Winterformal and Piano concert

Two weeks ago I went to my first (and last) school dance since we don't have them at home. It was winter formal, and all the girls went to Megan's house to get ready. It was a fun experience, and something all non-American girls dream of when they see it on tv.

Getting ready

Me, Mia, Jessie, Megan, Jessalyn, and Miwa

The whole senior-crew

Last Thursday the Christmas piano concert, that all piano majors in our school participated in, took place. Everyone played either in a duet, trio or quartet. I accidently turned two pages instead of one, and so it got messed up a little bit, but Anderson and I, after freaking out, got ourselves together and saved it pretty well.

I played O Holy Night with Anderson,  Marques, and Lane. It was my first time playing in a quartet. 

Anderson and I

My parents gave me flowers afterwards! :))

All the sophmore piano majors. Don't even ask about the dresses, they made us wear them

My piano class. They're so sweet. 

By the way, we got chickens, so we have two chickens in the backyard! We got them because Lucky thought it would be fun to be able to provide ourselves with our own eggs, so we can eat fresh eggs every morning now!

Last Saturday I went to my first swim meet. I swam 50yd freestyle, 100yd breaststroke and a 200yd freestyle relay with 3 other people. I didn't win or anything but it was fun although I was at the pool for about 6 hours. There were so many people, because swimmers from all the schools participated. 

Meg and Sarah who I swim with

Now there's only a little over a week until I leave… It's so surreal. I'm really excited about seeing my family and friends again, but I'm gonna miss everyone here so much. 

I leave the 28th, so I'll post an update after Christmas, hopefully before I go home. 

Sara xx

Thanksgiving

I thought I'd better post an update since Christmas is already just around the corner. As you might know, we spent Thanksgiving holiday in Waycross with Lisa and Pipa out in the country. We were there from Wednesday to Saturday and I had a lovely time with a bunch of people.

Eating oisters and making s'mores - a marshmellow on a cracker with chocolate - for desert

Naww little Paco, Pipa and Lisa's dog

So much fooood

The kids' table

Fourwheeler adventures

Avery, Mia and I being silly .. 

The Friday after thanksgiving, there's always a huge sale in the whole country called Black Friday. Most sales start Thanksgiving evening. We wanted to go to belk which is a big clothes, shoes and jewelery store, but as we passed it, we saw that there was a gigantic line before the store had even opened.
Since we weren't in the city, one of the only other places we could go was Walmart, but it was packed! They had moved all the food to the side and stacked kids' toys, house decoration, and all kinds of thing there instead. There were just so many people.

A panorama shot of the Lisa and Pipa's nice house. We stayed in our camper next to the house. On the picture you can't really see it, but there a lake, and there are also chickens!

We came home Saturday afternoon and I immediately got ready for Spohia's quinceñera/Sweet 16. It was a pretty big party, we danced and had a lot of fun. 

It was decorated so nicely!

Sophia looked so pretty in her amazing dress. 

A picture with most of the girls from school who were there. 

Regan and I with feather boas. No comment.