Tanner Journal: Time with Grandma & Grandpa

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Time with Grandma & Grandpa

Adriana was lucky enough to spend a few days just with Grandma and Grandpa! She had fun with them while we spent a few days touring Tokyo. Thanks mom and dad for doing that so we could have more flexibility in such a large city.

Adriana had a great time and did quite a bit. Here is what Grandma wrote about it.

Monday:

Adriana went with Grandma and Grandpa to Kushiro to take all the equipment for the new Sister’s Apartment. She was such a great traveler and helped a lot on the apartment: helped Grandpa put shelves together, helped grandma sew the curtains (shortening them), she washed and dried the new dishes and put them away. She also enjoyed drawing on the packing cardboard and sitting on the deck in the sunshine. The first night we were caught in a Typhoon from Tokyo and it rained and rained and we had to go out in it to eat and get curtains and book cases and etc. As we were coming back to the Hotel, after walking through a lot of water and the wind about blowing us away, Adriana said to Grandma, “I think I should have gone to Tokyo!!!”. At that point we all wished we’d gone to Tokyo!!! Grandma and Grandpa had a great time with her and she was so good all the time.

Tuesday:

We finished fixing up the apartment and then drove the 5 hours back to Sapporo. That morning for breakfast, Adriana had two orders of pancakes at McDonalds!!!

Wednesday:

Adriana went to Bicuri Donkey with grandma and grandpa for lunch for a sister’s birthday. She ate two plates of rice and loved it! In the afternoon Ayaka (a neighbor) and her mother, Miho came down and we did a lot of origami and the girls played with a paper balloon and had such a great time. That night Grandma and Grandpa had a welcome dinner at the mission home so Adriana went up to Ayaka’s apartment and played and had such a wonderful time that she didn’t want to leave when Grandma came back for her. They had really treated her royally.