Peru!

This is where Mike is right now and will be until June 5th. I guess it is already May 26th, but June 5th sounds like it is a long time away!

Mike is in South America with the Catholic Studies interns for his part-time job at University of St. Thomas. Originally they had plans to go to Mexico City also, but they put the kabosh on that plan after the swine flu reared its ugly head. Mike finished off classes at Trinity on Friday and is missing 2 weeks of work which include student testing and parent/teacher meetings. Although he scrambled a bit to get all his work done before leaving, he was not terribly disappointed to miss these meetings ;).

I know next to nothing about Peru except that it is breathtaking with the Andes Mountains, Pacific Coast, and Amazon Basin, and then what I read on Wikipedia and that it. It sounds like an absolute dream come true for outdoor beauty and exploration! The three of us ran errands on Sunday and purchased a new camera that Mike brought with him. Now that we have Faustina and #2 on the way we obviously NEED a good camera to take pictures of cute kids :).

My days are busy with the kids and I have a long list of things I want to do (we'll see how much of that actually happens!) when Faustina is sleeping. She is at the age where she is into everything and it really is just easiest to stay home with her! Right now she is cackling at the top of her lungs in her crib playing with her teddy. Before she goes to bed she tackles him (he is almost as big as she is), throws him around, falls on him, and then eventually falls asleep. Quite amusing.

St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers, I ask for your intercession to keep Mike and his St. Thomas group safe and healthy on on their trip in Peru. Amen.