Sionara!!!! From Draper to Tokyo

We have lived in Draper for almost 16 years...16!!! When I was 12, I remember thinking that I really would never turn 16,there would never really be a drivers license or dating, it was just too far away. But it happened, quite a while ago actually. And now we have lived in this small, quainT lotto city for nearly 16 years and the t feels like it! We know our neighbors, people at the school, people at church and the cashiers at Harmons and Smiths. We know the soccer coaches, parents and players. The best teachers. We have dear friends, acquaintances, new friends and older long time friends. It is our town and the only one we have known since ee became... well, we! But we our about to make a change...a temporary one, but a big big temporary one. We are taking this sweet family of ours and uprooting everything we know- except our family unit. New school, new house, new friends, new ward, new teachers and stores and schools and food and language and country!!!!! Sometimes I think, what was I thinking?!!! But most days I think, "bring on the adventure and growth-let's see what we're made of!"