogs for dinner last night; we were very hungry. After school, as usual we took the express bus to Tooele, then in our way home we did some errands; stop at D.I. to look for a digital audio cable with not luck that often happens when we go to the D.I. Do you have the same feeling sometimes when you go there?
The next stop was Mayce's grocery store getting some goodies. In the entrance we had a sample of stew that cheered up our empty bellies. We picked up what we needed and checked out.
Right after that we stop at the credit union next door to pay our monthly rent, by then Max was grinning and almost dancing while walking! why? well simply and obvious if you live with Max in a 24/7 basis, he does not like Wal-Mart at all neither big bank corporations. He would tell you that doing business in this places makes him feel guilty knowing that there are little girls in China that work long and hard for a ridiculous wage in order to make us pay less for our stuff. Sad uh!
Well, he was happy doing business in local places without the weight of China, which is a big place and a lot of people, over his shoulders!
We had our dinner, worked on some homeworks, and watched some documentaries on PBS.com (free streaming.)
Remember. brush your teeth thrice a day, and eat vegetables
Love, Mom (Liliana)

typical friday

Today we slept in; my class was canceled and Max does not have classes on Fridays; with days like today it is easy to have a real breakfast and a decent lunch.
Max has been trying for the last couple days to fix the desk computer its problem basically is that it is mute and we want to plug in the fancy surround sound-system that my Brother gave us last week (he and his wife did not need it and they gave it to us) we want desperately to use it to watch netflix movies. It seems that there is no other solution than to plug the sound system to a laptop.
Later today we drove to Salt Lake City to go to the Temple and work in some homeworks at school.
Our visit in the Temple was great I always learn something new.
Then we went to the U of U so Max could do some homeworks using a special software while he was working hard I was playing with the blogging settings and I learned few tricks to make the blog look nice. Can you tell?

Now we are looking forward to watch a movie.

Good night!

post#1 and this is how we started

Family is very important to Max and I, I would say "importantísima." 
Well, since we think that way we decided to blog our family history for our future generations.We have been  married for 6 months and 21 days, I can't believe it! It seems that we got married yesterday!
We both are in school and it takes most of our energy and time, however there are great days like today when I get home first and earlier and I cook a decent meal. The meal for today was "pozole" easy to make, tasty, and warm. It's the famous Mexican hominy soup garnished with chicken or pork, sliced radishes, chopped cilantro,dried oregano, chopped onion, salsa, shredded lettuce, and cheese and cream are optional.

"The best meal of the week" Max said.

In the middle of March we will have our interview with an emigration officer in order to get my permanent residency in the United States. We are very excited for that since we are already talking about traveling to Mexico; Yeehh!
I am happy and Max is happy. what else can I ask for now!? nothing I suppose...