Hangin' With The Houltons: Grammy and Gramps had to go home...

My parents left yesterday :( They came to visit for 2 weeks and we really had a blast! Their 2nd week here DJ had to go on the road so the 4 of us decided to venture out and go all over. Like the 1st week of their stay many of our adventures had to do with food. We went out for amazing sushi. My parents loved it. It doesn't even compare to home. We enjoyed our time there even though my Dad decided to be brave and eat baby abalone (let's just say it crawled off his plate). The next day, I took them to Sunset Beach. It is the beach on the other side of the island. It is beautiful over there and there is a restaurant that has the best peel and eat shrimp that I had to take them too. It was the most beautiful day. I got to lay out in the sun while Tessa read magazines with Grammy :) It was so relaxing. We got home just in time to watch DJ's game. He had another great game! His team won inter league after that win so everyone was really excited. The next day we went and walked around Nishijin. It is a busy little town that has many shops & booths selling anything you can think of and more as you walk up and down the streets. That night we wanted to try tempura. It took us a while to find the place... we actually had to go home to get a map, but we are so glad we found it. It was really neat! It reminded us of fondue. You order a variety of items piece by piece. They serve it to you on a skewer raw and you get to dip it in the batter and cook it in the hot oil which is on your table. It was so good but we walked out of there smelling like everything we ate :) The following night we were treated to an amazing tepenyaki dinner. We felt like kings. We took a taxi to a restaurant by a river. When we pulled in the chef was waiting for us outside! When we walked in we were taken to the most beautiful room that we had all to ourselves. We ate so much food it was crazy. Some food that we did not want to eat but felt like we had too and some food that was delicious. Our meal was 7 or 8 courses! We had our own chef and 2 other waiters all for ourselves. Let's just say we had everything we needed and more! They all spoke English and taught us so much about Japan. It was the most amazing dinner we have ever had. DJ was so jealous he missed out! The next day we went to RoboSquare. Grampy and Tess had a fun time there! So as you can see their visit here was wonderful. We were so sad to see them go. It was so nice to have them here, but seeing them go just reminded me of how much I miss my family. Only 31/2 more months!!!