March 2025

CHOIR CONCERT

Nathan did a great job of singing in his school choir concert. Maddy did a great job as an accompanist.

FAR EAST ROBOTICS COMPETITION

Nathan got to compete with his school’s Robotics team for Far East! Far East is a competition with the all Department of Defense schools in Japan, Korea, and Guam. Kubasaki had 2 teams competing. Nathan was the team captain for the team of lower class men called Fire, and his team won 3rd place. Kubasaki’s upper class man team Dragon took first. In the competition the robots needed to preform different tasks like picking up specimens and putting them in a bucket, hooking specimens on a bar, having their robot climb or hang on a bar, etc. The teams also formed alliances with other teams to work together to get even more points. In the video the 2 Kubasaki teams are working together. Nathan’s Fire team is picking up specimens and moving them over for the Dragon robot to put in the bucket. Working together they were able to get the highest score of the competition.

 BABY SHOWER

I got to host a baby shower for two beautiful moms, Claudia Buckman and Rachel Scott. We got to play some really fun games. 

GUNNY

I threatened the girls with gunny because of their really messy room. They decided to make this note. 

DINNING OUT

Jared took me to dining out. It was actually a lot of fun. Jared ended up having to drink the grog. 

AMERICAN VILLAGE

Found in the window of the thrift shop at American Village. 


PI DAY

Jared made us a fun pie for pi day. 

February 2025

SETSUBUN

Every year on March 7th the Japanese celebrate "bean throwing day" where someone with a mask tries to scare the children and they throw beans at them and tell the Oni (Japanese word for monster) to go away. Their super sweet Japanese teacher, Akiko Davis is being the monster for them. 

BROOKLYN

Brooklyn made a funny man out of her felt food

VALENTINE'S DANCE

Jared and I went to a Valentine's dance put on by the district.

VISTORS!

We were thrilled to have Sarah, Emily, and Jacob come visit us in Japan. It was so much fun showing them this beautiful island that we love. 

NAKAGUSUKU CASTLE RUINS

AQUARIUM

Fun at the aquarium

The dolphin show was especially good

Jacob finally agreed to pose for a picture.

TROPICAL DREAM CENTER

Maddy and Emily posing with the Okinawa rail. They both found out that they were accepted to BYU!

Beautiful flowers at the Tropical Dream Center

Since it was Valentine's day, we decided to visit the heart rock on Kouri island.

OKINAWA WORLD

Pineapple at Okinawa world

SHURI CASTLE

EMILY

It was so fun hanging out with Emily. She brings joy to everyone around her. 

KATSUREN CASTLE RUINS

It was interesting to learn more of Okinawa’s history, and we enjoyed the beautiful views from the top.

CARROT ISLAND

On President’s day we took a 30 minute ferry ride from Okinawa’s mainland to Tsukenjima, also called carrot island. The island has many fields where farmers grow delicious carrots which are fatter, sweeter, and more reddish than what you buy in the states. We had a nice Japanese driver give us a tour of the island in a golf cart. Visiting this island made me feel like I had gone back in time when we watched the farmers working without all the big machinery and women harvesting seaweed to make nori in the traditional way. The island has less than a 500 residents, most of which speak both Japanese and Okinawan. This island boasts Okinawa’s first light house, and the island was the site of much devastation in the Battle of Okinawa at the end of WWII. We fell in love with the beautiful shoreline full of interesting rocks, brilliant blue water, white sandy beaches, and pretty coral and shells.

BLUE SEAL

WATERFALLS

LANTERN FESTIVAL

MR KATO'S

BASEBALL GAME

Okinawa is the location for spring training for all the Japanese baseball teams, so we got to watch a game! It was pretty slow at first, but got more exciting at the end with a home run and a grand slam. Unfortunately the team we chose to cheer for didn’t win, but it was still a fun experience.

WINTER FORMAL

Maddy all dressed up for winter formal and looking beautiful!

AWARD'S CEREMONY

Maddy and Abby both got the highest award at their school for getting straight As.


BEAUTIFUL BINGATA WORK FOUND BY THE TEMPLE DISTRIBUTION CENTER