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4.03.2009

Play Photos!

It was opening night this evening at Sojourn Academy, and the high schoolers did so well!!! We were all so proud of all their hard work! Here's some photos from Wednesday night's photo shoot during dress rehearsal:

Waiting for the Count to arrive to propose to their daughter.

At the wedding: the bride and parents

the house set

the postman, butcher, and vendor reacting

the whole cast, responding to the urgent letter the teacher receives

3.31.2009

Rushing Around Like a Chicken with My Head Cut Off

ha, April Fools!! My head is still on my shoulders... at least it was last time I looked in the mirror.

I'm running, running this week with teaching 7:30-2:30 daily and play rehearsal 3-8 daily. Whew!

I'm photographing the show for tomorrow night... so pictures to come soon! :)

Love!

3.28.2009

Back to Work!!

I'm back to work after a quick week of vacation/teaching. :) Today we painted/built/put together the rest of the set for next week's play. How exciting! Here's a look at what we accomplished:

Sabrina and Cole... getting lots done.

Aylish and Kia making flower arrangments.

It's coming together!!

Cutting leaves for the vines was a big project...

and then we carried everything to the gym!

More photos of the play to come!

3.27.2009

Sneak Peek

3.22.2009

A Friendly Trip

Sooo Jenny and Sarah and Kim were supposed to come this week. The good news is that Sarah and Kim are still coming.... but Jenny can't find her passport. Bummer, bummer, bummer. So she's taking a rain check on my Costa Rica tour skills for now.

Here's what Sarah, Kim, and I will be up to this week:

monday, march 23rd
arrive at airport 11:45. settle into room at AMCA house. downtown adventure 3pm. with my tico family at 6 for dinner.hang out/rest.

tuesday, march 24th
go to school 6:50am tour the school, hang out in the classrooms, etc., leave school 3pm, catch bus to Puerto Viejo, sleep at Cabinas Jakaranda

wednesday, march 25th
beach all day :), can rent bikes for the day, can go to a butterfly garden

thursday, march 26th
sunrise?beach in the morning, catch bus to San Jose, late afternoon

friday, march 27th
catch taxi to airport at 3:30 pr 4am, $26 in total (split between 3)country exit tax $28catch plane 6am, and me back to work 7:30am

Whew!!

Visit to the Earthquake Site

Roots torn out of the ground.

So today we had a paseo of sorts... we ventured out to see the earthquake site from the 6.2 quake in January. The whole family came along for the adventure, and they had been to the area before the earthquake many times, so they said many times, "Aaah, remember when we.....??" but they kept saying how much destruction there is since the earthquake. We were also talking about how life can change so fast. The earthquake lasted only 48 seconds, but houses fell off cliffs, landslides covered entire pastures, and trees toppled like dominoes. It was unreal what it all looks like now.

Can you tell what it is??? A house...

The tica mom and I :) Que linda!

Electric pole snapped in half

another house that's barely a house

The whole family kept saying "This used to be green!!! All the trees have disappeared!!" Crazy, huh??

Roads were snapped in half like this... and the other half had mysteriously vanished... wow.

This waterfall drew tourists from everywhere... but now the draw might be more to see the destruction than to see the La Paz Waterfall Gardens.

Judit, my tica sister... clearly up to something.

We stopped at a fruit market on the way back... and Judit and I were really cold. I think this is my cold/laughing face? :) haha Judit makes me laugh a lot!

Did Someone Say We're Having a Surprise Party??

Kim Loosa was the brains behind the idea to have a surprise party for the first grade teacher, Peggy, who is turning 50. Even with about 70 to 80 guests, we pulled it off without her finding out!!! Quite the accomplishment for 20 first graders :)