Tyler gets asked to Preference

Almost one month to the day Tyler got asked out on his first date. His friend Sabrina (a freind fom Success Academy) told me that her friend wanted to ask Tyler to Preference and asked when a good time would be to come to our house when he wasnt home. He has rugby practice tues-thurs. after school. The next day they came and decorated his room with balloons and soda. I thought he would not appreciate being asked and wouldnt want to go. He is a little shy and reserved in unfamiliar situations sometimes. I even thought he might be mad and wouldn't want to go.    

The poster said Hey I just wanted to "pop" by and ask you to... Preference was spelled out on the balloons. He had to pop each balloon to find out who had asked him. It was Jamie Bonzo. He says he doesnt even really know her, but apparently she wants to get to know him. So FUn! 

He is going to respond with fortune cookies. The poster will say "The answer you are seeking lies within your fortune." He replaced all the fortunes in the cookies and one of them says. "It would be my good fortune to go to Preference with you"

I love having teenagers!

Korean Interns

For the past three years, we have had the privilege of hosting Korean college students. They are University students who come to America and intern at various schools in the community. They live with families for one or two months. This year we got 2 girls. (because Tori is away at SUU). Their names are Jung and Soya. They are sweet and cute girls. Jung has an especially fun loving personality. She is always laughing and game for any adventure. Soya is a little more shy and reserved. And she is afraid of dogs. She backs away from Spice anytime he is near her. ( I mean really, who could possibly be afraid of that old, mellow dog who rarely barks). It is really great to be a host family. It is a fun opportunity for our kids to experience different cultures and people.

jung  Soya

We took them out for frozen yogurt. They especially liked the free samples. They drew this cute picture of them flying from Korea  on the chalkbard by our table. They seem to like most American food. Jung usually goes back for seconds and sometimes thirds. This is not typical of any of the interns we have had before. I love it! haha! One funny thing : They decide to go for a walk the morning after they arrived, just around the neighborhood. When they returned I asked them how their walk was. They said good but everyone was swearing at them. I said "really?!" with a confused look on my face. (this would be very unusual here in St.George where most people are very friendly). A few minutes later they returned from their rooms and said they had made a mistake. They looked up the word swearing and realized their mistake. They had meant to say staring, but got the words mixed up. We had a good laugh about it.  I wonder if we will ever make it to Korea some day.