Mini Call Reunion

 We took the grandkids out on the 4 wheelers, they loved it!

 We went to the city pool and it was a blast; they even had a pretty cool water slide there!

 We had 24 of the family there and had wonderful food mostly thanks to Grammy. We got to talk to family, play games, go 4 wheeling and swimming in our freezing pool. Thanks for coming everyone, we loved it and can't wait for the next get-together!

Sunday we went to church, had a great lunch at Grammy and Grandpa's house and then had to say good-bye for now. Love you bunches family!

More Work Done

 The ugly joists on the patio were a bird magnet. They nested and roosted there and made big messes on the patio cement.

 An example of their messes!

 Finished and it looks so much better. The birds keep flying in and out wondering where their perch went.

Even had time to put togehter a 1,000 piece lighthouse puzzle.

And the pool is up!

Home Improvements

 We got all the flooring in the basement down. It is so much better than the cement floors that were there!

 I put this pine swing together, we love it.

Last night Alan put these LED rope lights on the patio. Lookin' good!

Furnishings

 Basement back bedroom

 Basement middle bedroom

 Kitchen table and chairs

 Basement livingroom

 Upstairs livingroom

 Upstairs table and chairs

We had a big down pour of rain and then hail started falling. We had a flood watch for a few hours and some houses in the area had mud and water in their basements. It lasted a few hours and was fun to watch.

Tulum

 Sunday we went to church at Tulum Ward. they had about 70 local people and 3 visiring families.We were surprised at the amount of youth they had; it was great. They had just had a youth conference, called A Day of Nefi, and they talked about how wonderful it was.

 We went to the Tulum ruins; Tulum means wall.

 Part of the Great Palace. Inside the great Palace, it looks like a baptismal font.

 The back of the castle, right by the sea.

 God of the Winds Temple.

 Taking a rest on some ruins.

 Over looking the central yard. It was very green and beautiful, more like a garden than a jungle.

 The Great Palace.

 There are 3 iguanas behind me, we saw them all over the place here.

Leaving the ruins through the arch in the wall that surrounds it. On each corner of the wall there is a watch tower.

Coba and Gran Cenote

 We drove out to Coba, about an hour and a half from where we were staying.

 We rented bicycles to ride through the jungle. It was very beutiful riding under the canopy of trees with the wind blowing in your face to help cool us off.

 Carved stellae that they had under thatched huts to protect them from the weather.This is one of many.

 3 level temple.

 One of the arches

 Standing in front of the arch.

 On the stairs of one of the temples.

 A small ball court.

 Nohuch Mul pyramid or Gpyramid. It has 120 steps and is 126 feet tall. At the top of the pyramid the building has 2 small carvings known as the descending God.

 A view from the top. It was so beautiful up there. You look out at a canopy of green trees and can see the peak of a building in the middle of it.

 Coming down the steps.

 We were all hot and sweaty and went to the Gran Cenote, which is pretty close to Coba. It was very cool water and clear and pretty shallow caompared to most of the other cenotes.

 The tree roots came through the rocks trying to find water. Really pretty place!

Swimming to another part of the cenote. There were a lot of box type turtles we saw as we got out.