Jill and Joe get married!

A weekend in Mexico for Jill's most beautiful wedding!


Mr and Mrs. Fletcher, it is official.


The new couple in front of their family and friends.


Jill and Joe on their happiest day.


Jill with her girls - Teresa, Mia, Leslie, Kim and Jen.


Three girls recreating a pose!


Jill and Jen hanging out on her special night :)

Bronx Building Bronx

This weekend over 200 people came out to serve in the Bronx for a community service day hosted by my team leaders. The weather managed to hold out and the mammoth effort put in the days and weeks before paid off.



Welcome to Bronx Building Bronx!



Getting ready - tools are laid out for our volunteers to transform blank walls into art forms.



The first mural I ever skecthed myself! And two Corps Members are finishing it off!



My friend Jeff came out to spend the day working in a community garden.



A day at work ... ain't life tough!

Exhasuted

How is it I have been back in the US for less then 3 weeks and my vacation seems like it never happened? I am now counting down the days till Mexico, 12 days to go.

Make no mistake, I love my job. I love the people, the mission and the fact that you can see AND feel the difference.

The last 2 weeks has pulled every ounce of energy, the next 2 look no different. My reward lies in Cabo, Mexico. Bring on the beaches.

Down under in colour!

The trip was too short - when isn't it? A week later and my mind races back to where I was a week ago. My parents call sitting on the veranda where I wish I was drinking my tea right now! But for now, memories captured in colour.



At Watson's Bay - one of the most breath taking places in Sydney. You can enjoy the views, wine in hand and feet in the water. And if your brave you can dive off the boardwalk into the waters below.



Outside St. Patricks church in Bondi. Bondi is were I really grew up and will always be home. Caroline and Steve on their special day!



Jesse and I got to hang out with some of the local's at Koala Park. Some what off the beaten tourist track, this is somewhere I will go every visit. A day with my two favourite people and of course the wildlife.



Bondi Beach. As we walk from beach to beach I look back on the beach that makes me glow.



The iconic pictures that make Sydney known throughout the world are as breath taking as they look! We spent many days at the harbour - on the water heading to Manly, taking in the view from Doyles, eating dinner at the Pier, catching up for lunch at Circular Quay and watching from the Botannical Gardens.



Next time ... we go inside :)

More to come ...

By the time you check this I will be gone. Up in the skies debating if sleep or watching movies is a better way to pass the 20 hour flight.

This trip was nothing short amazing. I fell in love with the city again. With the coast that stretches longer then the eye can see, the warm weather, the beaches, eating outside and surprisingly, having tea on the veranda that was once never used.

It makes coming here again exciting. "Ohhh, we could live here", "next time we need to spend more time here", "when your parents come we will take them here".

Only a year with a soon to be concrete date etched in stone or at least in wedding invites. And then we celebrate all over again.

Till then, thank you, love you, miss you.

The land down under

LOVE it.

Simply love it.

Hugged a Koala, played with a Kangaroo/Wallaby, walks along the beach and harbour, dinner at the Rocks, drinks in the city, desert at Bondi, a rugby match, the Botannical Gardens, the Bridge, the Opera House, a ferry to Manly, Darling Harbour, Paddy's Markets, brilliant Asian food, laughing till my stomach hurts, new babies, old friends and lots of wine.

Welcome to the NEW house!

From the outside - the new home of the Yankees.



The players, so close ... so very close! Here is hoping to see a lot more games with the best players in the world. And of course - A-ROD!



Best day of work ever :) Hanging out in the Bronx.



Up close and personal with home plate. I look forward to seeing you in October!



I have already been to the stadium twice - to see the opening practice and thee first game played against the Cubs. I hope the victory signifies what is to come.