2013 in photos

It's that time of year.  The time of year where I look back at the pictures from the past twelve months and wonder "Did all of that really happen this year?"  Amazingly, it did!  So here's my year in pictures.

January

Nuggets vs. Magic in Denver

Welcome to the tropics!

February

Learning to bake bread in the tropics.

Scrubbing the residue of the fire off the pots!

A day at the beach, gorgeous!

A new hibiscus

March

Ready for a hike in the jungle with my pack.

Steam baking a chocolate papaya cake over a fire! It was tasty!

I fell in the mud a few, or dozen, times!

April

Stretching out the bilums we made (mine is on the left).

Holding my village nephew

On the way to get drinking water.

Washing clothes in a waterfall. 

Learning to make tapioca cake.

On the road from the coast to the highlands.

The "highlands highway" we traveled.

May

Chocolate cake!

Tree orchids in the yard

Making two types of jam! :)

Baked avocado salsa anyone?

June

Saying goodbye to a friend, or see you later. :)

July

The 4th from afar!

Steel wool and wire homemade fireworks. :)

Riding on the Kodiak for the first time.

We flew past a volcano!

What a nice sunset!

Making literacy posters for elementary teachers.

Visiting a volcano.

What a stunning color!

World War II memorial park.

August

Patchwork gardens on the hills in the highlands.

What a unique flower!

September

Hiking in the highlands

Intricate beauty hiding in the bushes.

Another variety of orchid

On the way up to base camp at Mt. Wilhelm

Driving through a very mountainous province!

October

Okay, the escape artist puppy! :)

November

Orchid

First look at Manus province.

Another gorgeous orchid!

A house next to the ocean.

Amazingly clear water!

An orchid hiding in a tree.

Travel by boat.

An intriguing orchid

Sago packets at a bride price custom.

December

Linguistics Library

Christmas party!

Donut party!

Fun yarn colors!

In the Honolulu airport

Christmas at my Grandparents house!

What a great year!