I AM SORRY!

Wow i am ashamed....i made my self a liar!!! i said i would tell you how my day at school went but never did! ugh...thanks for anyone who still even reads my blog!!! i don't blame you if you don't .

But if you would still like to know how my first day at school was ...it was good! just you know..always the same...going over the same things in every class!

Well my life is swell, i have friends at this school now but i really miss Costa Rica! and AZ i am not going to lie...i was pretty DANG popular in Costa Rica! haha just because i was the only american!!..it was nice while it lasted now at this school i feel sort of small...haha and some people freak out like there has been a tragic accident mixed with interesting big news trying to wrap their brains around me being a 7th grader !! ....but maybe its not that i am small,maybe its that some people are just super tall!. For example the first time i went to the school to get registered a boy about the size of a high schooler! (seriously i didnt think it was possible for someone that tall to be in middle school!) any way he walked in and i thought he was in high school but our school is only 6th and 7th graders..so he told the lady "i am in 6th grade..'' and me and my mom looked at eachother gasping! and there i was so small and puny... a 7th grader! hmph. Well now that kid is popular and is called "big red" (he has red hair..) well anyway.. that is my life story for today! so see ya! oh and dont give up on me yet i "plan" on posting more!! :)

back to school!

Ok tomarrow is THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! and i am soooooooo NERVOUSE! it is such a big school and only for 6 and 7 graders! but its just so different not having a home room teacher ya know? its my first time like just swithing classes and ..idk its just so stressful for me...i know i will get used to it so i really dont know why i am still SO nervouse! :( i will post after i am done with tomarrow..i hope i will make friends fast too. hmm i am super EXITED! but ya know i am also very nervouse. The name of my school is ''Tonaquint" it is an intermidiate school......well i love st.George! and i will kee you posted! ;) wish me luck!

and we stick the landing!!

so..yes we have been in the states for a while now!! but i have not done a blog post...oops. But a lot of stuff has happened and its been so fun! and my brother got engaged! yaay! and i have been hanging out with family..extended family..and of course my family family..haha but we move to st.george so soon! and i have girls camp with my cousin haley on tuesday!!

last day of school...

i am going to miss driving down this road!

Well the day has already come...i had to say adios to my sweet awesome Costa Rican public school... :( i have become SUPER close with my class mates and it was SO hard to leave.I feel like when we move back there will always be that empty hole in my heart from missing them too much...i could NOT have asked for a better childhood experience! it made me realize how much i am going to miss them as they come up and squeeze me and say ''no te vayas'' (dont go) and my teacher gave a sweet speech about having me in their class this year..i am so grateful for all that i am getting to experience! :) ''DON'T CRY BECAUSE ITS OVER...SMILE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED''

My LOVE for ACTING and SINGING!

Annie,grace.daddy warbucks,and sandy







most of you may know... that i LOVE to sing and dance! and act! haha so i thought i would write a post about it! :) i also really love broadway and i love to be in plays! ...ok...well i have only done one.. ''ANNIE'' i played orphan HAZEL it was SOOOOOO much fun! i did it with my friend Lilla! :) i also will just belt out songs around the house..it is just who i am! :) lol....but really...it is! anyway i hope to do more plays when we move back! (to utah) :)

A box FULL of LOVE :)

ok...well i am about to say somthing i thought i would never say while in Costa Rica.......the other day i was swimming in the pool when my mom called out: LORA! you got a package from your friend Chelsea! so i ran out og that pool faster than you can say hola! haha i have never gotten a package just for ME! :) anyway...in the box was.....SALT AND VINEGAR CHIPS!!!!!!! AND REESES! AND TWIX! AND HOT CHEETOS! AND SOUR GUMMY WORMS!! i was so happy and i still am. I am trying to keep it to a limite...i could have finished the bag today! if i wanted but i only got it 2 days ago...so i wanted to make it last! and it was the HUGE family size! haha. and the hot cheetos are just....GLORIOUSE! and ohhhh EVERYTHING i could not stop smiling! :) THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much chelsea!

If you are all wondering why i am freaking out over this stuff is because they do not have them here and they are like my FAVORITE things!!!!!!! well anyway...thanks again Chels! :)

sweet 16!

