Saturday, November 23, 2013

Spring Throwback: Grandpa Visits!

 

Grandpa Youngberg crossed the ocean last March and we forgot to blog about it. (We also forgot about the blog completely). It was a wonderful spur of the moment visit. My dad decided to fulfill a lifelong dream of seeing Ankor Wat in Cambodia. After a crazy maverick trip to southeast Asia we got him to come up to Misawa!

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It was so nice! We did a ton of hanging around the house. Did a ton of puzzles and playing with blocks. I believe the lego set below was a belated Christmas gift from Aunt Stephanie. It was a delight.

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A delight? Really? Your thinking I am romanticizing this. But nay, I tell you it’s true. A long winter is made good with a few puzzles, Legos, and relaxed and easy go lucky Grandpa.

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Speaking of romantic though. There is no more special a place than Yoshino’s Steakhouse in Misawa. Brett wants to marry it. We took my dad and he really enjoyed this literal mom-pop-and-son joint.

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It burned down 3 days later.           Seriously.         It was sad.  And weird.

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Also what was weird is that we stood in a huge crowd of people to watch the Power Rangers at the fish market. I didn’t take any pictures of them because I was hoping it was a phase and since I am writing this 7 months later I can report I was right. Mom:1. Power Rangers:0 (Unless you count how many bad guys they have caught, then it would be like 100).

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We also saw this tree. I think it was around when Christ was alive. I think….  I don’t know. I’m the worst tour guide of all time. Keep your tip money.

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These are the princesses of Misawa.

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Here we are at the Weasel’s den enjoying some mini golf.  (yah, I know, my dad is easy to please).

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And this is Mina enjoying so really spicy ramen. This girl lives on the edge for being toddler!

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This is our favorite Ramen house '”Thunder.” This was the first place we ate (off-base) in Japan. First and still my favorite!

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I was so sad to say goodbye, but thankful for a dad willing to travel!

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

What!?! That restaurant burned down? That's terrible. I remember how much Brett loved it. Did they build something back up? How will Brett survive if they didn't?

The picture of Mina eating spicy ramen....is she wearing a hula-hoop? Please tell me she is because that is just awesome.

Brett - Rachel B said...

I kind of thought she was also, but actually its the arm of the kiddie chair she's on.

Yes it burned down, but they built it back up. I need to take brett for his birthday.