Tuesday, December 30, 2008

First Time for Everything...





So my little niece (Charlize) is turning 4 next month and what better to get her then a snowboard set-up for Christmas. Thanks to everyone at Burton I got her a nice little 90 board with a sweet little band-aide design and some pink boots and bindings, her favorite color of course. This is her first day... she was pretty darn cute, shes got her little pose down for the camera.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Ginger Bread COOKIE Party!

11/25/08
So it's almost Thanksgiving time and what else is there to do when there's not much snow then make cookies. Soooo Elena and I decided to host the second annual Gingerbread Cookie contest at my house. It went amazing... dinosaurs,mouses, Kenny from Southpark and many others were shaped and frosted. Today I am thankful for cookies bringing memories and good laughs, the snow we do have, and life. I hope everyone has a amazing Thanksgiving, and I will keep you posted on how my first turkey dinner feast from scratch turns out. Much Love :)





Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Africa to the Alps















Hannah, Owen and I are headed to the Alps in Switzerland, and on a train where you drive on and park, so were in the car but on the train..crazyness. We just got back from Africa, and I cant even put on paper our experiences, but i'll try... It was such a culture/reality shock of what's really going on in third world countries. You see on television those commercials of skinny kids with no food, and yea I always change the channel. When that kid is holding your hand and your hearing his story and meeting his family and seeing where he lives, its no longer surreal and you can't just change the channel. We met one boy that has HIV and he's only 8. We played with over 2,000 kids that have never seen a white person in their life, we talked with girls that ran away from home fearing marriage and FGM at only 10 years of age. There were so many times in the trip I cried, and there were so many times I was laughing uncontrollably... Even though we only had the word Jambo in common with them, we still found a way to connect through teaching, animating and singing. I will never forget teaching 50+ kids the words to Bob Marley's song "Don't worry...every things going to be alright..." These people have nothing, barely a home, yet they were the happiest people I have ever met in my life. I learned so much from them and their high spirits, I think everyone has something to learn over in Kirindon. Kwaheynoow & Much Love :)


Thanks Hannah for giving me the experience of a lifetime and for giving life to hundreds in Kenya and soon millions across the world.