We had FHE the other night with our Friends from Case Western University. It's soooo crazy when i think about it. We moved here the same summer as our friends the Bjarnasons. They were just a year behind us in Dental School. We leave a 10 minute drive from there. A guy, also a year behind us at school, Camron, also moved here that same summer. Now we just had the Heatons move here, who were also one year behind us, and then we have one more family, the Hursts, who will be here in a few days who were also a year behind us. It's crazy! It's really cool though. The Heatons, whom we are sponsoring, just found out that they are going to be living right behind us, a 1 minute walk away. Who knew that friends from Case Western would end up all the way across the world in the same spot as us? So, we met at the beach on Monday night just to hang out and chat and let the kids play. ThE kids had lots of fun and they all play really good together. Gavin is the only one who is a couple years older than the rest and he asked me "do any of them have kids my age?" He was bummed that there aren't any his age, but i had to remind him he has quite a few church friends and he is going to make all new friends in 2nd grade. He is really good with the younger kids. I like watching him trying to help out. Here we all are at the beach....
And when the Hurst's get here we will have a big ole Case reunion. :) This place already felt like home to me, and with the addition of our friends from a place we called home, it now feels even more like home. :)
JAPANESE COOKING:
I learned how to make Goya Champuru and Somen Noodles. Our Champuru contained lots of Goya, Tofu, egg, spam, and fish cake. For our somen noodles we added a soup base in a little bowl, put somen(sp?) noodles in it and then topped it with cucumber and crumbled up chicken and plum. It was sooooo yummy! Honestly, i was nervous to try it. I've had goya, and its a very very bitter vegetable that the Okinawans love to eat. It's FULL of vitamin C...tons more than a lemon, and they said if you eat it that your skin will be beautiful. :) But it didn't end up being as bitter as ive had before. Okinawans LOVE spam. Tofu didn't have much taste to it, but it was good. AND the fish cake wasn't too bad. Fish cake isn't a cake. Although i don't really know how to describe the texture of it. I thought it would taste fishy, but it didn't. Either that OR i am getting used to the fishy taste. Honestly, it was really good food and i can't wait to make it for my family next week! Next month, Yukari(the lady who is teaching us how to cook japanese) will be teaching us how to make Udon Noodles. I think i spelled that right. ? That and Gyoza. I have made gyoza already, but i will be interested to see what she does different that i should have done. And i know people like Udon noodles, so i am excited to learn how to make it. Yukari goes to a japanese ward here, and grew up here in Okinawa. She can speak english pretty well...well enough to carry on a conversation. She said she has been studying cooking for 13 years. She knows how to cook Thai and Korean food and Indian Food. I am so excited for her to teach us some more japanese cooking.
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