Well, North Dakota's mmmmmmm, i can't lie, we're out in the middle of nowhere:) I like it out here! The state of North Dakota has less people then the city of Minneapolis, so that'll give you an idea how spread out and hick it is out here:) One of our chaperones got to go hunting in the morning before leaving, i was a bit jealous, but that's what people do out here! I've noticed most of the host families i've stayed in have had at least one large dear head on thier wall, i also got to go into someone's shop where they stuffed the animals and kept them (i think he might have been a taxedermist?) more dead animals then i've ever seen before..:)
Anyways, i suppose the biggest adventure this week has been swimming. In the last three days, we have been blessed that churches have wanted to treat us to water parks, so we got the kids into thier new "swimming costumes" as they call them. They are soooo cute in thier swimsuits:) hehe some of them are beginning to develop pot bellies, and the suit doesn't hide it as much as thier other clothes do:) At the first water park, us chaperones were kinda nervous, because most of the kids had never even been in water, much less knew how to swim... so, we were determined to combine our powers into the most supervision possible. my main job was "toilet bowl" assistant. :) The toilet bowl is a slide where you get into a tube and it goes around and around in a big circle and then down a hole, like a toilet bowl:) of course most everyone wanted to go, and couldn't w/o a chaperone, so i went at least 20 times on the toilet bowl, we only had one case of flipping, and unfortuantly it was with one of my 7 year olds, and she cried, but all is well now... and then Enoch, one of our older, responsible boys decided to get out of the tube right before it went down the hole... hmmmm,then he has this sly grin and says "auntie, you left me!" What???? i gave him a hard time:) it was so fun, then we did the same sort of thing tongiht, it wasn't quite as nice of a waterpark, but at the end, they turned off the jets so the kids could sing, i tell ya every time those kids sing the Lord bless you and keep you (different then the one from high school that's not as cool:) i kinda get choked up:) they are awfully cute...:)
hmmm, also, i'm excited i have wireless tonight, ND doesn't seem to make itself known for its technology, at the last host family i was at, we had AOL dial up that was INCREDIBLY slow... i waited for over an hour, and never got to check my e-mail... ah well:) the snow is coming soon, so the kids are decked out with thier coats, hats, and new long underwear! below i have a little video of one host family, where christine and halima were trying thier skills at the drums... it's not a fabulous clip, but will give you an idea of my life in the host families:)
Anyways, i suppose the biggest adventure this week has been swimming. In the last three days, we have been blessed that churches have wanted to treat us to water parks, so we got the kids into thier new "swimming costumes" as they call them. They are soooo cute in thier swimsuits:) hehe some of them are beginning to develop pot bellies, and the suit doesn't hide it as much as thier other clothes do:) At the first water park, us chaperones were kinda nervous, because most of the kids had never even been in water, much less knew how to swim... so, we were determined to combine our powers into the most supervision possible. my main job was "toilet bowl" assistant. :) The toilet bowl is a slide where you get into a tube and it goes around and around in a big circle and then down a hole, like a toilet bowl:) of course most everyone wanted to go, and couldn't w/o a chaperone, so i went at least 20 times on the toilet bowl, we only had one case of flipping, and unfortuantly it was with one of my 7 year olds, and she cried, but all is well now... and then Enoch, one of our older, responsible boys decided to get out of the tube right before it went down the hole... hmmmm,then he has this sly grin and says "auntie, you left me!" What???? i gave him a hard time:) it was so fun, then we did the same sort of thing tongiht, it wasn't quite as nice of a waterpark, but at the end, they turned off the jets so the kids could sing, i tell ya every time those kids sing the Lord bless you and keep you (different then the one from high school that's not as cool:) i kinda get choked up:) they are awfully cute...:)
hmmm, also, i'm excited i have wireless tonight, ND doesn't seem to make itself known for its technology, at the last host family i was at, we had AOL dial up that was INCREDIBLY slow... i waited for over an hour, and never got to check my e-mail... ah well:) the snow is coming soon, so the kids are decked out with thier coats, hats, and new long underwear! below i have a little video of one host family, where christine and halima were trying thier skills at the drums... it's not a fabulous clip, but will give you an idea of my life in the host families:)
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