Three big pieces of news to share, the first and most important, is that Spencer is done with his first school year abroad! It was a long and difficult year full of drama and scandal, stories that we will be sure to share when we see you in person. But, it is over finally and was a great success for him.
The second is that we moved!! As I mentioned a few times, we had been anxious to move from our previous apartment for a number of reason that I wont belabor here, and we could not be happier in our new place! We are in an awesome new neighborhood very close to a number of our good friends. In fact, our new neighborhood is affectionately known as 'gringo-landia' by many of us here because so many people live within a few blocks of each other. We're a little further from Spencer's school, but much closer to some good restaurants and other amenities that we can now enjoy. It's wonderfully walk-able, which is awesome! I will post some photos soon.
The third big piece of news and the one that has kept me too busy to be posting as often as I'd like is that I started a graduate school program, finally! I am currently pursuing my masters in non-profit management at Northeastern University in Boston. I am doing the program on-line. I just wrapped up my first 2 classes and am very proud to say that I am getting A's so far! I've always wanted to get my masters and I'm so excited that I'm finally doing it. Another item to check off my bucket list (coming soon). Unfortunately, it is a lot of work and requires a ton of writing each week so I get pretty tapped out and it makes it difficult to come here to post updates, but I will do my best. Stay tuned.
Finally, we will be back in the states in a few short weeks and hope to catch up with everyone! We are very excited to come home after being away for an entire year. There are so many things we're looking forward to I can't list them all here. See you soon!
Here are some photos from the last month or so:
June has brought some amazing sunsets from our new deck
A couple of photos from our small housewarming party. Our awesome friends Kain and Emily moved into the apartment right next door to ours, so it was a co-hosted event. We love having them next door and are able enjoy many sunset drinks on the lanai.
We celebrated Emily's 32nd birthday shortly after moving in. These cakes were made by the amazing Kate.
Maia and I have been enjoying long walks in the park behind our house. Same park as before, but now we get to enjoying from a whole new angle. This is still my favorite part about this city! Maia loves finding cows, I don't think they love her, though.
Some shots from our neighborhood. I'm in love with this pink tree, I don't know what it is, but it reminds me of something from a Dr. Seuss book. The other is some roof dogs that greet us daily.
The park is full of these beautiful flowers that smell amazing.
I was surprised to see something truly American at the store the other day - Cranberry Sauce! Unfortunately, I don't think they knew what to do with it and stocked it next to the barbecue sauce and A1. Huh? I think they just went with 'sauce'.
An end of year party with some good friends - left to right - Graham, Kain, Big Spence, Devin, Gregg.
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