Happy Birthday Ashley!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY-JEAN!

This weekend has been one of the most fun weekends ever! Tom and Caralee had a pool party to celebrate Ash's 22nd birthday here in Costa Rica! First of all, to celebrate your birthday in another country is awesome...to celebrate with these people here is even more awesome! Friday, my students sang Ashley "happy birthday" and made her a card. We both got packages from our loved ones back home, which also helped out the sparce cabinets in our apartment. We went over to Mike and Kelsey's to play a new game called "liars dice" which is a lot like "bullshit". It's really fun, and I'm sure we'll play again soon. Afterward, they took us over to Tom's house to start the party. Caralee made so much great food! (and Jello shots!). Afterward, we took a dip in the pool, even though it didn't stop raining once! It rained from after school until like 2am! Ashley, Tony and I all spent the night in the casita.

When we woke up, we all piled into the car and went surfing. (Well Ashley and Tony tried to surf, I stayed on baby duty with Ellie.) We spent a few hours at the beach, then the rest of the afternoon at the pool. A whole day of sun! It really felt great since it rains all the time here! Once Brody and Brooklyn came home from their friends house, we went to watch the sunset at Playa Flamingo with the Hauns (director and his wife). Everyone piling in a 5 seater suv is so much fun! hahahaha It's legal to ride in the trunk here. Today, we're going to go to church with Sarah then to the beach again! Whoo hoo!!! Oh crap...then I have to write plans for this week's math lessons! BOO!

This pool party was a definate awesome way to end the first week of school. The only bummer is that the 2nd week of school means MORE WORK to do!