Fun with Gaffneys, Pt. 2

The day after we got back from Okuma, we tucked Luke away nicely on a plane, but kept the girls here with us.  Thankfully, Sarah and Elena didn’t mind sticking to our regular schedule of casual mornings (exercise/park and nap) and afternoon adventures.

We hit Futenma Shrine where Sarah’s camera was able to capture a much better shot of the interior of the Buddhist side.

Another day, another adventure--Nakagusuku Castle.

 

Of course, we introduced our guests to our favorite park--the one with the REALLY big roller slide and the drop slide that Elena almost made it down.

  A ferris wheel ride and ice cream accompanied a day of souvenir shopping. 

On Saturday, Jake took the gang down to the Peace Memorial Park while I stayed behind to work on another paper. 

Unfortunately, my paper wasn’t nearly as brilliant as these origami chains, but I bet it didn’t take nearly as long to do!

 

We got the sitter over so we could have some quality adult-time with sushi (complete with while-you-wait origami) . . .

and nightlife in Mihama.  The ferris wheel provides a pretty impressive light show, and we topped the evening off with more ice cream!  (We managed to find an excuse to eat ice cream probably half the days that they were here!)

At this point, the Gaffney ladies STARTED trying to get back to Hawaii, but since it took them a while to catch a plane (flying Space-A), we were able to have quite a few more adventures.  I’ll finish up the Gaffney fun next time . . .  Have a great week!