Lovin' the Life

Lovin' the Life

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Saturday morning at Kintai

 Joshua had an opportunity on Saturday to earn some volunteer hours.  It merely required him to be at Kintai from 9:15 am to noon, and to take a guided tour (for FREE!).  All he had to do was to give feedback to the Japanese guides on how well they did it in English.  I jumped on this opportunity to get the kids out of the house.  After several rainy days, we needed some fresh air.   Thankfully, the rain dried up just as we left the house and the morning was merely overcast.

We brought along Delaney's friend Kirsten, since she's moving away soon, and we wanted some fun memories and photos with her.  We dropped Joshua off at his pick up point and he went off to his tour.  I took the girls and we spent the next few hours meandering and enjoying the time to thoroughly enjoy the sights.
Delaney and Kirsten at a Torii I had not seen before.

Ryle wanted a picture too. 

The girls were fascinated by this shish dog, because his mouth was full of coins. 

Of course, they had to add their own yen to the pile. 

Oh, Rylee's new glasses came that morning and she loaves them. 

Getting their Zen on. 

Posing at the koi pond. 

Yeah, I don't know what this was. 

Selfie with the weird statue dude. 

We crossed paths with Joshua once and he was having a great time.  He was all excited to share with the girls the stuff he'd learned. 

How super cool is this?! 

Ryle thought she was soon funny! 

 Rylee and the cool Zen Garden guy.

Despite the freezing wind and chill temp, these girls still wanted ice cream. 

Posing on the rock. 

Selfie with the bridge.  Nope, never gets old! 

Delaney and Kirsten, on the bridge, with the castle in the background.   

Me and Rylee, feeling awesome. 

Delaney wanted to do this pose.  Pretty cool! 

 So, then Rylee had to do this one.
And then I made her do this one, because the Iwakuni Castle is always awesome. 

And yes, that's my kid, in 50 degree weather, wearing shorts and (well, not right now) flip flops, and wading in the frigid water.

Then they played in the fountains.  Yes, there were some wet shoes and maybe more.

But they had a very good time!

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