Pictures of my host family!!

I finally have pictures of the family I stayed with. These ones are from my host brother Alicio; he took some that weekend and sent them through email:

This is my host mom Rocio. Well, actually she and her sister Lucia were both my host moms, I was pretty much raised that weekend by an entire immediate family!

Here is most of the immediate family. We had been playing basketball and Alicio decided to take a picture of all of us. From left: Rocio, me, Mari, Camila, Mike, not sure who holding the baby Isabela, Lauren, Edwardo with hands on shoulders of Luis Pedro, Alicio, and Luis Gerardo

Rocio wanted everyone to wave to "la madre de Marta" :)

And these are from the host family dinner that we had on campus. We invited all the families to come and had a dinner and a short presentation about what we are studying by our university director. After, we had a short talent show (there were guitar pieces, group singing Wagon Wheel (reminded me of camp!), Lion Sleeps Tonight, a Spanish soap opera, and the Thriller dance), a piñata for the kids, and a dance with a dj in the outdoor classroom. It was really good to see my family again and talk with them. I definitely feel more comfortable around them now that I know them more, and I am trying to plan a weekend to go see them again:

This is my host mom Lucia and her 2 children Luis Pedro and Camila. Luis Pedro goes to a bilingual school, so if I ever don't understand anything, he will try and explain a little in english and then I will get it and answer back in spanish. It is nice to have that, for when I really don't understand!

So added on is Lucia's sister Rocio and her son Luis Gerardo. He is very funny, we both have a sarcastic sense of humor. I think I also get along with him because he is the same age as my brother Stuart. They are all cool though :)