Rain, Rain Go Away

I never did post the picture from Christopher's birthday dinner. We went to Valpo and enjoyed some Greek's Pizzeria, followed by some Cold stone. It was a cute little pizza place, and very yummy. While we were there the waitress asked Chris, "you're from Brazil?" because he was wearing the hat that Isabela brought him. He said, "close. she is." and Isabela and the waitress starting talking in Portuguese and having fun. She gave us some Brazilian candy as well.

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Yesterday I made Rice in Beans... trying my hand at a true Brazilian recipe. Isabela said they were really good, almost Grandma good if I would have cooked the beans just a little bit longer. They were in the water all night, and in the crock pot for 5 hours that day. The exchange meeting was all information we already had, so for us as adults attending it was a pointless drive and waste of a Saturday night.... for the students it was great to get to see other students from their countries and some, even from the same city. So it was worth it for all of us in that sense. There was a wide variety of food available. There was Spanish food, German food, Norwegian food, Korean food and of course lots of Brazilian food.

Here is Isabela with Deb! Her daughter is on the soccer team with Isabela and they are also hosting the student from Norway.

Chris is scary. Boys were not allowed to get their food until after all the girls got theirs. He must be hungry.

Here we are filling out all the paperwork...

This is Jerry, Deb's husband. Paal (Paul) is the student from Norway. Him and Isabela have been really good friends at the school. It is nice to have someone to talk to who is feeling the same way you are when in a different country.



Paal and Chris chat it up.

Here are some of the Brazilian students together. There are 24 of them total in the area.

All the students from all the countries in the area. Some of the places include South Bend, Gary, Merriville, Valpo, Chesterton, LaPorte and of course Michigan City. I'm sure I am forgetting a couple, but those are what I remember.

There is Isabela in the front corner with some girls from Brazil.

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It has been raining here since Friday and all you see for the entire day on the radar is RAIN, RAIN, RAIN! Lots of yards are flooded and I want to get one more day at the beach in before it is too cold.

Isabela gets to play in her first soccer game on Tuesday next week. Hopefully the field is not flooded! I'm tired of rain. Anybody else?