birthday fun

well, as you may or might not know, my birthday was on monday april 9th. it was a good day....but the first birthday in awhile that has been during a week. i seemed to enjoy it better when it was during a weekend...but oh well :)

i knew it would be a hard birthday to beat, knowing i had just spent a great week relaxing and soaking in the rays on the coast.

my students suprised me by decorating the room in a sports-like theme with things decorated with sayings like, "your classroom is a ball" " you are number one" etc...it was very cute!!

when i got home at the end of the night, 3 of my ecuadorian guy friends seranaded me with some spanish birthday tunes and some flowers! it was really nice!! my first seranade. it was really great. i could get used to that.

on tuesday, beth had planned a birthday dinner for rachel and i since our birthdays are 2 days apart. all of us single people and one young married couple got together to celebrate. we took some fun pictures.






























here is beth, rachel, and i. thanks beth for a great time! us 3 have become good friends while being here! we will have to continue with our ecuadorian lifestyle back in the states :) or just live here permenantly. heheh