Instant Parents

A few days ago I received an email at school about a foreign exchange program needing host families for the upcoming school year. I thought that this was an awesome idea. JT and I could be host parents for a kid!! So I took the idea home to JT and presented it to him. I dont think he was overly excited about it but he paid enough attention to what I was saying to make me think that we had a shot for a kid. So I laid out the pro's and con's of being instant parents.
Pro: We get to have a kid for a year and not actually have to be pregnant, give birth, go through their identity search in junior high. Plus they are foreign!
Pro: They are foreign! What if we got a phenomenal athlete. I would purchase buttons of them in their school uniform and wear them on game days. Then what if the kid we had ends up getting a college scholarship?! That happened because we hosted them. Then they become famous and play professional basketball and we get tickets to all the games because we were his second family. Of course I am just assuming the kid we got was going to be 7'4 and German, or Czech Republic because obviously that meant he was going to be an amazing basketball star.
Pro: They will help with housework. According to the website, JT and I would get to set house rules including curfew, Internet/computer time, and house chores that the kid would be responsible for. Of course I would keep this simple of course and say that they have to clean their room, help with dishes, cook a meal from their culture every now and then, learn to clean the pool, and pick leaves up outside. Nothing terrible.
Pro: This is a great experience. We get to adopt a kid for a year. They get to come to our Thanksgivings and Christmases and any other vacations or trips that we go on. How fun would that be to take our little German to Jal New Mexico and introduce him to Grandpa Don. HILARIOUS!

Con: We have to keep a kid for a year. That means packing up the office and giving them a room. That means having a regular schedule, no last minute plans. That means if his appendix bursts WE are responsible for getting him to the emergency room and waiting while it gets removed. Basically, WE MUST BE RESPONSIBLE! <*sigh*>
Con: I think con number 1 sums it all up.

So in the end JT and I decided that we are not ready for a high school kid to come live with us. We will possibly try and look at the situation again next year and see if we feel any differently.


In another part of our extremely fun and childless life, we are playing in a basketball league through ECISD. Basically its intramurals with teachers. We have played 2 games so far and both have been exciting for their own reasons.
Game 1: VICTORY 44/14
Game 2: LOSS and there was fighting involved. YES! FIGHTING TEACHERS!! Shame on them. haha

Ethan and Lindsey are coming to stay the weekend with us. We are going to see the Avengers tonight and then having a pool party tomorrow. I am excited to see them. Lindsey is pregnant and due in November I believe.
Speaking of pregnant so is Kristi and Billy Bob! They are Due November 10th but I think Baby Walker will be here October 27th. They find out if it is a boy or a girl at the end of this month, Im betting girl.