Well it took me a few hours... but I added more pictures, they are all from Sarah and Kim's cameras from their visit. Maybe I'll add more of my own later!
http://picasaweb.google.com/116005566328750799555

It’s crazy to me how something that was so... feign is now so every day and well almost boring. I have settled into life here and there isn't really anything big happening. But because I'm getting emails and messages begging me for a blog... here ya go!
I'll try to think of anything interesting...
-Last Friday night my host family held a mass at the church. If you remember back to when I first moved to Hopkins I stayed with my Host family. Shortly before I moved in my Host brother who was about my age had passed away. Well this week was the one year anniversary of his death. So Friday night we had mass. After everyone went back to their house for a "reception" basically to eat. I hung out with the kids of course (some things never change), but after we broke a hammock that belonged to their neighbors, I decided to go talk to some adults. Everyone just sat around and ate and drank. I think this is something that we as Americans need to do more of. Finding reasons to get together and celebrate life and being alive. I'm pretty sure I was the last one to leave that night. We had Monday off due to a national holiday (National... benefactors day?) so I had a nice long weekend. I left my house twice. Once to get a coke and some flower at the shop, and once to pay my rent. BIG weekend! It was nice and relaxing and I enjoyed every minute of it.
-Work is... going. Still doing the same thing. Pulling kids out and reading with them. I did get standard 4 to start some cool stuff. Last week we started a reading contest, I believe it was book it when I was a kid. If you read so many hours each month you got a free pizza at pizza hut. Well we done have a pizza hut, but we have the kids documenting and parents signing off on how many hours the kids read each night. At the end of every month if they read X amount of mins collectively than they get a prize. Last month they got an afternoon of watching movies and eating popcorn. These kids are not reading 30-60 minutes every night. This was inspired by students in standard 6 that I pull out. She was reading at a Standard 2 (third grade) level and come back a few months later is not reading at a standard 6 (or grade 6-7) level. I was so impressed and confused. When I asked her what she had been doing, she simple said her mom made her read for 30 minutes every night. All along this is all she needed a little push and some practice. Once I was done talking to her I realized this is what standard 4 needs too! Mr. Coleman agreed it was worth a shot and we both are seeing how much its helping. Next year hopefully we can implement this school wide!
-It's getting hot again... not really looking forward to the next... 8 months of heat...
-My parents are officially coming in JUNE!!!!!!! I seriously could NOT be more excited...
-My sister is coming for 2 weeks in May!!!!! We might kill each other...c but what an amazing place to do it!
-Lunch is in 22 mins. I might starve to death before then...
-I'm going to Honduras sometime in the next few months to meet up with a friend from college, probably this summer.
-I'm going to be really busy.
-In 2 weeks it'll be one year since I moved to Belize.
-One year goes faster than I would have ever thought.
-To celebrate I'm going to an island with the other volunteers!
-I'm going to stop now. I'll write more soon! That’s a promise!