Summer Project

These really did take me most of the summer to finish. They were supposed to be my birthday present for me from Kyle. It ended up being one of the most frustrating things I have even done. In the end it was worth it because they turned out so good! I want to make more...we'll see!



Pretend there are pictures in these!

Michael Update

Michael made is safely to Argentina. Feel free to read all about it!

As for argentina there is a lot that goes on every day. okay the plane ride was about 10 hours and that sucked. Argentina is pretty freakin ghetto. Dogs are everywhere. The first day i saw like 100 or so but after a while you just stop caring because there are so many. I pretty much love alfaores and what not. My comp is a native from santa cruz argentina. He speaks little english so we speak spanish all day every day. Its pretty cold down here. In the morning it sucks taking a shower because the room isnt heated and the hot water only lasts for about 5 minutes but its all good because i have a routine donw. I get all wet. Soap up and then rinse. THe only bad part is soaping up because its pretty freezing. Our pesion is pretty dirty. Spiders-spiderwebs ever wehre. No big deal though. Everything looks like its from the eighties. milk comes in bags so that makes things difficult sometimes. THings from america are way expensive. Did i mention dogs. The tolet is a toeltet no boday but mabey ill get one another transfer. however the toelet is pretty gross. WE have bikes so i love to cruise around and pop a weely once in a while. As for things i am glad i brought. WEre my mud boots!!!!!!!!!!! So needed and my fatty sleeping bag. Oh and those water juice mixtures! one of those a day makes it awesome. As for our members they are really good to us. They feed us mostly good. I had cow stomach the other day that was a little rougha to handle but i did. It doesnt taste bad its just incredible hard to eat. Havnt gotten robbed yet. probably because i am huge here. THe spanish is hard at fist but over time you become immune to it and things get a lot better. I am in a city called city bell maybe kyle knows where thats at. Its really good. it doesnt have fields or farm land so it makes things better. People drive pretty crazy here. for the first couple of days i thought i was going to get hit on my bike and fly into these gross ditches with trash and all sorts of stuff but that slowly faded. I had a person try reaching into my pocket on friday but i slapped it away and kept walking so it wasnt to big of a deal. This week has been pretty hectic and i cant really remember all of it but i feel that this will suffice. Ï hope all is well and remember i love you
love elder mclaws

Last Few Pictures

Here are a few last pictures from our trip to Pennsylvania. We went to a ward party and I was able to try out my zoom lens. I LOVE it! I just stood on the shore and was able to take pictures of the kids playing in the river without actually having to get into the water. We also went to Hershey Chocolate World and Hershey Park. I only took a few pictures because I was busy having fun.

Making Root Beer

Jacie

Janzie

Janzie and Jacie on the frog ride

Janzie and Jamin

Kyle and I

It started pouring rain while we there but we weren't about to leave after paying so much money. We were drenched and still riding roller coasters in the rain. After it stopped raining we changed into our swimming suits and went to the water park.

Pennsylvania Trip

We are in Pennsylvania to visit Kyle's oldest sister Taralie for 10 days before school starts. I have never met their kids before and have only seen his sister and and her husband a few times so it is fun being able to hang out with them. Kyle's parents came a few days before us. We drove through Amish country and saw them on their horses and buggies. I'm kind of jealous of their simple lifestyle, but at the same time couldn't imagine living the way they do.

All of us

Milking a cow (harder than it looks)

Janzie and Jacie



Jamin hugging his friend

Jaylie and Jamin

We went to D.C. and saw a few monuments and museums. We got there kind of late so almost everything was closed and driving around was a nightmare.

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum

I am so glad dinosaurs don't exist anymore. They were so HUGE!

Janzie and Jacie! Love these girls!

The Washington Monument with Jaylie, Jamin, Janzie and Jacie.

The Capital Building with Jaylie and Janzie (excuse my hair...the wind was blowing)


The Washington Monument again from the other side with Jaylie and Jamin. They are redoing the reflection pool so it wasn't there which was sad but oh well what can you do.

The Lincoln Memorial. I don't know why Kyle thinks he can make these kind of faces in our pictures, but that's why I love him!

On the way back to Pennsylvania we stopped at the D.C. Temple which was AMAZING. So pretty!!