another day

heey everyone. after i blogged last night I went home and no one was there. It seems to happen a lot with us students so I wasn't very suprised. I went over to rachaels house and worked on homework with her family. She lives with a grandma and grandpa so her house is full of people. Last night we did homework in the kitchen while her mom cooked. This boy named Michael helped Rachael and a little boy named andre helped me with my homework. We had dinner and talked about a lot of random stuff. Michael is in highschool so he knows english a little bit and can understand us when we talk english...which is not often. Then I went home and my family still wasn't home. I waited for 15 minutes and finally they came home. The whole family had gone to mama ticas sisters house and worked all night helping out with some stuff. I stayed up and watched CSI with them and it was very fun.
I had to leave the house this morning at 6:30 a.m. It was so early and I didn't get very much sleep last night. We went on a hike and it was very fun. We saw Arenal which is a active volcano in Costa Rica. We are going there this weekend. We saw a lot of insects and when we first got there we saw this warthog looking animal called a saino. Look it up on google, it is the most disgusting animal ever. It followed us around and the guides told us his name was Charlie. People were petting it like a dog. I have some pictures hah it was weird. We saw monkey throw up but no monkeys. It was really fun and im so excited to stay the night in a hotel this weekend because my room in Monteverde is full of bugs hah its no fun.
I bought a hammock! and i also bought salsa, coffee and postcards. So far I really have spent a lot of money. I really like being down here and I look forward to spending time with another family in Heredia and meeting all the people there. In Monteverde a lot of families are interrealted. Like Rachael's family many of the cousins live just down the street.

Everything is awesome here and I miss everyone!
xoxo love kailee

todayyyy

today we went horseback riding and it was so awesome. we went all the way to a hot springs and it was next to a river. We all jumped in the river and it was so awesomeeeee. It was very windy last night in costa rica and my room is the second story of my house and it kept me up all night. Im having a great time and when I figure out how to reply to the comments I will hahaha. Im in a hurry so I will write later!

xoxox love you all very much

Hola from costa rica.

HEY!! I made it to costa rica safe and i have been having a lot of fun. I got sick on the plane ride....hah it was almost really bad. but no worries. My family is okay. The dad does not seem like he cares to talk. The mom is very nice and so are the kids. The three year old mumbles his spanish but his parents seem to understand. Haha i dont so I just nod my had and say yes. If i understood the daughter right, they have had 26 exchange students like me. kinda crazyyy. Today we went on a canopy tour and wow it was amazing. Im very excited to download all my pictures when I get home. I miss everyone very much but I am having an amazing time here. It is so pretty and everyday we do something amazingly cool. We have school everyday except on the weekends and my class consits of me, kelsey, kate and bailey. Its the dance team class and our teacher loves to dance! So the first night I was here my family left me at home while they went to a birthday party down the street. My mom thought I was going to sleep but I was not tired at all. Rachael came over to my house and picked me up. She had one of her fmaily members with her. His name is Juan Carlos and he is eight years old. He is awesome. He corrects my spanish when I am not talking right and he is so funny. He likes to joke around and teach me and Rachael more spanish. This morning I had cookies and a mango for breakfast. Very Good. Tomorrow we go horseback riding which is very exciting and we go swimming in the hotsprings. The people here are awesome and there are animals everywhere! When we walk on the streets we have to be careful because down here, pedestrians do not have the right of way. I am having a lot of fun and I am so glad i have so much more time down here. I dont know what im going to do when i get home and i dont have a planned schedule. By the way the computer im using is made for spanish speaking people and that is why im having trouble typing well. Ok well its time for me to get off the computer but i will try and check it sometime before thursday when we come to town again. Kates familia owns a resturant and they have a computer. I will see. Hope everyone is having fun and I miss you all!

xoxo love kailee!!

p.s. with the luck I have, the mosiquitos or ants have given me 6 bug bites. My room has huge ants haha