Home is where you hang your hat

So Steve and I have decided to get out of Dominica. We are moving to Freeport, Bahamas on April 30. I'm excited for the change. The Bahamas is so much more americanized than Dominica. Its only a few hours ferry ride from Florida. Maybe if we're lucky we'll make a trip and go to Disney World. I'm excited cause there are some really great members of the branch that are going to the Bahamas. I will miss some of the friends here but I think I'll find more to do in the Bahamas, so off we go. I'm excited because I found out they have 2 libraries in Freeport. I need reading material and I need it now :) Anyways The downside is packing and visa applications and finding a new home. But the apartments there are really really nice. We might live in a complex with a pool and tennis courts and a gym. It'll be great. And it'll be only 1.25 miles from campus. So Steve can get there pretty easily. He'll have to media site all his classes but half the students here do that anyway, because its faster. He can watch the lectures in half the time. It will hopefully be a great 2 semesters in Bahamas and then we'll most likely move to Miami for 5th Semester and than the crazy life of rotations. It's funny now that I think back to when I was a kid and always on the go. My dad was in the army and we lived in Europe for a few years. I never thought I would end up moving all over the place again. I thought I was stuck in Utah forever and now I'm kinda a drifter again. At least I'm used to it again. I think the next vacation should be backpacking through Europe. That would a wild adventure. Or Australia or Russia. I guess I kinda got that wandering spirit. Either way I'm glad we get new adventures. One for sure is Brazil in a few years. 

A Gassy Situation

So today I was in a cooking mood. Or it may have been a cookie mood. Anyways half way through the cookies I started dinner, and halfway through dinner we ran out of propane gas. Yippee. It just goes to show that you should always be humble. Just yesterday I was telling Jacquelle that we hadn't ran out yet and we probably wouldn't while we were here. Next time I will expect the worst possible scenario and of course we'll have all the propane we can stand. Anyways I packed all the food away and called Steve, and luckily Tina's grocery store had some. For the last month the island has had little to no gas at all. Thats because of the other islands being on strike and coming and taking all our gas. So whenever some one ran out it was a big deal. I mean That is how we cook everything so without we get to eat crackers and peanut butter for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So we were so so lucky and we got gas today and got to cook  dinner and maybe tomorrow I'll get to finishing the cookies, as long as I have some for now!

General Conference

This weekend we got to listen to conference. It was so amazing to here the prophets speak. We watched most of it at home but went in Sunday morning to the church so Steve could do some work for his calling. (I don't know if I ever mentioned that he''s the branch clerk.) Anyways it was so good. I think our favorite was Elder Holland's talk on Christ. It was very inspirational. It really is amazing that there is a prophet that can tell us exactly what the lord knows we need to hear. President Monson a great leader for our church. Anyways if anyone missed conference I would recommend listening to it, or reading it cause it really tells us so many things we need to be able to live in this crazy world. I love this church!

Photo Shoot

So my friend Geno is a photographer and she's building her portfolio, so she took a bunch of girls here and made us models for the day. I just wanted to show how good she is. I don't usually do well when the camera is just on me. I guess, me being friends with the photographer is helpful. Anyways I loved what she did so I thought I'd share it. Also if anyone needs pictures taken I might be able to hook you up with her. She really loves taking pictures and as you can see she has "The Vision" :) Anyways Thanks Geno you're the best!

Iguanas and Fishing

These guys came up in the pier while we were playing on the beach and I thought it was interesting. They were fishing and all they had was a bucket and fishline and a hook. They also brought their dog which couldn't figure out how to get on the pier so me and some of my friend Jaquelle's kids were trying to coax it up when the youngest starting yelling go dog, go go go! I was so surprised those are the first real words I'd ever heard from her mouth. I love kids. It was fun and the dog finally got to the first section of the pier and just stayed there.

It kind of reminded me of a wolf howling to the moon or when Pocahontus was standing on the cliff singing colors of the wind. Either way it was funny and I had to post it.

This is the clearest I've ever seen Guadalupe. Yet it's still kinda foggy. Oh well.

Yet another reminder of where we are! I still get a little jump start and chuckle when I see these kinds of things. The boy that came with her was still snorkeling in the sea when it started raining but I'm not sure he knew what he was doing. He kept circling around and then he was so close to the shore that he couldn't have seen anything cool. Ahh to each his own!

We caught some glimpses of the Iguanas that hang out at the front gate to Ross. They are kinda cool animals. I still think they're kinda freaky. They must be at least a little mean. I don't really know though. It's just what "Journey to the Center of the Earth" plugged in my mind with the giant iguanas. anyways. Do you think their legs get tired from just hanging on. Mine sure would. Or maybe this is their exercise. If you get closer you can hear a croaky voice rasping, "56 mississippi 57 mississippi..." Boy what a workout.

No More Anatomy

Yeah for Steve he doesn't have to do anatomy anymore! I'm really glad cause apparently his body is growing mold and that my friends is disgusting. It also makes his allergies worse. Boo Allergies. 

Ping Pong and its influence on pancake consumption

So Steve is doing Intramurals in Ping Pong also. I of course went to take pictures cause it's quite rare that he gets to be in any. He really likes playing. I play with him sometimes but I'm not amazing. I like to keep my reputation of being average except in the things I'm not! I feel as though Ping Pong and olympic pancake eating have a lot in common. For instance the other day I was thinking about things and it feels like fall in Dominica. The blasted rain won't leave us be. I thought it was going to start getting hot and so of course I mention that to others and then of course the rain has to come and make me look silly and a liar. Whatever. I so don't care. 

Did I ever tell about my phone here. At this moment it says that the date is January 20 and there is no way of changing that. It also has taken to a terrible sickness. every morning between 9 and 10 it buzzes at me making me think somebody is calling. I love getting calls. even if I suck at answering. But really to get my hopes up and end up just having some kind of mysterious fever is just mean. I do apologize if anyone here has been a victim of calling me and never getting answered. I never here my phone. It only buzzes when  I don't have calls  or texts. We'll just be happy it isn't  broken yet, which is the usual trend with small electronics I own. And I now  want the rambling to stop so I'm done. GO STEVE Ping pong them to the sky. Or whatever you cheer at people.