We got our kids from Japan!!

We went to Olympic High School (where I graduated in 1993!!) to meet with the Japanese students.

There was an assembly where the american kids did some stuff for entertainment, and then the Japanese students did a little dance for the americans.

The american kids had the choir sing the Star Spangles Banner, that sounded pretty cool, and then the had their drummers come out, this little video doesn't do them justice on how cool they sounded.... that one kid on the end was really getting into it!!

And here's a video of part of the dance the Japanese students did... the boys are in blue and the girls are in red in the back...

When we loaded up the car with Jeromy, myself, Kent, the two boys and all their luggage... well, you see where Jade had to sit, she's a good sport tho, she didn't mind...















We dropped off their luggage at home, gave them a quick tour of the house and what rooms they'd be sleeping in, and then we headed over to our friend Michelle's house who was making a fabulous "early" thanksgiving dinner!!

Here's a gaggle of gorgeous girls...

Here's Kent and Austin playing video games with Hayata and Hide (Hee-day)....

Hide knew how to play the guitar....
And he was not shy about playing it and singing along...

Can these girls get any cuter???

There's that wacky Beriah...

Michelle made a wonderful dinner for all of us.... check out the spread....

Jeromy carving the turkey....
Here's the guys at one end of the table eating... and I did catch you Laura about to take a bite of something, but it looks really far away.... and you look gorgeous... so I couldn't delete it!
Beriah likes the turkey leg.... Jade likes it, too....

Here's the girls end of the table....
Then the kids went out side and played a baseball game, the Japanese kids seemed to like that!

We headed home after watching a movie, full and tired, thanks Michelle for everything, I think Hayata and Hide had a great time!

When we got home, both boys had little gifts for us and for all 3 kids! It's their custom to exchange gifts, I figures we would get them little souvineers while they were here, but then I realized we should of had something for them right there to "exchange" with them. Oh well, we're american we don't know! But here's the stuff they got for Jeromy and I...
Here's what they got Jade, they also got that stuff for Aurora and some Hello Kitty stuff....
Here's the boys... Kenton 15, Hayata 14, and Hide 15... Hide had also shown us some pictures of his family, his parents and little sister.
Some good looking kids there....

The boys thought our turtle was pretty cool, so Kent brought her out of her cage and both boys grabbed their cameras... ok Hide grabbed his cell phone....

Here's Hayata holding the turtle...
And Hide holding the turtle...
Oh my gosh, I am so tired... not quite sure what we are doing tomorrow. We have alot of different ideas, but nothing set in stone. Kinda nice, we're just going to play it by ear.

Both boys said they have been learning English for the past 3 years, that is the same amount of time Kent has been learning Japanese. There's still alot of communication barriers, but we get thru most of them with Kent's Japanese and the boys English skills... and alot of laughing.

This is a pretty fun experience!