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rock on!! today was pretty sweet! megan and I woke up around 10 when the host family, jeremy, and johan left to go to church. we went downstairs and ate a breakfast that Steph set out for us. I had lucky charms and some strawberries. Megan made some egg salad and had strawberries and coooooookie crisp! yummy, right? :D Stephanie had left us a note saying we were going on a picnic and asked if we had time to make some PB&J sammiches.
the family got home around 12:30 and we packed up a bunch of food and headed to meet one of Steph's old castmates who was also hosting a current UWP member at boulder creek. We got there and passed a really gorgeous building called " The Tea House." It was given to the city of Boulder from the country of Tajikstan in 1987. Everything is hand-painted and absolutely beautiful!!!
so we got to where Yuki and her husband Pete were camping with their three kids and chilled for a while before taking the leap into the freezing cold water!! All of boulder creek is actually the melted snow from the mountains... so our legs were pretty much numb in two minutes flat. there were tubers floating down the creek in bikinis!!! it was crazy. although, i did eventually emerse myself in the ice water... and it wasn't that bad. I was just numb.
after swimming around, sunbathing, and taking lots of pics, we all went our seperate ways and
our group decided to walk down to pearl street (sort of like the 16th? street mall in denver). the first thing we saw was a contorsionist from jamaica! He folded himself in half and pulled a bottomless bucket completely around him! it was nuts... then he got himself into a tiny box! curAzy!
we walked a bit farther and went into a sweet candy shoppe! there were walls and walls of candy i'd never heard of. it was great. my faves were the gummy fried eggs and gummy army men! rock my face! there was a crazy lady who was talking to herself in there too! :) good times. when we walked out of that shoppe we heard a man playing piano and singing "american pie." we looked closer and it was a sing-along type of a thing. jeremy went up and requested an elton john song i'd never heard and sang it for us ladies.
Us ladies then left the boys and looked into some cute dress shoppes and stuff. it was pretty darn sweet. we all met up in a random store and tried on crazy hats! we also played a game that literally shocked you, and found a marshmellow gun!
we left pearl street and went up to the flat-irons. it was so beautiful up in the mountains! and all the old houses took your breath away. some had ivy creeping up the sides, and some where made of stone. it was amazing. we took some pictures on the side of a cliff. the view was absolutely magnificent! : ) i love colorado.
on the way home we decided to stop at cost-co (sort of like Sam's Club) to show johan the beauty of American excess. we lounged in the leather couches and went around sampling most of the food as well. we got some pizza for supper and went home.
supper was yummy, as usual. the pizzas we got were ginormous! they barely fit in the ovens! they tasted wonderful though. we also had melon and peaches. one of my new-found favorite drinks is Arizona Green Tea now. Oh my goodness it is heaven! I'm gonna have to find some back home when i get back!
Jeremy and Johan's new host family came to eat supper with us, converse and pick them up tonight as well. the Collins' will be going to Arizona for an Up With People reunion, so won't be able to host us for the rest of the month! This family is absolutely darling and I don't want to leave them on Thursday! The boys left this evening, and Megan leaves tomorrow morning! It is quite sad. But at least I'll have Spencer (who i keep calling nathan!!! eek), and Delaney. :)
anyway... after dinner jeremy and megan began to practice and memorize "summer nights" for our culture jam, and all the adults came inside and listened to them sing, with johan accompanying on piano, and it turned into a house concert! we sang the national anthem, complete with attempted harmony (hehe), and "seasons of love" from rent!! it was sweet. both megan and jeremy have amazing voices! i was really really impressed.
after our concert jeremy and johan left, but not after riding spencer's motor scooter! fun stuff. the rest of us decided to go for a walk around the spectacular neighborhood!!! on the way we played the alphabet game. it was super fun. we got home and relaxed and watched some more UWP videos. We had chips and guacamole as well! i tried lime chips for the first time here, and I must say they are really good! :)
so for the rest of the evening i caught up with some friends and talked to megan and steph about all sorts of things :) i have to wake up around 6:45 to be ready to leave by 7:30. our opening session doesn't start until 8:30, but we have to beat the traffic. so tomorrow is our first official day of Up With People, and I cant wait!! so i should get some sleep... I love and miss you all.
