Update

Sorry - it has been a while since we updated the Blog.  We have done many activities in a month :)

Sara started school and changed a class.  She dropped guitar and changed to Personal Fitness.  It is part weightlifting and part health class on how to eat and live healthy.  She will enjoy it. 

First Day of School!!!!!!!!

9 Sep - Sara and James went to an event in Wash, DC to get the word out about exchange students and finding families.  It was a program called the Global DC Initiative to get more kids in Wash DC exposed to the cultures and languages of other countries.  The Mayor of Wash, DC - Mayor Gray - was the speaker.

Mayor Gray

17 September, we hosted the families of the other students at our house for an orientation for the students and families.  We had some EXCELLENT foods and Sara made an excellent empanada with Ham and Cheese.

Spanish Ham and Cheese Empanada...sooo good :)

Our Students this year Omika from Georgia, Sara, Raul from Spain, Wenjie from China and Laura from Germany...great group of wonderful young men and women!

On 22 Sep, Sara went to her first High School Volleyball game at Robinson.  She had a great time, it was a good game and Robinson came from behind to win 3-2. 


Robinson Volleyball

 23 Sep, We went to another football game at Robinson on 23 Sep but Robinson lost bad to Westfield high school.

24 Sep - Jamie had her first volleyball game.  She is on a club team in Chantilly.  The girls are getting their first volleyball experience and well, they had fun. 

Jamie is the one on the left :)

Later in the day, two other students from China and Thailand joined us for the afternoon and we went to a DC United Soccer game.  United won 4-1 and we had a great time.  The girls enjoyed their first hot dogs with alot of Jalapenos - they ate them up!!

View of the DC United Soccer Game

25 Sep - I took the girls to a Baseball game.  My favotite team, the Atlanta Braves were in town to play the Washington Nationals. It was the last home game for the season for the Nationals.  Washington won 2-0.

Sara, Mint and Wenjie at the Braves Nationals Game

Wenjie, Mint and Sara with President Washington

26 Sep, The Washington Redskins played the evil Dallas Cowboys.  Sara and I watched it and ate Chicken wings while watching!   Washington lost :( :( :(

Sara likes wings!

Kims parents visited us from 29 Sep - 2 Oct.  We had a great time. 

29 Sep - we went to Mad Fox brewery in Arlington.  http://madfoxbrewing.com/  The beer was very good and the foot outstanding.  See the next post. 

30 Sep, Sara, James and Jim (Kim's Dad) went to a Japanese Hibachi restaurant.

1 Oct - We had a yard sale to get rid of some of our stuff then went to a Belgian Restaurant for dinner.  It was very good but in a small restaurant.  http://cockandbowl.com/  See food entry for photos