Natalia, Ieva, Sasha, Angelina, and Kristne
Toms, Josh, Ira, Alisha, Kristine and Ieva
Vadim and Kiril
The AWESOME RD team and me!
Amanda, me, Alisha, and Josh
Amanda and me
Sunday, November 17, 2013
RA End of Year Celebration!
For our End of the Year party with the RA staff this year we hosted a murder mystery dinner. It was one designed for a large group and was SO much fun!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Chapel
For the last chapel of the year, a departing faculty/staff member is asked to give the farewell message. I was chosen to do it this year. I was honored to be given this platform to share a bit of my story, a few words of encouragement, and to say farewell to a place that has meant so much to me!
Chapel Band...playing outside!
me
I'm sure I was making a very profound point right here! :)
Here's a link to the audio of my message if you are interested:
Final TriS
One of my favorite things to do at LCC was to lead TriS with Marlene. It was so much fun to connect with our groups of American Study Abroad students. We always seemed to get the best groups (in my opinion!), but this spring the group was really above and beyond all our others. I bonded with many of them and am hopeful that we will stay in touch in the future.
For our last TriS event of the year we went to the beach for a pizza party. Unfortunately it was way too cold and we ended up going to my apartment halfway through the evening. Not what we planned, but memorable and fun none the less!
Outdoor shot...don't we look cold?!
A backseat full of beautiful smiles!
Travis, Krista, Taylor, and Justine
A picnic on my living room floor!
Travis brought Marlene and I scarves from his trip to Istanbul. We wore them like babuskas would...since we were his TriS moms!
A fun shot from the ground up!
me, Marlene, Taylor, Krista, Travis, Justine, Caitlyn, and Dan
I love these peeps!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
First of the farewells...
As I geared up to leave LCC I spent many meals hosting students who had been particualry important to me for a meal. Here I am with the first group of students that I taught...my fall 2010 FYS group. Not everyone could make it, but this is about half of the group.
Julia, Laura, Mariya, Ira, me, Paulis, Romanas, and Oleksi
Lituanian souvenirs
When we were shopping at the markets outside of Trakai I snapped these photos of some very common and traditojnal Lithuanian souvenirs.
Display dolls
Amber trees
Paintings decorated with amber
Dolls to play with
More dolls to play with
Last trip to Vilnius
Rachel and I went to Vilnius in late May. We wanted to pick up a few last Lithuanian souvenirs and we wanted to spend some time together without the kids underfoot before we parted ways. We arrived on Saturday and did the normal Old Town stuff. It was fun to visit our favorite shops "one last time" and to pick up a few final pieces of pottery and such. We stayed in nice Holiday Inn and went to Trakia Castle on Sunday. Here are some photos of our time at the Castle...
Me in front of the Castle
The inner courtyard
Beautiful ceilings and light fixtures
Ancient Lithuanian money
a painting of a king
Stained glass window
a painting of the castle
Assorted game heads
A lion's head!
fancy pipes
and a risque pipe!
a beautiful porcelain box
lovely bowls
Looks like these people were about MY size!
me and my dear friend, Rachel!
me pretending to serve up some delicious Lithuanian food!
Trading allegiances?!
Has Dr. Marlene Wall traded allegiances? Here she is sporting a GOSHEN COLLEGE sweatshrit rather than her trusty LCC one. What is going on?!
Marlene was off campus on official LCC business all day on a Friday. She came by my place for a Friday evening Haystack party and felt a little over dressed in her suit. All I had to offer her was my lovely GC sweatshirt. She wore it because it was far more comfy than her suit and begrudgingly allowed me to take her photo! :)
You can imagine her thinking, "Take the picture already!"
What a good sport!
She made sure I had an LCC sweatshirt when I left LCC in May! :)
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