It seems like it has been a while since we have shared much news - but we sure do check often to hear from all of you! Things have just been "crazy-busy" and time seems to be scarce and precious...saved for things like eating, sleeping, soccer...the usual stuff.
The shirt - it belongs to a cute little Japanese girl named Hitomi that comes over ever Friday to play and work on her English with me and the kids. Think I have mentioned it before - their parents want them to learn English, so they send them to American homes here on base to practice. Anyway - she left her sweatshirt here and I thought I would give you an idea of some of the crazy phrases you find on shirts, etc, here. They sure try hard, but it usually comes out a little "off"!
Last weekend we went hiking in the Nagasaki Prefectural Forest, a State Park equivalent. It was beautiful. Waterfalls, steep drop-offs, lizards, dead animals, the kids loved it. We did have a scare, though. Morgan was standing near a drop-off, throwing rocks over the ledge and lost her balance. As I stood off about 25 feet, I watched as she wavered, her knees buckled, and she went down over the edge. It was like slow motion. Just as I am ready to sprint over there, this total stud comes sailing in out of nowhere and jumps off the ledge and halts her fall with his own body. Yes, that would be Dave. I felt like I was watching an Indiana Jones movie. He totally sacrificed himself, but he stopped her from falling and became my hero. Morgan clung to us for the rest of the day.
We went to our last soccer games of the season today. Now we will await flag football, which both Isaac and Taylor want to play. Dave has injured himself in flag football - torn or strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder - so he is bummed. They will miss him on the team. He played at the opening of our new turf field, and the commentators kept yelling, "Yeah - there's Stitchfield!". Yea - that's right - STITCHFIELD. Oh well. I stay extremely busy with Primary Prez stuff, PTO stuff, English class stuff, Reading Committee stuff, and home stuff. But I love it.
We miss you all, love you all. Wish we could have been there for Jane's baptism, but we plan to be around for the rest! We are so excited to be "coming home" in a mere 10 months, but there is a lot here that we will miss! The T-shirts, for one thing! Take care!
Adina