Kenna O’Brien and her family had mixed feelings about hosting a high school student for 10 months. Welcoming a foreign exchange student from China into their home was certainly an adjustment. However, before long Mo became a loved member of the family. Take a moment to read Kenna’s fun account of her family’s homestay experience.
Photos and captions of their time with Mo provided by the O’Brien family.
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A week after we met him… |
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The poor boys didn’t quite know what their first Halloween would involve… |
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But they agreed to be a part of our Circus!
![]() Homecoming… looked like a fun group to me?! |
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Mo’s first Miss Party Mom party- December 2012 |
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I tried to warn him often that normal Americans do not care as much about holiday outfits as I do… |
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Showing him how to chop down the ol’ Christmas tree… |
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Re-purposing Birdie’s “Baby’s 1st Christmas” stocking… |
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Christmas Morning… Mo’s first ever Christmas |
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And his first Easter… |
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Prom…. |
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I think he made some friends?
![]() and some more friends… Oh and his Going Away Party with all of his different groups of friends… here he is with one group. |
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Getting our CHI completion certificate… (One of our kids always has to be picking their nose…)
![]() Graduation Day: he made it, literally- in the nick of time… Senioritis at it’s best…. (and thank you Cormac, for always proving my point…) ![]() Of course he made the paper… us O’Briens are kind of known for doing that… ![]() We’ll miss you like crazy Mozy Baby, it’s been a joy. |