One of the things Takahito wanted to do while he was here was go camping. Well, since half of our mountains had fires in them and it's not very fun to take a baby camping, we didn't make it. But, we were able to have a fire and roast marshmallows with him. It's pretty close to camping, right?
Did you know that not a lot of people from Japan have ever jumped on a trampoline? This was Takahito's first time ever on a Trampoline and he loved it!
He even learned some tricks!
Since the trampoline was such a big hit, we decided to take him and the kids to "Jump on It". They all had a blast!!
Out of all the yummy dinner's I made while he was here, his very favorite thing was Macaroni and Cheese. So, Preston taught him how to make it so we could send him home with a few boxes.
Our good friends offered to take us boating while he was here. He had never been on a boat either so I was super excited to take him.
Look at how happy he is!!
Awww, the beautiful waters of Utah Lake!! =)
He was brave and wanted to give water skiing a shot...it wasn't as easy as he had thought and never made it up!!
But, he didn't give up and decided to try the knee board. He did AWESOME!!!
Way to go!! He was pretty stoked!
His very favorite though, was the tube!! He stayed on the entire time while we were switching riders. He loved it!
Kayston even tried the kid water ski's...
Even though he didn't get up, he tried a couple of times and we were so proud of him!
Thanks Reed and Kat for the fun day! That was Takahito's very favorite thing he did while he was in Utah!!
Before he came to Utah, he mentioned in one of his emails that he would like to make us "okonomiyaki", one of his favorite Japanese meals. So, he brought all of the ingredients he needed from home and cooked us up some lunch.
Before he came to Utah, he mentioned in one of his emails that he would like to make us "okonomiyaki", one of his favorite Japanese meals. So, he brought all of the ingredients he needed from home and cooked us up some lunch.
It was kind of like a pancake batter but then he chopped up lettuce and put it in the batter.
It was definitely a different taste than we're used to but it was pretty good. We just thought it was super thoughtful of him to want to cook for us!! Thanks Takahito!
On the Friday before they left, the school that they came with put on a farewell show for all of the host families as a thank you. It was super cute and someone (me) may or may not have cried at the end!
On his last day with us I wanted to something super fun. I gave him lots of ideas like going to Seven Peaks, hiking Timp cave, swimming, floating down Provo River...but all he wanted to do was stay home and play basketball with Kayston. I'm pretty sure we wore him out while he was here.
Later that night, we took him to Teppanyaki for some good old Japanese food. Well, come to find out, it's pretty much American food to him! Ha ha! He still liked it though!
We sure did do lots of fun things while he was here but the things we will miss the most are times like these...
Please don't judge how homely Kenley looks. She had just woken up from her nap.
We sure do love that kid and miss him tons!! We hope to see him again someday but we plan on keeping in touch until then!
3 comments:
Takahito was an easy kid to love! I sure do hope you get to host his sister!
Love it! Takahito was lucky to come to you guys! Your kids are always super cute and beautiful!
His face in the fire picture at the restaurant is HILARIOUS...he looks like "been there done that".
Keep up the Asian peace!
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