Well here I am with Mom and Dad! We had a great short 10 day visit to the homeland! Kouji and I arrived pretty exhausted after having just finished the Sweet Riders MTB Jamboree 48 hours prior and then were on a plane headed to Canada. Needless to say, we needed some chill time. We were jet-lagged and had to delay our planned visit down to the Crowsnest Pass. We had a great couple of days with Mom and Dad, went for a great walk with them down in the valley and just caught the fall colors at the right time!

Spent a great day with my brother and family visiting a corn maze field with the kids. Was super fun and I recommend it for anyone!! Took us an hour to find our way through the maze, then we were tired and hungry and head for some Boston Pizza!! Later we even hit a bowling alley, was so strange to bowl 5 pin again!!

Then, we finally decided to take a short trip down to Calgary to visit the Hawkings. We went to a bar that had a huge selection of different beers and we went wild!! MMMM, Canadian beer tasted soooooo gooood!!! It was great to see all of the Hawkings, unfortunately, we didn't get to see papa Hawkings but heard he was off to play some golf! Brian and Sarah, great times!!!! Thanks again! Our last couple of days were spent shopping, relaxing, riding along the river, chilling with the family and a quick visit with Tasha!

We had a great lunch with some long lost cousins which was a great surprise!! Was so great to see you guys, unfortunately we didn't take any pictures! Thanks so much Elli, it meant a lot to us!!! The last day we visited a kid wonderland called Chucky Cheeses. If we ever have kids we will definitely have to take them there! Our trip had come to an end and we found ourselves back on the plane back to Japan. Short, but so sweet!

Once again I am reminded of how blessed I am to have such a great country, family and friends,,,,,love all of you!! Take care and VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS HERE!!!