Hey Girls!
So...its been forever since I last blogged.
Kristen-congratulations!!! Nathan is a little cutie!
Tara-thanks for the random phone calls. It is always good to hear from you!
Randi-awwwww muchacha te extrano. Fue tan chevere poder verte aqui en Washington D.C.!
Calista-The tandem bike was a def SD highlight for me-hope you're living it up in our great home of La Mesa.
I am in Washington D.C. for the summer again. I am interning at the Institute of International Education (IIE) with their International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). I love it! We work with the State Department and embassies to organize programs for international leaders. They come for three weeks and are educated on different topics with the hope that they will take what they learned and implement it in their own countries.
I am living in Springfield, VA. I have great roommates-no worries all you guys still take the cake :).
Anyhow, after all the summer fun I will be back in Tucson in the fall to finish up the last year of my MPA program.
Here are some photos to give visual aid to my adventures the last little while (oh and the pic above is just cause I know Calista loves it so much, Randi, I wish we had gotten a picture together in D.C.!):
Calista's piano playing abilities continue strong. I got to stay with her while I visited Utah for a couple days during my spring break.
With my roommate, Joanna, at the Mesa temple after the Easter pageant. She has been a member less than a year and LOVED the pageant!
I got to help out with a "mini MTC" in my home ward. It was awesome-our ward's youth are amazing!
At a Refugee Job Fair with one of the clients I got to work with at the IRC where I interned during this last school year.
With Catie, another IIE intern, at the D.C. 4th of July parade! We got to carry the "feather flags" which were really quite tricky to handle but so worth it cause I got to be in the parade at the nation's capitol!
Also, just as a treat, you guys have to listen to this:
http://abrandnewyear.lds.org/index.html
Listen to the song, "Say Yes" I'm a little obsessed with it....:)
Love you all and hope you are all having an amazing summer!
