Galveston Thanksgiving, BYU kids rocking junior year, Achilles Surgery & Mel is Stake RS Pres❤️

Stephen and Kassie got to fly home and play in Galveston for Thanksgiving with all the family which they loved, while we played in Japan!

Achilles surgery went amazing. He didn’t need to use my extra tendon to repair the Achilles, so my big toe is still super strong! I was on a scooter for 2 weeks to keep ankle/tendons in tact off then, back in a boot again for six weeks. Kas and I had fun at the hospital since Daron had to fly to Utah last minute to help Stephen move apartments.

I was released from Seminary. Sadly, I loved that calling and being in there with Kenny every morning, but super excited to be called as The Woodlands stake Relief Society President! Love the ladies already, and have a super awesome presidency.

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Thanksgiving in Japan & Korea!! Kenny’s senior trip💕

We love Asia! Respectful, kind people, breathtaking landscapes, perfectly clean streets and bathrooms (why doesn’t the US have bidets everywhere??), and YUMMY FOOD! Kenny’s senior trip for Thanksgiving: visiting Japan, where Daron served his mission.

Atter a 13hr flight to Korea, an unforgettable tour thru the Demilitarized Zone. Looked across to N Korea, separated by 148 miles of wire. In Japan, we ate our weight in udon noodles! Nara deer bowed to us when we fed them. Hiroshima: 135,000 killed in the initial atomic blast. The sad mound built on ashes from the dead. The striking view of the main building that survived. Universal Studios/Super Nintendo (Mario) World in Osaka! No  wonder they all have thin figures- there’s no crazy sugary foods…just lots of healthy curry and rice, even in the park!! Their main treat for sale was popcorn: can you imagine a theme park in the US without fudge, cotton candy and M&Ms???😳😜

#NoodlesForDessert

#CucumbersOnAStick

In Kyoto- Bamboo Forest. Fushimi Inari shrine (orange gates): to the God of rice. Nijo Castle: protected the emperor- Kyoto was the capitol of Japan before Tokyo. Squeaking floors to warn of intruders! (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale_floor.)

Tokyo: “Shibuya Scramble Crossing”- world's busiest pedestrian crossing, with up to 3,000 people crossing at a time! 

“Happy Sushi Restaurant”- THE most innovative, delicious place we’ve ever eaten!! Order at your personal screen then food zooms to you on a train-style delivery conveyor belt.

Thanksgiving meal: McDs Samurai teriyaki burgers 🤣

Saved the best till last: baptisms at the Tokyo Temple! 

Highlights-

* tour guide: “Kim Jung Un was “big and fat because he grew up going to school in Switzerland & got addicted to Swiss chocolate”🤣

*Bridge where POWs ran back after war and yelled “we’re free!” Amusement “Peace Park” that “heals the wounds from division and conflict and helps plant seeds of peace”. A sobering reminder to not repeat painful history. DMZ is a symbolic space for Pursuing harmony and unification!

*Kenny’s best quote: “do you think they will have a bathplane on the airtub?” And because it was 3AM to our bodies we were equally as tired, and answered with a “yes they will.”🤣

*Best hotel breakfast- Dreamy French toast & fancy yogurt. Bowls of colorful beautiful things to eat!

*The busy fish markets were like a big outdoor indoor mall that just went on and on and on! Cool pine tree shaped like a bonsai!