swearing in ceremony!!

last friday, we all become peace corps volunteers!! the swearing in ceremony was at the ambassador's house from the US embassy so it was absolutely gorgeous. here are some pictures that we took...it was nice to see us all looking nice for once, since we're so used to rolling out of bed, throwing on the same clothes every day, and heading to classes.



ladies in black.














here's my host family at the ceremony.














here are the four of us from my training community. don't we all just look great??













and here we are: Tico 18 RCD :)














thank goodness for bagelman's, the only bagel store in this country. this probably made the rankings for the best day ever.
















of course after a day like that, with graduation and bagels involved, celebrating was in order.










some of my favorite tico 18 CYFers...











and finally, some other RCDers who have been in the country anywhere from 2 years to a year.