Ok...i am doing this post for my friend Niky! it was her b-day on Wed. and she turned 16! SHE IS A VERY GOOD FRIEND and me and my family are going to her party tonight! Me and Emma slept over at her house on Wed. We had SO much fun! she is like a big sister to me. We have so much fun...haha even tho there is a 4 year age difference... :) but ..on TUES. we went out to dinner with her family and it was really fun. Then me and Emma went to her house for the sleep over.The next day we went to the beach..one of my favorites '' Playa Minus'' it is a BEAUTIFUL beach by the way! any way it was raining a little bit there toward the end...but it was even more fun with the rain! :) anyway...HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKY!

MY TERRIFIC MOTHER!

Well now....folks...let me just tell ya'll...I HAVE THE BEST MOM! and today was an absolute AWSOME mothers day! :) i am going to tell you 5 reasons why i love my mom! but there are WAY more!

1. she is so selfless.

2. she is ALWAYS wanting to help others and serve!

3. she is SUCH a loving mother and is so kind!

4. when i am sad she just gives me a hug and tickles me and taks to me until i am happy!

5. she is like me...and loves to keep the house clean and smelling good and wants to please us..her kids! haha ...acually i guess i am like her!

There is SO much more i could say! but i am just going to say 5 beacuase ...well you know...i could go on for yrs! haha. I am so greatful for her...OH! and one more thing...i love that her testimoney in the church is so strong. :) oh ok...now this is the last thing...HER FOOD IS AMAZING!!!!!!!! happy mothers day MOM! I LOVE YOU!

FINALLY 12!! :)

Well....our adventure is almost over... :) and :( these are my feelings but right now mostly :) . I really am going to miss this place! but lately my mind has been on.... ''salt and vinegar chips!!'' Honey,let me TELL YA! i LOOOOOOVE those chips! and you know what?????!!! they dont have them here...sigh.Well anyway we are leaving soon and i really am getting ancy to see the states!!! I had a dream last night that we moved to the states and i was crying! because it seemed like a dream! ....man...i feel desperate.

Anyway...my birthday was on Friday and now i am 12 !!! so last Sunday was my first time in Young Womans!! :) i am so exited to go to mutual on Wednesdays! ans this Summer i am going to GIRLS CAMP! i am so happy ! :) My party was really fun...we swam and had cake and ice cream and a piñata and i got SO much candy.....i need to discipline my self! Haha other wise i am going to get very sick. OH! and my friends cracked a RAW egg on my head! it is a tradition....they wanted to do 12 since i was turning 12,but my mom said no. But i agree! i maen a whole dozen eggs to waste?? well have a good day!

so soon!

well ok here is the plan...we are coming home in one month!! I AM SO EXITED!! it can not wait!....it seems like the states is like a dream because we always talk about it! but its not! i cant wait until i can see all mis amigas. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO so greatful for this exprience here! i will always remember it, and i have made so many close friends .I cant imagen leaving...but then again...i can. haha I am going to ball my eyes out when we have to leave...Man.you just have to live here like we are know the love i have for this beautiful place! i LOVE it. and i hope to learn more spanish why we are here. but i guess that is also alot of studing on my part...ugh. I wish i could just know spanish when i snap my fingers! too bad thats not the way things work.....so i will try not to be lazy any more! Well i love going to school here and i know i am going to have to say to my family when this is over..'' Dont cry because its over,smile because it happened.'' well any way i hope you all have a great day! and be greatful every day for the things you have. I know i am ... and nothing could get better! hasta luego!

wonderful week!

I tend to go long periods of time without blogging! that is something i need to get better at! i will try to blog more! so if you still happen to be reading my blog hang in there! i am back! haha

Well this week has been awsome ...acually the last couple of weeks! My big brother Alex ,got home from his mission and it is so exiting to have him home! i have missed him so much.He is so awsome i look up to him so much.

well today we went to the beach " playa Minis" I really love that beach, it is SO beautiful! I love it here in Costa Rica. Everything just blows me away! the cool animles and the beaches, and even my little tico school. I have many friends there and they are all so nice! We have been taking lots of tests in school and of course they are in Spanish. My teacher is patient with me and i am happy for that...other wise i really do not know what i would do! i understand maybe...70 percent of the Spanish...so she helps me.

recently at my house for my brothers home coming, we had a BUNCH of people over and they killed a pig at our house! ohhh it was just gory.i mean we are talking hitting it on the head with a giant log...then stabbing it in the heart! not even kidding you! and i saw the WHOLE thing! it still makes me cringe.......i didnt know a pig could make such a loud noise either! he squeeled on the top of his lungs when they were just carrying him to the spot where ...you know .." IT HAPPENED "

well i will keep you updated on "Lora's lovely life'' adios!

a fun few days!!

