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Andy and I have our new website up and running, so if you want to know what’s going on in our lives and check out our crazy puppy come visit at: www.thelansfords.com

Andrew and I arrived back in Samoa after a brief extension to the initial length of our California visit due to some fun oral surgery on my agenda and jumped right into finishing up our grades for the term at NUS. We have also decided, as a result of a great deal of thought and [...]

We just found out that the photographer created a great photo montage (video clip) of some of the photos from the wedding for everyone to check out. If you’re interested go to: www.jimkennedyphotography.com/movielansfordAny photos that are taken are orderable by anyone through the photographer’s sites. I think the photos will stay up for about six [...]

Everyone has been sending us all kinds of great pictures that they took at the wedding and it’s been wonderful getting so many different perspectives on the day. The “official” photographer has uploaded hers to her website so I wanted to post those links here. There are two sets- the photos that were taken on [...]

So, needless to say, I’ve been a bit busy what with the whole getting married thing. but despite my current lack of presence here I thought I would try to post some of the pictures that people have taken and sent us to alleviate some of the suspense as to what the whole affair looked [...]

So I am officially finished with teaching for the semester. Yesterday was our last day of class before my students go out for four weeks of teaching practice in local schools, which I will not be able to oversee since I’ll be back home for that whole wedding thing. This term was really difficult and [...]

Robin, who works in the same department as my parents, sent me the following: “About you teaching college… Maybe you remember this, but years back we were at an Eco Evo department retreat in the mountains. Mountain X. I skipped out of the endless boring talks to play basketball with Drew. He was pretty little, [...]

So, in case my teaching job didn’t take up enough of my time I decided a couple of months ago to become the president of a local non-governmental organization called Avanoa Tutusa. This translates roughly into “Equal Opportunities” and was started by a group of Peace Corps volunteers about 6 years ago targeted at providing [...]

After months of empty promises and evasions on behalf of NUS, we came home yesterday to find the house in total disarray, two chairs broken, wall panels in the living room removed and replaced, and… A NEW HOT WATER HEATER!!! After we figured out how they managed to screw up our electricity and undid the [...]