This is a picture from my studio's recent recital. Actually this is taken after the concert and I'm just posing. I thought it was a pretty good picture though. Our recital was based on a book of poems called DREAM. I really liked it. I thought it went well!

My big, nasty bugger blister

This is my extremely nasty, big, bugger blister(as mentioned above)! I got it the day before my dance concert. The tape around my toe slid off while I was dancing and created this bugger. It didn't start out so bad, but then it started to swell and almost my whole toe is red and purple. It is also sinking into itself(if that makes sense)! I've tried positively everything. Even putting the inside of an egg shell on it. Nothing seems to be working. We think it might be infected but who knows.

You can't really see it that well because the camera wouldn't focus, so it doesn't look that bad, but it is!!

The rest of Peru!

The week before that we spent going on tours and going to orphaneges. We went to a girl's center where we played with them and taught them toothbrushing. We also painted and what not. We put on a little program where I danced on point shoes and others did their talents. They performed some songs for us too. We also made gingerbread houses with them, which was totally foriegn to them. It was fun to see them break down the houses and try to get the most candy. We went to a handicapt center too. We helped them do some gardening type stuff, and a few of us painted tables. We also did a performance for them and gave them all hot chocolate and sweet bread.
On Sunday we went to Macchu Picchu! Our tour guide gave us a few weeks worth of history in about 45 minutes. We were all extremely bored. However, it was really neat to see the whole city. There was a lot of fog when we got there, but after her 45 minute background on the city it lifted! I will just tell you now that when I saw Wina Picchu I had serious doubts about if I really wanted to go. After our tour we climbed Wina Picchu!! The whole entire thing is stairs. By half way up I was just about to turn around and go back down. I didn't want to see another step. You might think that's a little dramatic, but if you had been there you'd know what I mean. I did end up getting to the top, but when I got there everyone was ready to go back down. Oh well I suppose! That was a really fast run down on the main points of the trip, so I hope you have fun reading it!
P.S. I felt like I was on top of the world. The view was spectacular!!!!!

Peru- Patabamba and Quennco!

On the last night in Patabamba they made a big "feast" with lamb and potatoes. ( Just for the info, the lamb was a previous friend of ours by the rooms. In otherwards, we had seen the lamb tied up). Anyway this is what they cooked it in. It's like an Incan dutch oven.

Above- These were the rooms we slept in at Patabamba. They had a really nice facility to room in. They even had bathrooms with toilets!!

Above- In Quennco, part of the service was to transport and crush bamboo for the roof. We also took dirt piles and flattened the bottom of some rooms.

Above- We went on horses from the village Patabamba to Quennco. We decided this is dad's ultimate cowboy picture (on his little pony)!

This is only one part of the trip. No worries I will get to the other ones. I thought I would do them at different times to save you some time!!