Mom Oh what an adventure! I am glad you have gotten out of the crowded, dirty country and understand why they are all desperate to get out of there. Sad to think in 2009 that other cultures seem stuck in other eras. We truly are lucky to be Americans where we can voice our opinions, go where we want, eat safe food and drive on safe roads. We love you Love,Mom

Noelle It is great to hear from you. i was starting to have weird dreams about you getting attacked in the rainforest by random animaals/reptiles/snakes. I'm sorry to hear you guys are having stomach issues. I know how that is. Hope you both feel all better very soon. Love, Noe

uncle todd hey girl , haven't heard from you in a while. i miss your blog reports from around the world. it sounds like a seriously good time!!  andi and i went to amsterdam a few years ago, i mean before u were born , and found the place to be refreshing. all walks of life living in perfect harmony. a modle micro-cosom for the world. be safe and hope to hear all the great stories you will have to tell soon .  love todd

Noelle May I request to see more pics of you? Hand off the camera to Beth sometimes if possible. I miss your pretty face and want to see you in Thailand. Not that it isn't great to see Beth she is pretty hot too. Teehee.....

Noelle Looks like you are having a interesting expieriance. I hope you are having a great time. I liked the pictures, keep them coming. I hope you are safe and healthy (the toe in Hawaii looked kinda nasty hope it healed quick, damn lava rocks). Justin and I are doing great and enjoying the new abilities (wink). I got my name changed yesterday so you have to refer to me as Noelle Edwards now, weird huh? I signed my name and it looked really stupid like a second grader, oh well. I got a promotion at work, I got a lap top and moved up to 5 days a week. They will switch me to salery in a few months after I finish some extensive training. Lap tops are nice. My period was 3 days late and I started to panic a bit, since I was throwing up while having my first sex with Justin, I was worried that I didn't realize I barfed up some of my birth control and was not protected. Surprisingly Justin was all about it, it made me feel a little guilty and selfish for wanting to be able to drink and go to concerts and bars and eat junk food instead of be a mom, but god damn I just got married and don't want to be tied down to parenting yet. Luckily just before we bought a home test, it came. Whew! I thought for a sec I would be giving you the other news in a blog, which would be sorta weird. Only other interesting thing that happened was while we were having a night fire at Steph's drinking heavily and catching up with Evan, we went to gather some wood and found a baby pot plant growing in her yard. Drunk Evan just grabed it and plucked it from the ground to better investigate. Randy & Steph sort of squeked at him with the disappointment of having it removed. Anyway that is the latest drama over in Ohioland (boring compared to your travels I assume) . It has been in the 70's even 80's on Saturday and will stay that way for at least this week. It is so nice and we have been hanging outside alot to soak it up. I am betting that 70 sounds pretty nice compared to the high temps your in. Hope you are finding a way to stay comfertable in the heat. I have been reading your blogs to Steph since she is not computer friendly, she & Justin are jealous of the silent meditation retreat. Me, I really am not sure I could refrain from talking and might get kicked out, I'm sure its different once your there, but I am not very good at keeping quite. I have not yet peaked at the website, but I'm imagining it is beautiful and amazing. I give you alot of respect for deciding to do it and I hope it gives you the enlighenment you are searching for. I have finally begun to miss you, even though I have fought it off. I think it is mostly when we are home and it is sort of boring and vacent. I kinda got used to having you here after 6 mths. I miss Lexi too and have even thought about visiting her. Charlotte asks about her every time she is here. I have rediscovered the difficulty in cooking for only 2 people, alot of left overs. Anyway, I am glad to be hearing from you, keep it coming it is all very wonderful and interesting. Lots of love!!! Tell Beth hello from me.