Addy Unplugged

Addyson will sing this all day long to you if you let her! :) Marie likes how she just gets too tired to finish the second rendition! Funny kid...

Steph at dusk on the 4th over I-15

I had an idea for a picture at dusk and Steph was a good sport and went along for the experiment. See it bigger.

Work was finally hard today

Here is a pic of me Allison and her sister Natalie with the mountain i climbed. the other pic is me on top of the great mountain in the background. Everyone was tired today, the hike wore us all out. Work was finally hard today. I had to mix stucco, it wears your legs out. After lunch i had to load a truck with gravel, wash rocks in the river and then load the truck with the rocks. hopefully i won't end up with some parasite from the river. we have to leave at 6 in the morning because there is a strike and they (meaning a bunch of drunk people) block off the road with rocks and throw them at you if you drive. It will be a long day tomorrow but it will be great to get a lot of work done. we only have 1 1/2 days of work left. it has gone by so fast. well it is my turn for the shower. i have to go wash all the dirt out of my hair. i can't wait to see you all. i miss everyone so much.

Independence Day - Peru Style

Hi family,

I am sending just one email to the fam tonigt cuz it is late and I am tired. It was the most fantastic day ever. We went to Pisack. I am sure i totally spelled that wrong. It was almost as cool as Machu Pichu. took 173 pictures there. I was absolutely amazed by it all. I kept falling behind the group cuz I was taking so many pictures.Sound familiar! I can't wait to show you all the pictures. It is so nice to have the computer to download the pics. I also took a bunch of movies today. The last picture is my lunch. It was so good. One of my favorites. The thing I liked the most was a deep fried root that comes from the jungle. You know how I am with deep fried food. The best part of the day, we had a party at the orphanage. We had chicken and fries for dinner and they had cake for Windy and Kristen. Windy's bday is today just like Melissa and Kristen's is Monday. They borrowed a sound system and played guitars and sang and we had a dance. We made a fire and roasted marshmallows and finished the night with fire works. It was so much fun. I didn't get pictures at the party cuz I left the memory card in the computer. Windy said I could download hers on the computer. She has a video of me dancing with one of the kids. It is pretty funny. He spun me so much that I couldn't even stand up by myself after cuz I was so dizzy. We head for Machu Pichu tomorrow at 5 so you won't hear from me until we get back on Monday night.

It was great to hear from all you girls. Tell Rob hi.

Dirt Ovens ...?

Today we went to a realllly poor village to give the kids some clothes. Two boys are doing their Eagle projects here. They brought so many clothes with them. They gave us baked potatoes that they make in little dirt ovens. As you can clearly see, they were so delicious I had to close my eyes and savour every bite! I am at the hotel right now. Two of the girls are sick, one is pretty sick. Mark gave them a blessing and Juan Carlos brought us back to the hotel so they could sleep. The rest of the group was going to the salt mines and since I have already seen it I wanted to stay with the girls and take care of them. I can't believe the trip is half over. I am sad and glad at the same time.

Holla Family

I made stucco today and also put it on the walls. I am pretty profesional now. I was thinking of doing our house when we get home all we need is dirt, straw, and cactus glue. Get a pit ready to mix it in and we will have a beautiful new casa before you know it. How are things at home? Tell all the girls to write me. Tell Addy hi, I miss her. I am proud of Melissa. I will call tomorrow let me know what time will be good.

love to all