Thursday, September 26, 2013

Birthday fun 2013

On the weekend before last I celebrated my 32nd birthday (as my Dad would say, I am now "well into my 30's!") and it was pretty great. Carlos and I made a peaches and cream cheesecake the night before so that we could have a proper birthday breakfast (This cheesecake is also known as Jungle Pie as we made it in the wild jungles of La Selva, Costa Rica for a past birthday with Mom and Judy).  I opened up presents from my family and friends and everything was so nice--I took some pictures of my awesome loot:


We spent the day (it was a Sunday) relaxing and playing video games (something I rarely get time to do these days!) and it was awesome to take a break. That evening, Carlos took me out to dinner at Founding Farmers (this is a Kuprewicz family tradition that started about a year and a half ago when we celebrated my Dad's birthday with dinner there). We had too much tasty food and wandered home after a fun, mellow day!

Friday, September 06, 2013

Costa Rica pictures

Things have been super busy (hence the dearth of posts as usual!) but here are a bunch of pictures (in chronological order) detailing some of the highlights from my two months in Costa Rica this summer.


Things are gearing up for the academic year here in the museum, but I really like the new people I am working with and my job is great so far! I hope Carlos and I will be able to find some fun new things to do in DC this year that I can blog about.