we miss you brent... and funny lipsies...

for some reason... jones was sucking on his lower lip all day yesterday... crazy kid... we love him!

miss you dad... see you soon!!!

cereal and basketballs...

tasting rice cereal for the first time was not so much fun for jones...

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like father... like son... jones loves playing with his basketballs...

Only in Mexico - Hot water

Only in Mexico does Errin ask "What side is the hot water on right now?" every time before she showers. Now you may be thinking "how can Errin not remember that the hot water is always on the left side, what a slinky," but allow me to explain...

From about 4 am until about 12 pm every day we get water from the city. This is when the pressure is good and the hot water is controlled by the right knob.

From about 12 pm on every day our water comes from a 1,100 liter storage tank on the roof that is filled in the morning. This is when the pressure isn't so great and the hot water is controlled by the left knob.

So you see when Errin asks "What side is the hot water on?" she's really asking "What time is it?"

Only in Mexico - Sexy Milk Version

We like us some boxed milk for its 6 month shelf life and it just happens to be an added bonus that our favorite brand comes with different women showing me the body I can have if I will drink their sexy milk.

Does it make me feel sexier? I think it does.

Only in Mexico Tuesdays

Only in Mexico1 can a guy (Brent) be in the deodorant isle casually sniffing for his next underarm scent when another clearly heterosexual man, also in the deodorant isle letting his nose guide him to his next man smell comes over to the guy with two choices in hand and says "Which one do you think smells better?"



The guy responds with "Personally, I like this one better," while holding the blue one.



Heterosexual man agrees with "I thought so too, it smells more masculine huh?"



"Si" mutters the guy trying to get away from an unexpected dialogue in the deodorant isle.

Stay tuned for the next installment of "Only in Mexico Tuesdays."

1 For those who may be tempted to leave a mean post accusing the Martindales of being racists, please understand that we have a Mexican son and love the Mexican people and culture.

i sew now???

awhile ago i posted some ties that i found at etsy... they are so cute... but they dont make ties for little babies... they make them for a toddler, two years and older... so although they are not perfect... i made some for jones... and i have to say i was very proud of myself... i didnt sew before, but have been making a few things things... and i have been having so much fun being creative with it... what a great new hobby... and thanks to my mother in law i already have my own sewing machine...

twins?

almost everyday someone tells us that brent and jones are twins... they look so much alike...

... the primary classes in our ward did these for fathers day... so they slipped me one for jones to do while brent was busy with youngmens... it was so hard to outline his little hands, but it will be so fun to see how much they grow...

this is the pinata that we had for the fathers day party... so different... the whole idea of a pinata is to get candy... right?.... that is what we thought until going to a few ward parties here... this is the fourth pinata we have done when there is no candy inside... you just beat up the pinata to see who can hit harder...

.... even funnier... i didnt have my camera with me for the mothers day ward party... and i wish i would have... we were dying laughing... all the moms were in line to beat up a "husband" pinata... i guess someone in our ward has a friend that makes whatever kind of pinata you want... so the priesthood had a guy pinata with an apron and a broom in hand made for all the women of the ward... i will try to quote our bishop... he said something like, "gracias to all the women of the ward and your hard work as being mothers, ahora, get in linea to TAKE OUT YOUR FRUSTRATIONS on this pinata"... brent and i were laughing so hard at the women... as each one got up, someone would yell their spouses name, and say watch out... or something like that...

anyhow... the men got to beat up a truck... we joked why not a woman pinata... but that would have looked really bad...

jones and his fingers...

jones has been LOVING his fingers lately... he doesnt need anything else as long as he can reach his fingers to his mouth...

...but... becomes very frustrated when he cant keep his fingers and hand in his mouth...

half the time he trys to get a whole hand full of fingers in his mouth....

other times just the two...

and very few times his thumb, which we have been finding him sucking on the the mornings when he wakes up