What's going on in the wee hours....?

Yes, check the time. It is almost 2:30 a.m.

No, I am not having trouble sleeping - I wish I were sleeping.

It is Prom Night.I have about 20 teenagers eating waffles with strawberries and cream and playing some sort of dance game on the Wii. I hope my floor/bedroom ceiling can take it. There is also a serious game of air hockey going on.I hope the neighbors don't call. The windows are shut, but that only keeps out so much noise.

However, that said, I am glad they are all here enjoying themselves and not somewhere else. Last year they all came over too, but they had a lot earlier curfews last year :-) It must be because they are seniors this year.

Maybe by three......????????

A Long Lost Friend

Meet Leo - an exchange student from Brazil 16 years ago! We moved around so much we lost touch way back in Ohio, but through some crazy means I don't even know, he contacted us this week!

He is married now and has a beautiful wife and son. And his English is still excellent!

Leo was crazy about soccer, tacos, and Reese's peanut butter cups when he lived with us. And I remember when I made buttery popcorn he loved to beat the kids to the buttery pieces. We loved him to death - he was so much fun to have around.

We wanted to get a picture before he left us and he did not want to dress up fancy. He wanted to wear his soccer shirt, so we dug out all of the old team shirts we could find. Good decision.

His sister was an exchange student right before he came out. He was a perfect teenager when he lived with us. He taught the kids soccer and was just an all-around great kid. Someday I may post about our terrible experience with an exchange student, but Leo made up for all of that. I would do it again in a second.

I told you 2010 was full of surprises and good news!

Catch Up

It seems like lately all I am doing is catching up - but that is that.

I was sick AGAIN this week - for two days. This is the third time this semester I have gotten a bug-stomach-virus-thingy. It must be all of those new germs I am exposed to each and every day. Twenty little bodies can let loose a lot of bodily fluids in various ways and means. Even the staunchest Germx can't stop everything.

Bryan left yesterday morning for Utah. He is ready and excited to be out on his own. I couldn't even help him pack and get out the door, I was miserable in bed. The best I could do was a warm hand hug and an "I love you." I will see him this summer and make it up to him :-)

Logan was in another (and his last) play at the high school. He was a son of a King, music-playing guy who later in cursed into being a swan and decides to marry the lovely swaness he shares the pond with. Actually, that is a bit more simplistic that it really was, but this was meant to be a short blog.