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 …
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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 …
Feeding Lorikeets
Today was a pretty lazy day spent playing games and watching a movie. We did start the day out with breakfast at IHOP and then a quick trip to our local zoo to feed the lorikeets. The girls were having fun with the birds until they decided to land on their heads and roost. Panic …
Yosemite National Park
This morning we headed up to Yosemite National Park to show the girls one of the many scenic wonders we’re fortunate to have in our backyard. We left at 8:00am and made good time getting up to the park, but spent an hour driving the last two miles getting to the gate. We didn’t have …
Disneyland
We arrived at Disneyland at 8:00am when the park opened and were surprised at how few people there were. Usually there’s a long line to buy tickets and an even longer line to enter the park. This time there was none of that. Maybe everyone was sleeping in after being up late the night before? …