Dolphin Tooth

On friday , we went to go pick up MARIAH !!!!!!!!! from the airport. It was a lot of fun! I was hugging her so much!! i am sooooooo glad that she here. On Saterday,we went to the beach......she loved it its a big change for her because he went from freezing cold to hot beach days!! we saw some pretty cool things on the beach......like a big dead sea turtle ,a little tiny dead sea turtle.....so cute,and a DOLPHIN SKULL!! we thought it was an crocidile skull but then we saw it was a dolphin....so COOL!! i pulled a tooth out of its mouth,so now i have a dolphin tooth! haha i like it.Its pointy and has this wierd black stuff at the top. We also saw two dead puffer fish...those we see often but are still pretty cool.
later that day we went to our branch christmas party!! my mom thought there would be like 100 people there....so she made 1oo cookies or more!! turns out there were only like 30..... 35 people, but the funny thing is, every crum was eaten!!!!!!!!! people would come up and grab like 10 cookies and walk back to there seats!! SO funny.This little old man came up and crabbed like 13 cookies and then put them in his hat and sat there and ate them!! haha i love that guy! his name is Philipe (fil-eep-ay).
On Sunday we went to church and mariah thought it was cute she really likes the branch. She came into primary with me so she could listen to spanish and english......my mom was the teacher.......so you know she spoke in Spanish and English well that was are few fun days and we are about to have MORE!!

rain rain rain

ok well hello, so resently we had October and every one said it would rain all day every day......well that didnt happen,but now its November and its raining all day really hard for like 3 days now!! haha so it swiched i guess .But there hasnt been this much rain they say for 20 years!! and in San Jose there was a mud slide!! the houses slid down the mountain...and killed lots of poeple. so sad. well so today we decide to go to the beach and well what do you know, it starts pouring!! haha but we are having fun.
its really nice just to relax alot and play on rainy days. its awsome....it will be more fun when Mariah comes for a while in 5 weeks and 2 days and 17 hours and 12 min. haha kidding. only 5 weeks and 2 days. i miss her so much.
Also there are these bugs that are GIANT grass hoppers i mean GIANT!! there so creepy onelandedon abe and scrached him haha you should haveseen him freak out..haha well i love you all!!

nicaragua and josh!!

well as you may know we had to go to nicaragua because you have to leave every 90 days!! i mean it was sun but i didnt like all the bus stops and passport places but i did like the trip its self. we had so much fun!

we rented motor scooters and rode all aruond town. the island is beautiful. we rode the natural springs the water is so clear and felt so good!!!!!!!! it was so gorgouse there. we also stayed in a little hotel it was......ok.......but you know its nicaragua. well we also visited are old care takers and took them out to lunch! then we went to ward activity and when we came back they sent us an email saying they are getting babtised! but i dont think its afficial yet.

well josh has been here for a week he leaves today. so sad. well we have had a great time. we take pictures and went to the beach!! a lot. i have had a grand week! we also hadfun with his camera....haha

home school

well i am now going to be home schooled! i am very exited! i will get my own desk in my room and so im going to love it.
well things are going good my sister mariah comes in about 3 months! i am soooooooo exited she is so awsome. last night we saw a HUGE frog the biggest i ever seen in my life! it was so cool it was as big as a plate. and abe got a really cool picture of a bat! like a perfect shot with its wings out.....they are so creepy! we also had a lot of people over for a church meeting it was our house this time so it was packed and we all ate dinner.i have not been to beach lately i think we will go soon.
last week my mom and dad and abe went to the temple, and left really early so we had to have our maid come spend the night and whatch us all day....it was different i had to only use spanish so i just had google translate pulled up all the time and it was fun she brought her little girl too. she is so adorible. well any way thats what i have been doing!

more pictures of are journey!

so much fun! little taco shop! so good.

my mom and dad found the sea turtle on the beach! .......dead.

i love spending time with my family so much this expirience is awesome!

fun times!

beach! so beautiful!