Now that it’s been over a year since I last posted on my blog, I guess it’s about time for an update. 🙂 I have obviously been quite the slacker here, but that is going to change. My goal is to blog at least once a week and share images from recent sessions. I’m really excited about getting things going here and posting images that my clients can share with friends and family all over the world.
Along with this blog, I have recently updated my website and started a Facebook fan page.
You can find my website here:
Walczak Photography Website
And if you are on Facebook, you can find our fan page here:
Walczak Photography Facebook Page
The Facebook page is only in its beginning stages, but I would love for you to become a fan.
I want to give a huge thank you to my friend, Shannon Velloza, of Shannon Velloza Photography.  She took the time to re-design my blog for me to make it look really great. Thank you, Shannon!
I hope everyone is having a great summer and I look forward to working with your family.
Friday, July 18, 2008 Posted in Bolivia
Well, we didn´t exactly build the daycare, but we prepared the foundation on which the daycare will be built. That´s the most important part, right? Afterall, if you don´t have a strong foundation the structure will go “splat” (as the song says).
We literally started with nothing. We had to clear the field in order to begin. That was done by burning the grass as the girls started digging up trees and weeds.
After the grass was burned, we continued to dig and clear away debris.
Amanda was determined to get rid of this small tree. She was having a good time with that machete.
Then it was time to start digging the trenches. These trenches will be filled with cement which will serve as the foundation on which the brick walls will be built. Most structures here in Bolivia are made of brick or cement.
Some of the girls sitting in one of their trenches.
I have to post this image of Margo standing by a termite mound. These things are everywhere. When we asked about them, people told us ants lived in them. But when we started breaking them open, they were filled with termites.
Thursday, July 17, 2008 Posted in Bolivia
I finally have some images to post. These are from when we first arrived in Santa Cruz and we were at the home of Tito and Yolanda.
We had cooks at the house who kept us well fed. Tito and Yolanda have some neighbor ladies (I believe it is a mother and her daughters) who they hire to cook for groups that stay at their house.
It´s so dry and dusty here, so every day we all had dirty feet. Amanda, Rachel, Grael and Leah solved this problem by washing their feet in the laundry sink.
After church on Sunday, before we split up into our homes, we took the opportunity to take some pictures. Here is Rachel, Grael, Kirsten and Sara L hanging out.
After Sara L. and Grael left, some of the girls found out that there is a roof area that was accessible by stairs. They decided to do some posing for me. This roof is above the courtyard area between Tito and Yolanda´s house and the dorm area where we stayed.
Then they wanted to go back down to the courtyard and do some “jumping” pictures off a little ledge. This was the result. I was literally laughing out loud looking at these pictures. My shutter speed was too slow so they are a little blurry, but they are still pretty funny.
More of the girls had to leave. Here is the “tunnel” the girls made for Kirsten, Alyssa and Margo. Notice their sad faces.
Sara M, Rachel, Amanda and Leah watch from behind the bars at the house as the girls pack up and ride off with Lidia. I just thought this first picture was funny. The second one was their sad faces, again, as the bid farewell to their friends.
by Gina
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