Seeing red.

A couple days ago Jaime and I took a bus downtown to the Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library. We had a photoshoot during one of our study breaks. As I've said before, this is definitely a site to visit if you come to Seattle. And if you live here and haven't visited this library, you should. It's especially great for studying (much better than the same tired rooms without windows that I've studied in for the last year and a half).

Jamaica, mon!

A couple of weeks ago, I had another business trip--this time to Jamaica. While my colleagues and I spent most of our time working hard, we did take part of a day to get out of Kingston and see some of the beautiful sights on the island. Here are some pictures from that day...


On the way to Ocho Rios, in the Gorge--looks like someone tried to take an unfortunate shortcut to avoid the traffic.


After about an hour on very slow, curvy roads, we decided we needed a snack...sugar cane and fresh citrus anyone?

After stopping briefly at the Jerk Spice factory in the mountains, we arrived at our first destination, Dunns River Falls. This is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Jamaica. Four out of the six of us decided it would be fun to climb the falls so we (literally) hooked on to a group with a guide. Notice the fancy shoes we rented--they help with traction on the slippery rocks.

The final climb of the falls. The entire journey took about an hour.

Celebrating afterward with the group at a jerk place. Delicious!

The group (minus me) at the shopping mall where the cruise ships dock. We decided ice cream would be the best way to end the day before the curvy drive back to Kingston.

Then of course, back to work! (This is Ann and Kelly that I worked with from the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center)

Even the signs are written in dialect in Jamaica!

All in all, it was a good trip.

Improve Group

Happy Belated Birthday Lisa

Happy Birthday Lisa. Sorry we are slackers and this is a day late. We love you. And we are glad you are our sister. Come and see us! (I'll call you tomorrow)

env

my new phone! so lately my phone has been dying EVERYDAY. lame. and it was time for an upgrade anyhow. so somehow i went to go find out about my upgrade and i came home with this orange env! its big...which the plan was to get a smaller phone but its cool

One Year

Happy Anniversary Jacob and Lisa!

Leah's New Look

Before:Here is our cute adorable Leah!

After:

Here is our new cute adorable Leah!

This is Leah looking at herself in the mirror for the first time.

Leah getting a drink of water with her new vision

Twins!

Kind of embarrassing when your kid has cuter glasses than you. I have only been wearing my glasses since highschool, what's wrong with that? They were pretty cool back then, not so much now....it is time for a new pair. Today has been a day of mixed emotions. Part of me feels I have lost my little girl. These glasses will reshape who she is and perhaps her future. I am sure it is for the positive, but it makes me wonder how much such a little thing as glasses can change it all. But really, that is pretty dramatic, it is just glasses and they will help her see better....so I am excited and she looks adorable, so that helps.