have a great day! hugs
xoxo
--callie
rock on!! today was pretty sweet! megan and I woke up around 10 when the host family, jeremy, and johan left to go to church. we went downstairs and ate a breakfast that Steph set out for us. I had lucky charms and some strawberries. Megan made some egg salad and had strawberries and coooooookie crisp! yummy, right? :D Stephanie had left us a note saying we were going on a picnic and asked if we had time to make some PB&J sammiches.
the family got home around 12:30 and we packed up a bunch of food and headed to meet one of Steph's old castmates who was also hosting a current UWP member at boulder creek. We got there and passed a really gorgeous building called " The Tea House." It was given to the city of Boulder from the country of Tajikstan in 1987. Everything is hand-painted and absolutely beautiful!!!
so we got to where Yuki and her husband Pete were camping with their three kids and chilled for a while before taking the leap into the freezing cold water!! All of boulder creek is actually the melted snow from the mountains... so our legs were pretty much numb in two minutes flat. there were tubers floating down the creek in bikinis!!! it was crazy. although, i did eventually emerse myself in the ice water... and it wasn't that bad. I was just numb.
after swimming around, sunbathing, and taking lots of pics, we all went our seperate ways and
our group decided to walk down to pearl street (sort of like the 16th? street mall in denver). the first thing we saw was a contorsionist from jamaica! He folded himself in half and pulled a bottomless bucket completely around him! it was nuts... then he got himself into a tiny box! curAzy!we walked a bit farther and went into a sweet candy shoppe! there were walls and walls of candy i'd never heard of. it was great. my faves were the gummy fried eggs and gummy army men! rock my face! there was a crazy lady who was talking to herself in there too! :) good times. when we walked out of that shoppe we heard a man playing piano and singing "american pie." we looked closer and it was a sing-along type of a thing. jeremy went up and requested an elton john song i'd never heard and sang it for us ladies.
Us ladies then left the boys and looked into some cute dress shoppes and stuff. it was pretty darn sweet. we all met up in a random store and tried on crazy hats! we also played a game that literally shocked you, and found a marshmellow gun!
we left pearl street and went up to the flat-irons. it was so beautiful up in the mountains! and all the old houses took your breath away. some had ivy creeping up the sides, and some where made of stone. it was amazing. we took some pictures on the side of a cliff. the view was absolutely magnificent! : ) i love colorado.
on the way home we decided to stop at cost-co (sort of like Sam's Club) to show johan the beauty of American excess. we lounged in the leather couches and went around sampling most of the food as well. we got some pizza for supper and went home.
supper was yummy, as usual. the pizzas we got were ginormous! they barely fit in the ovens! they tasted wonderful though. we also had melon and peaches. one of my new-found favorite drinks is Arizona Green Tea now. Oh my goodness it is heaven! I'm gonna have to find some back home when i get back!
Jeremy and Johan's new host family came to eat supper with us, converse and pick them up tonight as well. the Collins' will be going to Arizona for an Up With People reunion, so won't be able to host us for the rest of the month! This family is absolutely darling and I don't want to leave them on Thursday! The boys left this evening, and Megan leaves tomorrow morning! It is quite sad. But at least I'll have Spencer (who i keep calling nathan!!! eek), and Delaney. :)
anyway... after dinner jeremy and megan began to practice and memorize "summer nights" for our culture jam, and all the adults came inside and listened to them sing, with johan accompanying on piano, and it turned into a house concert! we sang the national anthem, complete with attempted harmony (hehe), and "seasons of love" from rent!! it was sweet. both megan and jeremy have amazing voices! i was really really impressed.
after our concert jeremy and johan left, but not after riding spencer's motor scooter! fun stuff. the rest of us decided to go for a walk around the spectacular neighborhood!!! on the way we played the alphabet game. it was super fun. we got home and relaxed and watched some more UWP videos. We had chips and guacamole as well! i tried lime chips for the first time here, and I must say they are really good! :)
so for the rest of the evening i caught up with some friends and talked to megan and steph about all sorts of things :) i have to wake up around 6:45 to be ready to leave by 7:30. our opening session doesn't start until 8:30, but we have to beat the traffic. so tomorrow is our first official day of Up With People, and I cant wait!! so i should get some sleep... I love and miss you all.
have a great day! hugs
xoxo
--callie
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