At the end of July Ray, Ellie, Jake and I welcomed our new exchange student Elena into our home. She is a 15 year old girl from Cross Gerau Germany, a small town just outside of Frankfurt. She will be a part of our family for about 11 months, and we are so excited to have her here with us. Most of you have already met Elena, and have found out by now what a sweet, loving, kind, beautiful girl she is. And well if you have not had the opportunity to get to know her I suggest you do so, you will not be sorry you did. :)
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| Welcome to America Elena, we are so glad you are here for a year!!! |
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| Elena, Kelci, Chylie, and Ryan posing with Mr. Red M&M :) |
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| Jake was the first to hug his new BIG sister! |
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| Bryce Canyon National Park |
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| The signs we made for Elena to welcome her to America. |
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| Ryan, Kelci, Chylie, Elena and of Cource the Coca Cola Bear! |
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Whitney, Elena, Ryan, and Jaden at Zion National Park.
(Kyson in behind the camera) |
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| Glenn Canyon Damn Bridge. That bridge was so scary. It shook when cars would drive over it. |
We have had lots of fun already with Elena, and have shown her many things. We made a trip down south and inroduced her to most all of the family, and took her to see some of the great sites, Zion National Park (thanks to Whitney, Kyson, Jaden, and Ryan), Bryce Canyon National Park (we made a stop in to be a part of Tymbers baptism day (what a sweet spirited girl she is we love her so much). Elena Loved Bryce Canyon, we got lots of great pictures, and made lots of memories that will last us our whole life. Then Ray and I took Elena, Chylie, Kelci and Ryan to Vegas to show her the Strip. We had some bumps along the way, but all in all it was a great trip to Sin City. The temps were horrible, and I am pretty sure Elena thought she was going to melt (at midnight the temps were still at 105), but we made it back to "God's Country" as my mom used to always call Utah, and were glad to finally make it back to our own beds, and cool house when our vacation was over.
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