A Fun Guest!

The past couple weeks we had a foreign exchange student staying with us. Her name is Ana. We had her here because she needed a place to stay while her host "Mom" (my good friend, Luzmary) was visiting her family in Venezuela.
We had lots of fun with her here. She wanted to stay with us because she wants to learn more English. I actually think she speaks English really well already, but anyway, maybe she learned a little bit more. :) I have to say that I totally admire her for being brave enough to come out here knowing no one and not having ever really spoken English! She is my hero!

We went to the beach with her last Saturday. We saw a couple of jellyfish so we had to take a picture. Wes has seen these a few times on his beach runs, but this was the first one I had seen, and there were actually two!! The boys thought they were pretty interesting and would run away every time a wave would move them.
The boys had lots of fun with her. They really enjoyed playing the "How do you say _______ in Spanish, Ana?" They were also very concerned each morning when they woke up and she wasn't here. Bradley drew a picture of our family the other day and Connor got all upset because Ana wasn't in it. :)
Halley absolutely adored her, and she isn't used to other people. In fact, the other day at the park I had one of the other moms hold her, and she freaked out! She was totally fine with Ana though. It was cute! Here's an adorable picture of Halley at the beach.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun to have Ana here. It was awesome to talk to her about Paraguay (her home country) and all her friends and family. We also had a big Paraguayan meal on Sunday after Luzmary got back. We're hoping to see Ana a lot more now that we know her better.