Mexican breakfast in Brownsville with Jana
Yes, we were tired out from finals!
South Padre Island, view from our napping area
Lori & Megan--“connected at the hip” even in TX
The DPT/MPH girls
Sunset on the border (yep, that's Mexico!)
Megan in the Gulf of Mexico
Yay...Lori loves the beach
El gulfo de Mexico
South Padre
Mr. Caine!!! (My former neighbor-teacher saved my life during my first year at Taylor Elementary)
Teach for America buddies in the Mid-Valley
Our studious pose (such teachers!)
Here's why we were posing
Megan, teaching my former student, Jose how physical therapists use gait belts
Aww, cute physical therapy presentations at my former school
My Lil' Lil' Sis, Stacy, reading with a first grader (Stacy works for Willamette University now and was a “faculty” advisor on the Alternative Spring Break trip to Texas)
Ms. Northcraft and a cute former student
With some second-graders
Awww....some of my cuties from Room 25
I love love love these kids! They were all 1st graders during my last year of teaching....don't they make you want to “Teach for America”?
Off to Mexico
Posing at the border..Nuevo Progreso, MX
Un calle en Mexico
Un hombre en Mexico
Muchas tiendas
Las chicas a la frontera (The girls on the border)
Ms. Ashley Carlson, in her amazingly well-decorated classroom
Orange trees in Ashley's backyard in Weslaco, TX
“Valley” oranges
Team “North West”--(get it, Lori “North”craft and Stacy “West”)
Former XC buddies, re-united in Southern Texas...who would have thought?!
All smiles
Gertie! Ashley's roommate's dog
Gertie in her favorite sleeping spot
Haha...these kind of signs are all over South Texas (In MX, used toilet paper is placed in a trash can next to the toilet)
Megan, bird-watching in Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge
Spanish moss
In my old “refuge” (I ran many, many miles on these trails when I lived in Texas)
Santa Ana
Con mi “mama” Nasaria! (This wonderful lady became my substitute mom and Spanish-English buddy in the Valley)
In front of Nasaria's bright house!
In Nasaria's front yard
Nasaria wanted to pose in so many differnt places!
Megan and Nasaria (it's good Megan doesn't speak much Spanish, Nasaria had to practice her English)
The girls in Nasaria's house
Megan with her yummy agua fresca in Reynosa, Mexico
Mmmm....tacos en Mexico!!! :)
Muchas velas enfrente de una iglesia en Reynosa
Posing with some cute kids in Reynosa, MX (We asked one to take our picture, then they all wanted to join)
Megan, protecting her skirt from the crazy South Texas wind (Reynosa, MX and the Rio Grande in the background)
TFA buddies!!! (Ms. Northcraft and Ms. Carlson)
Pepe's on the River
A relaxing evening right on the Rio GRande
With my former “roomies” (Ali and Corbin were 2 of Greg's former roommates...I was an honorary guest in their house)
Living up the nightlife in the booming metropolis of McAllen, Texas
Megan and Corbin busting a move
In the morning at the Ranch house with former TFA buddies (Corbin, Ali, Sandy, Jenny, and dog)
Sandy and her cute dog
A rainy humid morning at the Ranch with my TFA ladies
TFA Lovin'
Ali decided to buy this ridiculously large bat at the “pulga” (flea market)
Our dirty feet at the McAllen airport
Jen and I with the Windsor Parkway boys (Hurtak, Drew, Scott...no Filer-he was on the roof)
Scott being weird in the “Taxi-van”
Don't ask
Park Bench in Buckhead
A collage for Megan
