V-Day

so last night i witnessed one of the most romantic things ever....i tagged along with a couple of guys who went to some girls house to serenade her!

it all started at 10:30pm when i was picked up at my house by delfin 4. from there we assembled our all-star serenaders...all of whom had studied/are studying to be priests!!!!! i just couldn't help myself think about how well these guys would get along with lutherans.......seeing as i've been around my fair share of seminary students/graduates....*cough, cough* padre *cough, cough*

we drove to a little, itsy bitsy, teeny weeny, town about 20 minutes outside of mazatlan. after getting lost twice, we finally arrived at our destination. we met up with another girl at her house so that the guys could practice their guitar and singing skills before actually having to impress someone.

we then walked to the girls house. we (well, the others......although i very obligingly observed) sang for about 30 minutes right outside of her bedroom window.....no signs of life. we finally moved to the front of the house where she finally emerged. quite out of it...!

the enamored boy then gave the girl a card and a little gift wrapped up in the cutest box imagine able. the rest of us went around the corner of the house so that they could have some privacy...well, as much privacy as we could before we couldn't help but shout out KISS HER! KISS HER!!!!!

ugghhh.....it was soooooo romantic!!!! american boys should learn how to do this. :P

as we all know, tomorrow is valentine's day. here is mexico valentine's day is to celebrate both love and friendship. compared to my experiences of valentine's day in the states, they take it way more seriously here! you cannot escape it!

at school they played "here comes the bride" over and over again during the valentine's day "bazaar/fair"! i later found out it was because you could actually get "married"! they had like the whole altar thingy set up and the girls even got to wear veils!!!!

all of us international students had a good laugh over this....

side note: carnaval is less than a week away!!!!!!! i'm so excited!!!!