June through the beginning of August

I have been terrible at blogging recently. I will get better when school begins, as it's now part of my job. Don't forget to look at the Makarios blog to see what others think of life here. Here are some pictures of the summer. I wasn't very good at pulling out the camera but there are a few here. Enjoy:


Becca Harris came to visit! She was on the Austin Stone family team that helped with our graduations. I just love her! I also love the sunglasses tan. Miss you, Beccy!


Staff Foto!! (l-r) riley, cara jane, ashley, katy (te extraño), myself, anne, garrett, cristina and jody


I went to a basketball game with Riley, Wilson and Jody. It was terrible, as most of the basketball games are but still fun. And we got to eat bolas de yuca before the game...yum!


Christmas in July! Audrey, Marissa and Holly set up an entire dinner and present exchange just before they left. Just look at how lovely the decorations are!


There was a tree! With Christmas presents. I gave away 2 cell phones that don't work and got plastic lips in return! The theme was trash to treasure.


AND they made us dinner!! Mashed potatoes! Chicken (just for me because I don't eat pig and that's what everyone else had)! and a DELICIOUS pie!! We listened to Christmas music and just had a great time. I heart Christmas in July!


The beach! Doesn't it look lovely? Notice that I'm safely on unsandy ground? Yep, on purpose.


These guys really know how to build schools! It just went right up.


And it's so large! ¡Bien hecho, trabajadores!


Ronal was my first friend when I moved here. What a lovely smile. And then he moved back to Haiti for 6 months. But he's been back for over a year.


Look at how big he's gotten! He still has a great smile.


This is was Ronni looked like when I first moved here.


Now he's so grown up! What happened to my precious little Lonni??


It was almost avacado season when I left; now it's in full swing!! Today for breakfast I had eggs with an avacado, toast with jelly, yougurt, and freshly squeezed cherry juice! And yesterday I had rice & beans with avacado. I heart this time of year!!


Happy Graduation! I'm going to miss these kids. They are so precious and mean a lot to me. But we are making room for more pre-schoolers and so we won't be able to have a before/after school program any more. It was a great celebrations, thanks to the Austin Stone Family trip.

PS-I miss Profe Katy!