long time no blog

hi there,

sorry for the lack of contact in so long, then a bombardment of photos, but i've been very happily innundated with visitors for the last few months...
first we had two groups visiting from the states to do a) a design workshop with the kids and b) a digital storytelling workshop with the kids.. both were lots of fun, but lots of work...

jess came at the end of the last one, we had a great few weeks in guatemala, soaking up santiago and a few weekend trips... after she left we had to do a visa run to mexico, so met up with her in san cristobal mexico which was an ace little break of lots of good food and wine - something we don't get treated to much here... and shopping.

upon returning we had christmas in santiago, which was a bit sad without family, but we had a ball with a family here, and then christmas morning we rowed out to the lake and had a picnic with smoked salmon bagels, cheeses and wines (all bought on the way back from mex!)

just before new years, jo and rob arrived from london so we spent a few days in antigua, then came up to the lake for new years eve - a 7 course meal with matching wine (lah de dah!), guatemalan music and then for midnight we all went out on a boat to the middle of the lake and watched the fireworks from the towns all around the lake. it was spectacular...

having jo and rob here was a laugh a minute, no every 20 seconds, and was great to fall in love again with this place... seeing it with new eyes again...

now we're back to normality for a few days until we get more guests, this is ace! planning a lot for the new year with fotokids, its going to be busier this year, we're bringing in a new group of 16-20 year olds to do graphic design and potentially start their own little studio as time goes on... classes start at the end of jan, so a few more weeks of relaxation....