on the blog...because we've been back in Japan for 3 weeks now, so that's old news. Where to start? Summer recap: We had a great time in Utah. My kids thoroughly enjoyed playing with their cousins, swimming, eating cereal (believe me, that is note worthy, and oh how we are going through withdrawls now), and being spoiled with attention from everyone. We got to see everyone from both of our families and that was wonderful. My only regret is that I didn't get to see more friends. I had great intentions, but time filled up so quickly. Next year I will have to go for 3 months instead of 6 weeks, that ought to do it!
Here are just a few pics at my brother Michael's wedding. (Pictures courtesty of my sis Emily, thanks Em!)
Cousins! Jacob, Sean and Isaac with dads
Emily, me and my friend Jodi Jensen (from my ward in Japan) after we ran the Provo river 1/2 marathon.
So what have we been up to since we got back? Week 1: miserable. rainy. way too hot. jet lag. kids not in school yet. stuck in a house with only mom to entertain. Week 2: Better. kids back in school (hey is there a correlation??) over jet lag, getting back into the swing of things. Week 3: Surprisingly busy. That was this past week. On Monday I had to go to the yochien (school) to learn a dance with Bryant. The moms are doing a dance with the kids for Undokai (a sports festival-this is a BIG huge deal in Japan) coming up in October. I am sure that I was quite the sight trying to follow along as they called out the next step. I wasn't sure what to do when they called "pa chin pa chin" or "kira kira" so I just did my best to do what others were doing.
On Tuesday I spent all day with the wife of Shane's boss. Shane's boss from Tucson, Jerry Kibby, was here on business and his wife, Wendy, came on this trip with him. She didn't want to spend the day in the hotel, so she met me in Yokohama and I showed her around. This was the first time that we had met, and we had a nice time together.
Wednesday was a lot of fun for me. I started teaching English again, this time to some of the moms in Cailey and Bryants school walking group. They are also interested in American cooking, so we decided to make it a cooking/English class. This time we made banana bread and had our lesson while it cooked. It really was a lot of fun. We will get together and do this once a month. I will try to remember to take a picture of everyone next time.
Yesterday we had a big ward activity. It was at a big park that is a 5 minute walk from our house. We were very excited about that because we normally have to go quite far to church and activities. Since it was so close, we decided to make an extra effort to invite our friends and neighbors. We ended up having 3 ladies and 8 kids join us. The party was a lot of fun too. We had a barbeque and they taught old time japanese games and then taught some group dances. Everyone seemed to have fun. Of course I forgot my camera.
Shane just left on a 2 week business trip. His first stop is Thailand (kind of scary right now, everyone pray he is safe!), then on to China and finally next week he will be in Mexico.
That's it for now. Have a great week everyone!!!
On Tuesday I spent all day with the wife of Shane's boss. Shane's boss from Tucson, Jerry Kibby, was here on business and his wife, Wendy, came on this trip with him. She didn't want to spend the day in the hotel, so she met me in Yokohama and I showed her around. This was the first time that we had met, and we had a nice time together.
Wednesday was a lot of fun for me. I started teaching English again, this time to some of the moms in Cailey and Bryants school walking group. They are also interested in American cooking, so we decided to make it a cooking/English class. This time we made banana bread and had our lesson while it cooked. It really was a lot of fun. We will get together and do this once a month. I will try to remember to take a picture of everyone next time.
Yesterday we had a big ward activity. It was at a big park that is a 5 minute walk from our house. We were very excited about that because we normally have to go quite far to church and activities. Since it was so close, we decided to make an extra effort to invite our friends and neighbors. We ended up having 3 ladies and 8 kids join us. The party was a lot of fun too. We had a barbeque and they taught old time japanese games and then taught some group dances. Everyone seemed to have fun. Of course I forgot my camera.
Shane just left on a 2 week business trip. His first stop is Thailand (kind of scary right now, everyone pray he is safe!), then on to China and finally next week he will be in Mexico.
That's it for now. Have a great week everyone!!!
4 comments:
Hi Anna, It was so fun seeing you guys this summer. Good luck while Shane's away.
Wow, you guys are busy. Good luck to Shane. I miss you guys already.
So glad you got to head back to the states for a good visit. Too bad we couldn't get together...we probably overlapped.
Hope that things are going well -- probably best you are busy upon your return...when we got back it took a few weeks for us to get back in the swing of things and they were the LONGEST few weeks!
Is it true!? Are you wearing spandex!? The best material EVER intevented to run in?! I am *so* thrilled for you!!! :)
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