On Monday afternoon we took Grandma and Craig out to Michinoku Park. It was very crowded since it was "Silver Days" to show respect to the elderly. But, we were late enough in the day that a lot of people were starting to leave to go home.
When we were entering the park, the ticket lady asked how old we are. Come to find out that Grandma got in for free because she's over 65!
They had some groups playing music
The weather was lovely
And nice flowers.
This man was amused that we were so interested in his shirt. Go Aggies!
These cute boys had Tucson shirts! One of them chased after us to say "Bye Bye!"
Not really sure what this is, but he's big and made of rice stalks.
Later we went across the street and got some fruit at the farmer's market and some pineapple ice cream from our friend. He gave us a discount on the ice cream too, plus an extra bag of popcorn!
On Tuesday, President & Sister Smith came over to the office to say hello
We had lunch at the noodle shop
Then went out to visit Matsushima
It was about an hour ride around some of the islands
And the seagulls followed us back.
Across the road are some caves
And someone taking their dog for a stroll. It was also crowded, but a beautiful day.
Wednesday, we were invited to the Sakomoto's for a pizza barbeque
Then before you know it, it's Thursday and time to take them to the airport.
As we left the airport, they were ringing the chimes outside.
As we were driving out to Kakuda for English, one of us realized that we were low on gas. At that very moment, we saw some super heroes waving us into the gas station. I thought I'd sneak over and take their photo, but they lined up and posed and then told me to pose with them.
My friend at English said that they are the mascots for the oil company.
And we got a free box of Kleenex and they checked our tires for us besides the normal amazing service we get at the gas station. (Window washing and collect our trash.)
That evening, we had dinner with Elder and Sister Harmon before they returned home Friday morning. We have now sent about 6 couples home and have had two couples arrive.
The Harmons were serving as Military Relations Missionaries.
Saturday, we drove up to Misawa to check on their house. The President has decided to keep it in the hopes that we'll have a new couple called soon. Anyone know a retired military couple? It is in an English speaking ward.
We also stopped by the Misawa Elder's apartment to pick up some of their trash. The weather turned rainy again once Grandma and Craig went home.
We had lunch at this cute Japanese Tex-Mex Restaurant.
It was a pretty long day on the road, but it was beautiful to see the fall colors starting to come on and the rice fields being harvested.
After church Sunday, we had a little "Tako Yaki" party
Alan loves to "supervise" (assist)
When we got home, we enjoyed watching the Women's Conference. It began at 9 am Sunday morning here, just as we're leaving for church. It was great!
We were sorry to hear of Elder Scott's passing this week. I enjoyed reviewing some of his messages and always appreciated how kindly he spoke about his sweet wife.
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