Hej allihopa! Tänkte väl att det var dags att blogga själv igen, har ju inte gjort det på ett tag eftersom jag helt enkelt inte haft något att skriva om/tid.. Iallafall, har spelat fotboll varje dag sen sist, vi tränar två timmar och tjugo minuter varje dag utom söndag, och skulle haft vår första match idag men den blev inställd pågrundav vädret, samma sak med den andra matchen imorgon. Lite tråkigt.. Nästa match har vi på tisdag iallafall, hemma mot Scottsbluff!

Tja, vad annat har jag gjort då? Vi har sytt färdigt kostymerna för skolans musikal som hade premiär idag, tyvärr kunde inte jag gå eftersom vi hade "pre game" med middag och taktiksnack efter träningen. Har varit jätteroligt att jobba med det! Förra helgen så var vi ju som sagt i Denver från lördag till söndag, var väldigt kul! Lacrossematchen förlorade vi ju dock.. Det är en väldigt snabb och händelserik sport,  de slåss till exempel en hel del... Här är lite bilder från matchen;




cheerleaders

 





Denver Capitol


Skyline


Hemmalaget var såklart the Colorado Mammoths!

Försökte hitta en bild på hotellet men kunde inte hitta någon. Iallafall så bodde vi på 20onde våningen (högst upp!!). Visst ni att det inte finns en våning med nummer 13 i usa? det visste inte jag iallafall! Coolt..

Det var ju även St. Patricks Day i onsdags som Becky skrev om! Alla hade grönt på sig i skolan! Vi sålde gröna t-shirtar i skolans "butik" som vi sålde slut sjukt fort. Vi gjorde inget speciellt den dagen, hade träning som vanligt och David och Becky var på bio. De är med i en bioklubb som visar film som inte kommit ut än varje onsdag. De är filmfantaster båda två:)

Nu ska jag gå och lägga mig, det har varit en lååång dag, och imorgon har jag sovmorgon! Inte träning förrens klockan 3!

Godnatt! (snarare god morgon till er dock..)
Vi hörs!
/Anna

Hello, I am Becky Evans, Anna’s current host mom and have agreed to be a guest blogger as well.  She is just home from a long day of school and soccer.  She was picked to scrimmage with the top varsity today and is currently taking a steamer shower.

I am a Wyoming native, having been born in Wheatland (guess what they grow?), went to college at the University of Wyoming, married David in college and we moved to Cheyenne after college.  I am one of the few people in the neighborhood who is not an attorney.  I am a speech language pathologist by training and am currently on special assignment working with special needs students and assistive technology in our school district.  I also manage a farm/ranch for my family.  Currently the wheat is out of production and I lease the grassland to a young ranching family.  We plan to take Anna to the farm and our rustic (no running water or electricity) cabin before she comes back to Sweden.

My hobbies are cooking, reading, watching movies, hosting students, and making jewelry.  Anna recently made a friendship bracelet for a friend at East and is welcome to make more items if she would like.  Since we are “empty nesters” now she has the whole basement to herself.  She blogs, face books, plays a mean game of “Call of Duty” on the X box, studies really well to maintain her 4.0, as well as reading, watching TV and movies at home.

Anna has a great sense of humor, and doesn’t like mushrooms, black olives or Mexican food very much.  She is very helpful and cleans up after dinner every night, washes her own clothes and picks up her space.  Sure hopes she keeps this up when she gets home!

Our next holiday, right before New York, is Saint Patrick’s Day.  He is the patron saint of Ireland.  To participate you wear green on March 17^th, and keep your eye out for Leprechauns.  If you catch one he has to take you to his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  You are also supposed to find a clover patch and look for a four-leaf clover.  If you find one you will have good luck forever.  Unfortunately, in Wyoming there isn’t even any green grass let alone a clover patch at this time of year. If you don’t wear green on 3-17-2010 then anyone can pinch you.  Anna will be wearing her green East High School Thunderbirds shirt with a four-leaf clover on it that says, “Thunderbirds don’t need luck”!  That may be correct as the girls basketball team just won the state championship.

One thing that I don't like, that Anna does is shopping, BUT she is very patient and is slowly bringing me along.  She looks equally fantastic whether dressing in her business attire and blazer for DECA, Rotary meetings, school dances, hanging out, or soccer.  Her current phone ring tone is “New York”(??) by JayZ and Alisha Keys

She has introduced us to Stieg Larsson, the Twilight series, Swedish pancakes, tried to teach us some basic Swedish pronunciations, and rap music.  We will have shown her New York, Denver, Seattle, Italian and Mexican food, and high plains living.  It has been a great exchange for all of us.  Thanks for sharing Anna with us!

/Becky Evans

Hello.  I am David Evans, Anna's current host father.  She has ordered me to be a guest blogger so I obey.

My wife Becky and I have had Anna in our home since the day after Christmas and she will stay until April 10, when she moves to her third family.  All three families live in the same neighborhood near her school and we are a close neighborhood.  We all know each other and we spend a lot of time with our neighbors.  We have lived in our house since 1985.  I think Anna enjoys the neighbors and neighborhood.

Cheyenne is on the "High Plains" of the West.  It naturally has no trees, just grassland.  It sits at 6200 feet elevation (2000 meters?) and is very windy all the time and cold in the winter.  Anna's time with us has been in the worst of our weather and she has had a couple of colds.  We wish we could have had her in better weather but she has been a soldier.  Besides, she has been able to ski a liitle bit.

Anna has made some very nice, fun friends  She likes our school which has a lot of activites.  She doesn't have a lot of time after school, soccer, and DECA ( a businees club), except for bed.  Her group of three won first place in the State in their DECA business category so are able to go to the National competition in May!  It will be in Louisville, Kentucky, which is about 1000 miles east. 

Official practice for soccer started today but she has been in a winter league the team competes in.  My observation is that she has very good skills and is very competitive, or tough for that matter.  She was told to practice with varsity today, which is about 15 girls out of 50. 

I'm sure her parents would like me to mention her academics.  That is the most amazing thing.  Even though she receives no credit for her studies,  A's are important to her and she has achieved all A's.  I know some Rotary Exchange students who really don't study much.  As I said, she is very competitve.

Becky and I have two children.  Willi is 29, married, and lives in Seattle.  She is an organic gardening writer and advocate.  You can read her blog on organic gardening at www.digginfood.com.  Our son Jordan is 20 and goes to the Universty of Wyoming 50 miles away.  Anna has spent time with both of them.  We took her to Seattle which she enjoyed.  Willi will meet the three of us in New York City at the end of the month.  Willi and Anna get along well and we are looking forward to the trip.  The three of us are going to Denver this weekend with neighbors to shop and see a professional Lacrosse game.  Lacrosse is an American game first played  by the Huron Indians 400 years ago.  It was a little rougher back then but is still a very fast rough game.  We hope she enjoys it.  

We have enjoyed Anna very much.  We just do what she says and everything goes well.  We are glad she will remain in the neighborhood because she is a sweetheart-  We plan on seeing her Dad and step mom when they venture to the Great American West in July.

I hope the first guest blog of my life is worthy.  Good-bye.