My first weekend in Denver, Colorado was great! After being introduced to my host dad Bob and roommate on Friday night, we headed to my host families house and were greeted with brownies and ice cream from my host mom Judy. We sat outside in the backyard next to their garden and water fountain chatting and getting to know one another until late into the evening!
Little did I know when I met my host parents Bob and Judy...that they have hosted 78 Up With People Students as well as many others from various service organizations and over 90 foster students. They have done all of this as well as raise their own 4 children!! How absolutely amazing!! They are phenomenial host parents and even though we have only been here for an extremely short amount of time..I already feel right at home :)
Saturday morning Bob and Judy brought us to the Railroad Museum that he volunteers at for a volunteer appreciation luncheon. He gave us our own private tour of the museum...it was very interesting! On our way home from the museum Bob wanted us to see a few trains pass...on our way we were stopped in the road by a large group of cattle. There were guys on horses with lasos stopping the traffic allowing them to cross. Once we got to the area to watch the trains, we found out that the cattle would be crossing by us again. Little did we know that they would be only inches away! We were able to see 4 trains as well as the cattle! It was an absolutely amazing experience! I have included a picture of the cattle with this post!!!
Saturday evening we went to the Boulder mall. It's an outdoor shopping facility and many street performers were there. We were able to see the zip code man...if you give him your zip code he will tell you where you are from. As well as a girl who juggled and did handstands while standing on a base surrounded by knives and fire!
Sunday morning we went to church with Bob and Judy and 0ut for lunch with a bunch of their friends from church before attending the opening Up With People Ceremonies. Many of the staff members participated and put on a mini version of the show for us! It was great :) Made us extremely excited for our upcoming tour!!!
Little did I know when I met my host parents Bob and Judy...that they have hosted 78 Up With People Students as well as many others from various service organizations and over 90 foster students. They have done all of this as well as raise their own 4 children!! How absolutely amazing!! They are phenomenial host parents and even though we have only been here for an extremely short amount of time..I already feel right at home :)
Saturday morning Bob and Judy brought us to the Railroad Museum that he volunteers at for a volunteer appreciation luncheon. He gave us our own private tour of the museum...it was very interesting! On our way home from the museum Bob wanted us to see a few trains pass...on our way we were stopped in the road by a large group of cattle. There were guys on horses with lasos stopping the traffic allowing them to cross. Once we got to the area to watch the trains, we found out that the cattle would be crossing by us again. Little did we know that they would be only inches away! We were able to see 4 trains as well as the cattle! It was an absolutely amazing experience! I have included a picture of the cattle with this post!!!
Saturday evening we went to the Boulder mall. It's an outdoor shopping facility and many street performers were there. We were able to see the zip code man...if you give him your zip code he will tell you where you are from. As well as a girl who juggled and did handstands while standing on a base surrounded by knives and fire!
Sunday morning we went to church with Bob and Judy and 0ut for lunch with a bunch of their friends from church before attending the opening Up With People Ceremonies. Many of the staff members participated and put on a mini version of the show for us! It was great :) Made us extremely excited for our upcoming tour!!!
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