I was not missing Thanksgiving dinner...Even though here they don't celebrate Thanksgiving a group of exchange students got some food together and even a turkey :) For most of us it was the first time cooking a major meal. Luckily one of the girls mom is a chef so she knew all the ins and outs of cooking. We had some minor things, but we fixed them all easily and made our dinner work. In the end we had kind of an international Thanksgiving. We didn't exclude anyone from different countries. We had some normals like a stuffed turkey, deviled eggs, and pies. We also had Australian roasted vegetables, Canadian tarts (proudly made by a boy), cheese cake (also made by a proud boy) and New Zealand kiwi pie. In the end no one knew how to cut the turkey properly, but we got it all off the bone one way or another. It was a really good thanksgiving and it was nice to spend it with a group of the exchange students

The other day my host sister, Coni, and I went shopping at this place called Patronato. Its the cheapest place you can buy clothes and there are a whole bunch of stores. They all have similar things so you have to search for the cheapest. I saw this sweatshirt and I almost had a heart attack because it says South Range on it and I had to get a picture with it!

Beautiful Chile!!! I took this picture while I was eating hamburgers with some friends at a shopping plaza about 20 minutes from my house :)

Since I'm living below the equator the seasons are reversed and right now we are going into summer. My last day of school is Dec. 11th and the seniors last day was on Friday. There was a ceremony where all of the juniors got their ties and we had a breakfast for all of the seniors. With our regular uniform everyone wears polos with the school logo and colors on it, however, the senior class has the honor of wearing a white shirt with the school ties and on Friday my class received their ties :) The whole day was for the seniors who were leaving. That day when they left school the rest of the kids formed a path for them to walk out of and held streamers and balloons. A lot of them were sad and cried and it reminded me of my graduation.

This weekend was Halloween and I went into the city for a costume party with a lot of other exchange students. I dressed up as a gypsy and my friend Abbey was a cat. We had a lot of fun and danced the whole night, but I missed going over Polly's house for the annual Chili dinner with the rest of the family.

I really like the family I'm staying with now. They are all super nice and always help me out with everything I need. Its a requirement that all of the exchange students switch families. This will happen between Christmas and the New Year. Its going to be really different again because I'm going to have to get used to another family, but I'm really curious to see whats the same and whats different between households. Since I'm living in a really small town right now thats in the country I've requested to be placed in a house in the city for my second home. I want to be able to rely on myself and not always have to ask my host parents to do things for me. Also, I think that by moving to the city I'll be able to learn a lot more Spanish. Hopefully they allow me to go :)