A lot of pictures

Brenna's real family meets her host-family from training. It is interesting that even though Nicas seem to be generally happier than Americans, they don't smile in pictures.

Two women carrying a fruit called mamones in baskets on their heads. That seems to be the best way to transport large items here.

Marilee brought us our wedding gift from Zac and Nicole, which is a journal in which many of our friends and family took a page or two to write nice things and put in pictures. Here we are looking at it for the first time. To all of you who contributed, Thank You!! We love it and can't stop looking at it.

Here we are in Granada with our friends Mandy and Pablo. They were traveling in Costa Rica and came up to spend a weekend with us.

Our friend, Mike (Miguelito) from home and his girlfriend Jacqueline (not pictured) came to visit and while they were here they helped us plant some trees with some of Brenna's students.

Some of Brenna's students.

Ryan brought me a package that contained 13 beers from Fort Collins breweries. It was the happiest day of my life! I have never wanted to kiss a man more.

This is taken from the porch of the hostel/farm that we stayed at on the island of Ometepe. The volcano you can see is called Concepción and is the 2nd tallest in Nicaragua.

Ryan and Marilee on our hike up Volcan Telica. We stopped halfway under a huge mango tree for snacks.

Mason and Ryan with the crater of Telica behind us. We camped in that green patch you can see between us. (Ryan and Mar... notice the culebritas.)

Ryan standing at the edge of the crater.

A street scene in Malpaisillo. You can see Brenna, Mort and Clavo talking with a friend of ours and her daughter.

Me and a chavalo called Andres.

Karen and Mort with some of the kids at our old host family's house.

Mort, Karen, Francela, Cela and Gloria Elena. Old host family.

It didn't take Mort long to fall asleep in the hammock while visiting our host-family for lunch.

A typical bus scene in the market. The bus pulls in, people get off and on, ladies run up selling drinks and snacks, triciclos take the unloading passengers home and then the bus leaves.

Mort with a bunch of Brenna's students.

Karn and Mort rode with Brenna to one of her schools. Apparently it had been a while since Karen had been on a bike.

Here are Brenna and I enjoying margaritas in one of three infinity pools at the Pelican Eyes resort in San Juan del Sur on the beach. We spent 2 nights here with Karen and Mort. This is what the Peace Corps is all about.

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