Actually it is the Crouse, Miller, Dicker, Wright, Rutledge, Rockey Family blog.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Hanging with the Gramms
Just a few "snap shots" of Grammy, Eddie BaBa and fam. Never a dull moment. And boy are we eating well!
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
a caption from Davey!
William: "Do you have my wallet?"
Philip: "Huh?
William: "I said... do you have my wallet, it's not in my back pocket".
Philip: "Oh brother...."
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
NYC visit
Love this idea, Aunt Laura!
Here are pics from the recent trip Mom and I made to NYC! What a visit! We loved trying the soon-to-be world famous Cup & Compass products! We had great dinners with the Crouse crew including a home cooked meal by Philip & Hannah.
Here are pics from the recent trip Mom and I made to NYC! What a visit! We loved trying the soon-to-be world famous Cup & Compass products! We had great dinners with the Crouse crew including a home cooked meal by Philip & Hannah.
From John in Guatemala
I am taking the liberty of re-posting the following from John's blog: http://adventurevii.blogspot.com/
Monday, June 25, 2012En Guatemala
Hola mis amigos! I´ve switched hemipsheres from my last post and now I´m in the lovely town of Xela, Guatemala.
Most of you may already know this, but I decided earlier this year to take advantage of a relatively flexible summer by taking an adventure down south for some research. For 10 weeks I´ll be taking 1-on-1 Spanish lessons 5 days a week. Also, hopefully I´ll be able to volunteer and even possibly join a medical mission team and use my paramedic skills.
Here´s my quick soapbox: Why am I here to learn Spanish?
I have felt inspired to make this trip to ¨aprendar¨ Spanish because a) if Christ tells me to love my neighbor, I can´t very well love someone that I can´t speak with. Thus, considering that there are going to be more Spanish speakers than English speakers in the US by 2020, that´s a lot of neighbors! b) In that same vein, it will certainly be helpful from a business stance. c) I already come in to contact with many people who do not speak English in my job as a paramedic, so it will be helpful professionally. d) It is going to make visiting Spanish speaking countries in the future way more fun!
So what is Guatemala like you ask? Well, let me tell you.
When you fly in to Guatemala City and walk out of the airport there are dozens of people there vying (sp?) for your attention. However, compared to Thailand where the throng literally presses up against you, here it´s much more relaxed and you can make decisions in your own time. I had arranged someone to greet me with a sign with my name on it and considering the fact that I was 6 hours late, I was amazed when I saw the sign! Mui bien!
The city is not typically a tourist spot. The streets are poorly marked, the concrete is pockmarked, and there are huge metal doors lining most streets. I felt safe where I was but I can imagine it getting a bit hairy in some areas after dark. Not a lot to do during the day, but I wanted to get the lay of the land and buy a phone so I took my time and decided that my next stop would be Antigua.
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I agreed. So for a cool $90 I had 15 hours of one on one with Jose. Jose es profesor de los idiomas por 32 anos! El habla 5 idiomas: espanol, ingles, german, japonese, y francaise! He was fantastic and gave me a great head start!
Monday, June 25, 2012En Guatemala
Hola mis amigos! I´ve switched hemipsheres from my last post and now I´m in the lovely town of Xela, Guatemala.
Most of you may already know this, but I decided earlier this year to take advantage of a relatively flexible summer by taking an adventure down south for some research. For 10 weeks I´ll be taking 1-on-1 Spanish lessons 5 days a week. Also, hopefully I´ll be able to volunteer and even possibly join a medical mission team and use my paramedic skills.
Here´s my quick soapbox: Why am I here to learn Spanish?
I have felt inspired to make this trip to ¨aprendar¨ Spanish because a) if Christ tells me to love my neighbor, I can´t very well love someone that I can´t speak with. Thus, considering that there are going to be more Spanish speakers than English speakers in the US by 2020, that´s a lot of neighbors! b) In that same vein, it will certainly be helpful from a business stance. c) I already come in to contact with many people who do not speak English in my job as a paramedic, so it will be helpful professionally. d) It is going to make visiting Spanish speaking countries in the future way more fun!
So what is Guatemala like you ask? Well, let me tell you.
When you fly in to Guatemala City and walk out of the airport there are dozens of people there vying (sp?) for your attention. However, compared to Thailand where the throng literally presses up against you, here it´s much more relaxed and you can make decisions in your own time. I had arranged someone to greet me with a sign with my name on it and considering the fact that I was 6 hours late, I was amazed when I saw the sign! Mui bien!
The city is not typically a tourist spot. The streets are poorly marked, the concrete is pockmarked, and there are huge metal doors lining most streets. I felt safe where I was but I can imagine it getting a bit hairy in some areas after dark. Not a lot to do during the day, but I wanted to get the lay of the land and buy a phone so I took my time and decided that my next stop would be Antigua.
,
I agreed. So for a cool $90 I had 15 hours of one on one with Jose. Jose es profesor de los idiomas por 32 anos! El habla 5 idiomas: espanol, ingles, german, japonese, y francaise! He was fantastic and gave me a great head start!
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