What You've Missed!

     Again, apologizes are being said for you missing out on so much.  We have had such a great time as we have come together to make quite the international family.  Yes, we like to consider ourselves as a family and it just makes it so much nicer.  A bit weird when several of them want to date each other and quite the combo at that!
    We had several of the girls that went out for volleyball and you will see better pictures in the sport section of the school website then I could give you here.  Our girls were coached by Stephanie (our daughter that was here for a part of the year) and Bruce being the assistant! Kind of funny to see my daughter in charge while Bruce's booming voice was what you would hear.
    After that season....basketball came bouncing in (I know kind of corny huh?!) and once again Bruce's voice was heard above all else as he was the coach this time.  I would say the same about the pictures since my camera died and all I have is my phone camera.



See......this is why I didn't put up sport pictures.....this is at zoom level!

   Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went so quickly that if you blinked you missed them.  Some of the students made it home while others stayed here in the community.  A big, huge, enormous shout out to those in the community hosted our kids.  What a blessing to us and them as they got to experience so many things that we could not have given them.  Like 4 wheelers, horse rides, plane rides, and many more things....just can't think of them at the moment.  The amazing thing is.....most (at least I want to say most) couldn't wait to get back "home" and back to the daily grind of the dorm.  They actually missed each other and the place was a zoo as they all had many stories to share!
     More pictures are put up or can be seen of dorm life if you go to our facebook page and befriend us. Bruce-Deirdra Homontowski!

Finding out the dorm is busy!

     So here it is......the dorm is busy!  I know...duh?! For some strange reason that makes getting on here harder then I had imagined. I had such high hopes that I would be on here giving "almost" daily reports and pictures and all that. But then I realized there was no way that I could do that and stay alive!
     Well....I'm finally on here and will try and give you the way overdue "what's up" of the dorm.  Plus try and add as many pictures as I can (and still try and get a nap in :D )<<<----I know you probably think I shouldn't need a nap, but in order for me to exist it has to be done.  As a side note to let you know (for those of you who may not know).....I was in a car accident almost 5 years ago. With that being said I am on massive doses of pain meds and trips to Bismarck, ND for pain management.  Thus, I have to nap so I can stay sane and have energy. 
     Alright, so where do I begin?! 
We have had new students arrive that don't have their pictures up so I think that is the best place to start.

 This is Sara (China)

 Lucas (China)

 Dakota (Iowa)

 Ephrata (Ethiopia)

 Sarina (Sara is her real name--Ethiopia)

 Kimberly (New York/Florida)

 Jake (Korea)

 Elshaday (Ethiopia)

 Robert (San Fransico....and yes he made this face because he did not want his picture taken)

Bella (not new she came with us but got a new do....so I thought she should be added)

     With these students (minus the dog of course) we now have 20 students living in the dorm. 

Weekend down time!

One of the favorite things to do on the weekend.....COMPUTER!

 The second adventure is the learning of playing guitar hero.  First, the guitars,

 Add to that....the drums and vocal.....

 still trying to figure out the guitar.....

 getting the beat down....

add all of this together and what do you get....

 FUN and a lot of noise.....along with mumbling because they don't necessarily know the words.

At the end of day...not being able to be downstairs myself...I enjoyed the comedy of watching them on the monitor upstairs that was more interesting than watching TV!! :D  They had such a great time! I had a lot of laughs.  If I could have a video....I would put it up!