Japan & Maui!!!!

We are trying to go through all of Jacy's pictures. Will post some most everyday with her cute trip! Here is the group in front of the sushi bar. Jacy is so funny - Amanda recorded her lying through her teeth to someone that she liked sushi - & then she looks at Amanda & you KNOW she is lying! HA! At least she tried Sushi! & Octopus & fish eggs & dried seaweed!!
The sword guys scared Jacy & then she had to try it! (she is sitting here tagging all of these pictures. Here is the group of exchange students & Francis, Jacy, Amanda, Kelly & Daniel. Lani & Lori are their chaperone's.

This is the city of Yonezawa's mascot.

Yuhei & Jacy. He comes next Fri. for his visit. We are getting excited.

Daniel & Jacy

The group went on a lot of tours in the city. This tour was of a wine factory. This picture is how they make the wine. Funny!

a barrel of wine

Musaki Museum.

Musaki Museum garden

Jacy, Amanda Francis & Kelly in their Yonezawa sister city shirts.

a cool firetruck

This is the girls right when the got off the airplane in JAPAN!

Here is their double decker plane. Jacy thought is was soo cool to have two levels.

A map showing how much further to Japan

Vancouver Canada Airport

HA - just showing you how to drink out of the drinking fountain in Canada.

The kids were able to take a train from Seattle to Vancouver Canada. The train went right along the ocean all of the way of to Canada. Very beautiful.

Lori - a cool picture!

a LOT of luggage !

Daniel, Kelly, Lori, Lani, Jacy, Amanda & Francis at King Station in Seattle.

What an amazing trip. We'll keep posting pictures. That is if I can get Jacy to help me. She has been so busy with work & soccer. I usually see her for about a minute & then she if off again. We went to the movie Inception last night. What a great movie! Fun date night with my hubby. And, the best news yet. We are going to Maui!! Yipee! Scored some really great tickets & also went on Priceline & got super duper great deal on a condo & rental car in Kihei. (& I mean really great deals!) Just Steve & I are going! We are so excited. Should be a really relaxing trip! Josh & Katie might come to Maui also, but we'll see.

We have been to the pool every day this week. It has been near 100 degrees every day & the pool feels soooooo good! Well, we are off again to the pool. Hot hot hot day again. Went on a walk this morning with the kids & dogs & we were sweating after the first 5 minutes! Gotta love it! SUMMER!!! :)