Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Sad Goodbyes

Our little exchange student flew home yesterday morning and we are so SAD. She was such a great addition to our family.

Introducing her to street hockey was a must.



She already loved badmitton so we played a few times.



Rollerskating!




What a view. :)




Inside "the car".




Fun with games on the phone.




Banana splits!



So we hosted last summer and while it was okay, we definitely didn't bond with our student. This year was incredibly different. Mary is fun-loving and very polite. What cracked me up was how quickly she assumed the role of big sister. I heard her correcting the little ones (but it was always appropriate). Before we knew it she was unbuckling Calico from the car and taking her inside each day and playing in the backyard with Bubba.


We are going to miss our student but at least we have an email address for her. And who knows? Maybe someday we'll go to Korea!

3 comments:

MamaT said...

that's so great! i'm glad you had a good experience. i'm sure she did too! make sure and keep in touch with her. what an awesome way to impact a life across the world. <3

~she~ said...

How difficult that must have been! Hopefully you'll be able to keep up a relationship. Doing it again next year???

Kimberly said...

Probably. I'd really like to just have Mary come back! :)