This first picture is the view out my bedroom window at my house. Definitely great motivation to get out of bed in the morning. 

This is from the table where we do our homework out on our patio.

This is the woodshop de mi Papí Dominicano. He and Bebo my Dominican brother [he is Jace's age, which makes me miss my bro :(  ] work here during the day.

And Ari, my little two year old niece. Preciosa. Its nice to have niños around the house when I miss my little cousins. 

Tomorrow, after our group excursion, I'm hoping to have time for a deep and heartfelt blog, but until then, I need to study for our first test we're about to take. Yikes. Fortunately, Brent [our team leader] is taking us out for pizza tonight to celebrate the end of the first week of classes. Hallelujah!