2009 RECAP!

Yes, I have been so bad about updating my pictures that I am forced to inundate you all with a plethora of pictures all under the label of "recap"!
So, get ready to jump from one life event to the next and to join the whirlind, otherwise known as my life.

This year has given me a new....
1. classroom full of wonderful students and memories!

Here we are pre-August 10th (notice the sticky note guides?)...

And here we are post-August 10th..

Middle School's wacky Thanksgiving feast...

And our Christmas party!

2. landscape to ooh and awe over...I LOVE the rugged beauty of Bolivia!

Some scenes from the Takesi hike about a month ago...

3. group of high schoolers to mentor and enjoy!

Some of the 8th grade girls on our hike...

Fun with our life group girls (in the picture below, I am what we call the "AFTER-hours" lawyer!).....

Our life group Christmas party...

4. set of traveling adventures...

Assisting the sweet Chilean man while he "fills" up our rent-a-car on the way to Iquique, Chile..

Thoroughly enjoying the beach that ONCE belonged to Bolivia...and don't you forget it (because Bolivians sure haven't :)!!)...
AND....

5. reason to get together with old friends!

2009 has proven to be a year of rich blessing and distinct change. I thank the Lord for what He has done and I look forward to what He will do!

Let's do it again in 2010!! :)

I'M HOME!

After countless hours in numerous airports, 3 days in snowy Chicago with special friends and way too many minutes crammed into 5-inch heels for "the" wedding, I have made it back to Twin Falls, ID!
I am excited to curl up with my picture folders, a warm cup of something and "go to town" updating you all on the past few weeks of my whirlwind life! But, until that happens, you can picture me happy, safe and sound.
It's the most wonderful time of the year.....truly!