Hi Ho Silver!

Well, this last weekend and 3 days we've had Silver Week here in Japan, a string of 3 holidays in a row so we can enjoy the beatiful changing of seasons!

We did a nice array of things..

went to a display of Ikebana (Japanese flower arrangements)

played badminton and made pizza with some of our boys from English club! (the competition was pretty intense though, so no pictures were taken :D)

conquered Mount Iwaki for the second time :) and we must say it's much prettier in the Fall with the changing leaves and rice patties! Thankfully this time it was clear so we had a pretty amazing view from the top!

went to karaoke and had dinner-and-a movie with some other students..

and if you're wondering who's the only other foreigner in the picture besides us, that's our new foreign exchange student, all the way from Salem, Massachusetts!

went exploring and stumbled upon a KKK building... wonder what this stands for?!

but the highlight of the whole weekend was getting to feel a little bit closer to home..

Thanks to you, Pella windows :) even famous in good ol' Hirosaki, Japan!!

Onto the Big Leagues!

Sorry we haven't blogged lately; we've been quite busy with the state speech contest here!

After 2 weeks of hard work, the day finally came...

Though all of our students did absolutely wonderful, only 1 of our students got 3rd place!! Still rather exciting! And, of course we had fun along the way :)