German Exchange

We have been busy the last few weeks getting ready for Joshua's German exchange student to come visit. The biggest matter of business was figuring out the rooms and getting them ready. Joshua's room has needed a paint job since we moved here 5 years ago, so we finally took care of that when we absolutely had to.....the weekend before our exchange student came! (we're kind of bad like that!)


We met Simon after 18 hours of travel and he was quite exhausted and ready for bed! It was past midnight his time when we met him at the bus. We were excited that we could recognize him from the pictures we had seen!

We made a "Welcome to the USA" sign for him, but it was raining, so it had to be put up in the house. The kids were all excited to meet Simon and get to know him better. The fact that he brought them each a package of gummy bears and a candy bar really helped!

So now we are off to immerse Simon in American culture and have fun making a new friend! I am sure it will be a busy 3 1/2 weeks for our family!