Saturday, September 29, 2007
Wine making
Here's a few pictures of Warren pressing his grapes. This was a few weeks ago, I just got an opportunity to download the pictures.
kitty pictures
Here's some kitty pictures we took this week. That's Svenja playing in the picture with Pearl.
A wedding, a dance, and a baseball game
We have all three this weekend. Svenja has her first Homecoming this weekend. Last night was the game, and they lost, again. This team has not won a game yet. The days of the week with the dressing different was really strange to her. She participated in the dress like a famous person and the time wrap day, but the Pajama day was really strange to her. She refused to go to school in her pajamas and thought that was the strangest thing. She was the only senior not to dress up that day, but she is Ok with it.
Warren has meet her date for the Homecoming dance when he picked her up after Volleyball. I meet him tonight. I cannot remember his last name, but his first name is Daniel. The good thing about having the youth group is that I could find out if this is a nice guy or not and he is a pretty good guy. He can't drive yet, so they are carpooling, which makes me a little less nervous. I'm such a worrier, but sometimes I wonder if it's because of my job. The first thing one of the girls told me at LYO was that he was really cute...teenagers.
I have a co worker getting married today also, I may be going alone to this wedding, which will be strange.
Tomorrow, the foreign exchange students go to Dyersville to the Field of Dreams movie site. We watched the movie last weekend. We will watch the game and then go out for food. Should be a fun day.
The LYO has also been asked to do highway cleanup this morning. Most of the kids cannot make it, but I will be there and hopefully I will find the time to do laundry and housework too.
Warren has meet her date for the Homecoming dance when he picked her up after Volleyball. I meet him tonight. I cannot remember his last name, but his first name is Daniel. The good thing about having the youth group is that I could find out if this is a nice guy or not and he is a pretty good guy. He can't drive yet, so they are carpooling, which makes me a little less nervous. I'm such a worrier, but sometimes I wonder if it's because of my job. The first thing one of the girls told me at LYO was that he was really cute...teenagers.
I have a co worker getting married today also, I may be going alone to this wedding, which will be strange.
Tomorrow, the foreign exchange students go to Dyersville to the Field of Dreams movie site. We watched the movie last weekend. We will watch the game and then go out for food. Should be a fun day.
The LYO has also been asked to do highway cleanup this morning. Most of the kids cannot make it, but I will be there and hopefully I will find the time to do laundry and housework too.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Adjustment
Svenja had her first day of school yesterday. She was so nervous that morning. She wanted me to come in with her and help her through her payment of fees and the last of the paperwork. The school is really great, but sometimes the office workers rattle off all the things a student needs to do and sometimes they go too fast for her to understand. I'm not used to rephrasing things and asking others to slow down, but I am getting used to it.
Svenja said school went well. She is having difficulty understanding her Foods teacher and her Biology teacher though. Her other classes went well. She likes Volleyball after school. Warren had to make dinner and made Tacos. Svenja liked them, but we have not made anything that she recognizes, so if anyone has German food recipes, let us know. Svenja's mom may send a few and Svenja will translate, hopefully nothing will get lost in translation.
In true Wambsganss/Schmitz tradition, we have not taken a picture of Svenja yet. We will hopefully get this accomplished soon and will be able to post it, so you have a face to go with the name.
Svenja said school went well. She is having difficulty understanding her Foods teacher and her Biology teacher though. Her other classes went well. She likes Volleyball after school. Warren had to make dinner and made Tacos. Svenja liked them, but we have not made anything that she recognizes, so if anyone has German food recipes, let us know. Svenja's mom may send a few and Svenja will translate, hopefully nothing will get lost in translation.
In true Wambsganss/Schmitz tradition, we have not taken a picture of Svenja yet. We will hopefully get this accomplished soon and will be able to post it, so you have a face to go with the name.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
getting into a routine
Hey everyone,
Today is the day of the foreign exchange student picnic. I am sick today, so Warren and Svenja went without me. I hope they have fun, it will be a great opportunity to meet other students from around the world that ended up in Eastern Iowa.
Svenja starts school tomorrow. She was registered on Friday and I think she was a little overwhelmed with deciding what classes she is taking. Their system is in trimesters, so Svenja's schedule will change in every three months. Svenja is from a village of approximately 300 people and the high school in Vinton/Shellburg has 60o students.
We went grape picking yesterday. Warren promised we would help, so Svenja got to experience grape picking. It was fun for us, but I am not sure how much Svenja liked it. I asked her a couple of times if she wanted to go home and she said no, so I hope she didn't hate it. We went to the movies last night, Svenja picked Rush Hour 3 and she really enjoyed the movie.
That's all for now,
Today is the day of the foreign exchange student picnic. I am sick today, so Warren and Svenja went without me. I hope they have fun, it will be a great opportunity to meet other students from around the world that ended up in Eastern Iowa.
Svenja starts school tomorrow. She was registered on Friday and I think she was a little overwhelmed with deciding what classes she is taking. Their system is in trimesters, so Svenja's schedule will change in every three months. Svenja is from a village of approximately 300 people and the high school in Vinton/Shellburg has 60o students.
We went grape picking yesterday. Warren promised we would help, so Svenja got to experience grape picking. It was fun for us, but I am not sure how much Svenja liked it. I asked her a couple of times if she wanted to go home and she said no, so I hope she didn't hate it. We went to the movies last night, Svenja picked Rush Hour 3 and she really enjoyed the movie.
That's all for now,
Friday, September 7, 2007
Svneja's here
The foreign exchange student, Svenja, is here. She flew in yesterday and will register for school today. More to come.
Monday, September 3, 2007
Labor Day weekend
My parents came for the weekend and I think we got more accomplished this weekend than the last two combined. It's been fun having them here, I do not get to see them often enough. They leave on Wednesday morning.
Warren and I are going to be host parents to a foreign exchange student from German. Her name is Svenja Beister and she will be here late Wednesday night. We have been busy getting the upstairs bedroom ready for her. We got a bookshelf and a desk for her.
Warren and I are going to be host parents to a foreign exchange student from German. Her name is Svenja Beister and she will be here late Wednesday night. We have been busy getting the upstairs bedroom ready for her. We got a bookshelf and a desk for her.
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