The first week

Well I survived...but just barely.

I had it so nice last year and I didn't even realize it. I was actually able to see all my kids every day and be every where that I needed to be but that is a thing of the past. We have gotten quite a few new students with some very high needs and my world has been turned upside down. I am really worried about what will happen when Angela goes on maternity leave in about 2 weeks...It's gonna be a rough year.

Luckily I work with the sweetest kids in the whole world and I'm always happy to see them and be around them...that makes a huge difference...I wouldn't give a single one of them up :-)

Apparently I work in one of the fastest growing subdivisions in the school district...I can't even imagine what lies ahead. But I'm sure I'll get through it.

Costa Rica

Our house was in a little cove where the boats would "dock" but they didn't have an actual dock they just anchored the boats off-shore and would go out when it was low tide.

They sunsets were amazing.

During rainy season they have dramatic tides so when it was high tide there were some pretty good swells for about 4 hours so Les and I would go out and body surf. It was so fun.

There were several howler monkeys that lived in the trees around our house. They were really cute to look at but a little annoying when they started howling in the middle of the night.

We rented a car and drove over to Arenal where there is an active volcano. It was a little cloudy so we couldn't see the very top but it was still neat.

Les posing out in front of the Arenal Lake that we had to drive around to get to the volcano.



This is the hammock on our porch where I did the majority of my book reading.



This is our little path to the beach. Our house was surrounded by trees, it was so peaceful and relaxing.

This is a cool pic of a volcanoe from the airplane.