just another american saturday night...

hola familia y amigos,

just wanted to let all of you know that i'm still alive and kicking in Ecuador and that the earthquake in Chile didn't affect us here. also, i had a wonderful weekend. friday school was canceled, so i spent the day with some friends trying to cook an Ecuadorian dish, which was completely unsuccessful. then friday night, we met up with all of our Ecuadorian buddies in "gringolandia." we ended up having a couple of drinks and as usual, danced the night away. at about two, we decided that we were all going to have a big sleepover, and the party continued at luis and pablo's until about 4 in the morning. after a nice breakfast/lunch of papa john's pizza, pablo dropped us back off at home, and i spent the whole day doing pretty much nothing.. just relaxing since my parents were out of town for the weekend. then, around 7 or so, Kiley and Chelsey came over with the intention of just hanging out before going out. we then ordered another pizza (embarrassing i know.. two pizzas in one day) and decided we'd rather stay in for the night.

the three of us pulled my mattress into the family room and literally had a 7th grade sleepover. we talked about boys (and met Chelsey's boyfriend on skype too!) and all of our fun adventures we've had so far in Ecuador. after this, for whatever reason we decided it would be a good idea to watch My Sister's Keeper... although this is a great movie, we all ended up bawling our eyes out and then talking about how much we love our siblings (if you're reading this Max, i love you :)) we then snuggled into my bed on the floor and called it a night... it was such the perfect girls night and the best part was, we got to speak english ALL night!

today, we went to a soccer game with some of our ecuadorian buddies... boy, it was intense. people here are such diehard fans, and pretty much the whole time, the entire stadium was singing all sorts of songs about how much they love their country. what a cool cultural experience.

other than that, not much is new. we only have two more weeks of school left, which is crazy! here are a couple of pictures from our day at La Liga stadium and one with some beautiful children i met at a school in the mountains. hope you all have a wonderful week and know that i love you! chaaaao!