Wow, what a day! The morning started with a lightning and thunder storm, but eventually the weather broke and it turned into a beautiful day. Last night Kanta had a REALLY difficult time falling asleep - I think he was both excited to go home, and he was also trying to enjoy the homestay up until the very last minute. When I realized that he just couldn't fall asleep, I offered to stay up and watch a movie with him. So we did, and Gabby joined us as we watched "Peewee's Big Adventure". I won't say how late we stayed up :)
This morning we woke up and had breakfast together. Kanta is such a good and polite young man! He always thanks us for everything, enjoys his food, and always cleans up the table - I only wish Kendall was the same!
Kanta did a great job at making certain his bags were all packed, and we left the house around 10:00 this morning. Our goal was to go to Rainbow Gardens to look for some final gifts, and then eat lunch at the Greenery Restaurant. We had a lot of fun in the gift shop - there were quite a few interesting things for us to play around with. I wish that I would have taken some pictures when we were trying on funny sunglasses!
We then left to go meet with the homestay group - it was time to drop Kanta off with the rest of his friends to go home to Japan. It was hard for us because Kanta has become so much a part of our family! We wish it could have lasted much longer, but we are grateful for the time that we had, and we sure hope that we will be able to see him again someday - and the rest of his family. Thanks for coming to our family!!!
Kanta saying goodbye to Bean - I'm pretty sure that Bean is his favorite dog!
This morning we woke up and had breakfast together. Kanta is such a good and polite young man! He always thanks us for everything, enjoys his food, and always cleans up the table - I only wish Kendall was the same!
Kanta did a great job at making certain his bags were all packed, and we left the house around 10:00 this morning. Our goal was to go to Rainbow Gardens to look for some final gifts, and then eat lunch at the Greenery Restaurant. We had a lot of fun in the gift shop - there were quite a few interesting things for us to play around with. I wish that I would have taken some pictures when we were trying on funny sunglasses!
We then left to go meet with the homestay group - it was time to drop Kanta off with the rest of his friends to go home to Japan. It was hard for us because Kanta has become so much a part of our family! We wish it could have lasted much longer, but we are grateful for the time that we had, and we sure hope that we will be able to see him again someday - and the rest of his family. Thanks for coming to our family!!!
Kanta saying goodbye to Bean - I'm pretty sure that Bean is his favorite dog!
Just arrived at Rainbow Gardens at the mouth of Ogden Canyon - what a beautiful day!
Here we are waiting to sit down in the restaurant
Eating our last lunch together at The Greenery Restaurant at Rainbow Gardens
Kanta found some fun things at the gift shop...
...and showing off his new fingers!
Standing with the wooden Indian at Rainbow Gardens - Gabby is trying to be a wooden Indian too!
In the parking lot before we went in to the final meeting. We didn't know how much time we would have inside, so we spent a little time together outside.
Time to show that he still has his passport!
Checking the lists and signing in.
Sitting in the back of the meeting room...this is where the families and the students gathered one last time.
Kendall and Kanta saying goodbye
Julie and Kanta saying goodbye
Gabby and Kanta saying goodbye
Lining up behind the rest of the families...we were the last ones :)
We were trying to find where Kanta was supposed to go, but it was kind of confusing so we were able to spend more time together!
Playing our favorite game again...Ninja Destruction!
Waving goodbye one more time...
...but we still were able to play one last game of Ninja Destruction! Kanta, we will miss you - thank you for coming to our family!!!
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