Fondue with childhood friends

I went to an awesome school growing up. It was a private school that had kindergarten through 11th grade (yeah in Colombia we have 11, not 12. We instead have a year in between kindergarten and first grade called transition were they prepare you for real school, so it's the same amount of years). Being in the same school for 11 years (I got there in 1st grade) allowed for me to make friendships that through the years have become almost family....

Hello 4am

We are in Colombia!!! Our flight left at 6am, which means we had to be at LAX at 4am, which means we had to leave Palm Springs at 2am. Yeah, lots of fun... and I'd do it any day if it meant seeing my family and turning the tables on my husband (no more making fun of Jo because she has an accent, at least not anymore for the next two weeks!). There was a mistake with my ticket so we ended up being at the counter for almost 90 minutes which made...

Night time view

Isn't the view just exceptional? I literally sat by that window for an hour watching four shows; just couldn't get enough of it. On other news: Momma gave us all money to play at the casino, and just like that cousin won $4000 ($2800 after taxes) at the Bellagio while we were visiting our Vegas family who now lives in Virginia but were conveniently visiting Vegas at the same time we were. It's such an amazing story he won money; he...

Jersey Boys

For our Christmas day night Momma had a plan, a fun plan! She got tickets to Jersey Boys and I was a bit worried I was going to have a hard time liking it since most of their music is not the kind of music a 28 year old girl that was born and raised in Colombia would grow up listening to. Well not only was I wrong about not listening to their music as I was growing up, I was also wrong about not being to like the show; even if you've never...

Christmas Eve Eve and Eve

So many stories, so many late nights, so much to tell!! Husband, Kris and I drove to Palm Springs Thursday night to meet up with Momma and Poppa. The plan was simple: drive to Palm Springs and wake up early to drive to Vegas and spend Christmas Eve and Christmas there. Well we weren't going back to San Diego after Vegas so I had to pack for Palm Springs, San Diego, a trip through LA and MIA and 15 days in Colombia; and it all had to fit in my wonderful...

Game night and diptic

So Sarah Wagner told me about this wonderful app for my phone called Diptic and now all I do is try and tell stories with my pictures. It's been diffficult since my last few days have been all about shopping for family, packing and organizing my house. But last night we had game night with a few friends, we had a great time, laughed about awkward dates and the whole event gave me an opportunity to use diptic... and here it is is!...

Rain and the movies

Yesterday my K and I went to see The Tourist with free tickets that Miss Lederer kindly gave to us. It was raining, which is really uncharacteristic of San Diego, so we decided to wear comfy clothes, rain boots and head over the theater. As usual we danced everywhere we went, you just have to dance more so if you have an umbrella!...

Merry Christmas

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Washington Elementary

Every Friday night we are at Washington Elementary, the school where Urban Church is currently meeting. Once their after school program has ended we come in to start setting up chairs, lights, decor, and every other thing you need to make a  church happen at an elementary school cafeteria.  We try to stay involved with the school and help in as many ways as possible and we have noticed some children are not as priviledged...