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!!