Our local minor league hockey team is holding it’s fifth annual “Thunder Goes Pink” this weekend to raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer. Each year the arena changes the ice from white to pink for the games being played, and the Stockton players wear special jerseys that have pink accents on them. At […]
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Not Your Girls Next Door
Tonight we went down to the fairgrounds to watch the local Roller Derby team play. The team has about 20 or so women that are all dressed up to kill. Literally. It looks like a tough biker gang mixed it up with a group of goth headbangers. Lots of makeup and fishnet stockings to go […]
Time to Say Goodbye
Our 4 weeks with the girls has come to an end. This morning we took them to school for the final time where a bus would took them to the airport in San Francisco for the long flight back home to Japan. We had a great time with the girls. It was fun getting to […]
Sayonara Party
This was the last weekend remaining of the girls’ visit here in America. On Saturday night the students held a Sayonara Party at the school they’ve been attending. It was a fun night to spend with all of the students and the host families, but it was also sad since it meant our time together […]
Columbia State Park & Big Trees State Park
On Friday I helped chaperone the Japanese students’ field trip up to Columbia State Historic Park and Big Trees State Park. There were about 7 cars each filled with students and host families. After about 1 1/2 hours of driving we made it to Columbia to meet up with a few representatives of the hosting […]
