Jeremy & Lesley

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Dad's 60th

This past January my dad (Gary) turned 60. How to celebrate? Well, we coordinated flights (Justin and Missy, Lesley and me, and Aunt Kay flew in. Chris and Elizabeth drove down, and Aunt Kay picked up Grandma Elsie in Fort Morgan) and rendezvous points, purchased silly string, and quietly concealed ourselves in the front yard of their house. ... Grandma rings the doorbell..... and

Needless to say, he was quite surprised. We all enjoyed a short couple of days celebrating.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Mapping the Cloud Forest: Costa Rica

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica to help survey/map the cloud forests around Texas A&M's new Soltis Center for Research and Education. It was a great experience and I hope to return soon.

The view from my cabin

Navigating the forest

Surveying the forest

What would a jungle trip be without a little vine swinging

The bat cave... I did crawl in there, but not too far.

A view of the top of the canopy

Strawberry poison dart frog. This was only one of the poisonous inhabitants of the forest.

Another... The Eyelash viper, small and deadly.

Lugging equipment

Arenal, one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

Some of the waterfalls we encountered in the forest.

Alberth with a coral snake (red on yellow kill-a-fellow). We also saw two fer-de-lance which are among the most poisonous snakes in the world... I didn't get close enough to them to take a photo.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

La Bicicletta

Jeremy's new set of wheels...

Panniers and all!

Fun with Friends on New Year's Eve!

Yeah for the friendships that we're forming in Bryan/College Station!

And, for mustache growing contests...

And, for Larry (affectionately named after Lesley-Jeremy "Lerry" by Eli, Age 4)

And, for Corinna - the hostess with the mostess!

And, for my LOVING husband Jeremy!

I love coming across pictures that "just make you smile" - this is one of those "just makes me smile kind of pictures!"

Procrastination at its Finest!

Jeremy's distraction as he studied for finals in December...

There's no better way to relieve that pent up nervous energy than to spontaneously rip up the carpet in the living room and dining room and uncover these fabulous oak floors.

They still need to be refinished, but that's a project for this summer after the master's thesis is complete.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

RYT

That's right, it's official... I am an RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher). I spent the Fall traveling over to Austin for three intensive weeks of training - one in September, one in October and one in November. I completed my 200 hours of training in Integrative Yoga Therapy through Sundara Yoga Therapy in Austin. It was an incredible program, and I learned so much!

Lesley, Lisa, Jatana, Kelly Anne

There were four of us in my kula. We were the "Little Kula - Big Heart" Four amazing women!

Little Kula hug

When you spend 10 hours together every day, you grow close.

Our kula with some of our instructors

We had amazing instructors!

Graduation - November 20, 2010

Our families came to celebrate with us following our beautiful graduation ceremony!

It was an exhausting, but wonderful experience! I'm so grateful that I did it, and I'm excited to move forward along this new path that is unfolding before me. I finished my training on November 20 and taught my first class on November 22. I subbed for five classes during the week of Thanksgiving, subbed for two classes last week, and I begin meeting with my first private client on Monday.

Can I just say it one more time - I am super excited! I LOVE what I'm doing!

Life is good!