Mountain Climbing

Climbed this mountain - cerro de silla - with a group of students from the dorm on Monday. We started our adventure at 5 AM :) and after 4 hours of hiking, finally reached the top!! It was super foggy, so I was a little bummed that we couldn't see much of the view. But we definitely got a work out!

http://www.vaultbbs.com/~csteiner/cerrodelasilla.php

Between sweat and rain, we were pretty drenched lol but having lots of fun :)

View from the half-way point

Stopped to catch our breath and have a snack

The trail that would NEVER end!!!!

Picture time ;)

Lots of pretty little flowers along the way! God's creation is SO beautiful!!

Me & My Kiddos

Joselyn, Gloria, Dara, Rut and Rubén...love them all SO much :)

Spring Break in Tamazunchale

Almost forgot to post spring break pictures!! But here's a little taste of my adventures...

10 hour car ride over very windy roads...my stomach was feeling a little funny :P

Scenery

Orange tree orchard!!

This is a sugar cane field. Saw many of these and big trucks hauling the canes off to  be refined.

Made a little pit stop at an fresh orange juice stand....soo delicious :)

Me and Raquel with our juice!

My first flautas de pollo...super good! And of course, accompanied with frijoles (beans :) )

Making agua de tamarindo (tamarindo water)

Learned how to make guacamole :)

Outside kitchen...frying tortillas, meat, and beans for lunch one day

After church, Raquel and I went to the park and got "raspas" (flavored ice)

Banana tree in the backyard...how cool is that?! 

Haciendo Crepas!!

This week was my turn to learn how to make some Mexican food. Andrea taught me to make crepas :) super delicious!

My first crepa :) ...nice perfect circle!!

Andrea teaching me all the tricks ;)

Nutella, lechera, and lots of fresh fruit...:) :)

Yes, I was VERY excited about my crepas!! lol

Andrea

This is my friend Andrea! She is a freshman at the University here...she comes over once a week to practice her English. This week we made cookies together. It was her first time to EVER bake cookies...so it was pretty entertaining!! We have lots of fun together :) 

Finally....:)

Not sure who's more excited...the kids or the teacher :) but i'm looking forward to having a little break for the next TWO WEEKS!!! I'll be spending this week at my roommate, Raquel's house in southern Mexico. She lives like 10 hours from here, so I'm looking forward to seeing more of Mexico! 

Quote of the Day

I knew it was going to be an exciting class today when Rubén, one of my 2nd graders walked (actually "flew" would be a more accurate description) into my classroom and loudly announced, "Teacher, coffee makes me happy!" lol  He is one kid who definitely does NOT need coffee. :/ Ahhh...never a dull moment :)