My Favorite Restaurant

I went to delicious Olive Garden. It was a first time to go to an American restaurant. I thought American restaurants are all fast food restaurants, but Olive Garden is very healthy food like Japanese restaurants. When I went that restaurant, I ate salad, soup, some breads, and pasta. There were a lot of fresh vegetables. First, the food is great. I ate a lot of vegetables, and very good garlic bread. I think eating vegetables before is good way about my body. Second, Olive Garden is nice service because every clerk were very kind, pretty smile, and considerate. When I saw a menu, I couldn’t understand, so I asked my clerk. The clerk answered my every question. She also asked me a second helping, so I could a second helping without constraint. Third, Olive Garden was very elegant and cleans in the room. There were many tables and chairs, and these were very big, so I could eat quite. I would like to visit again.

Softball

I have played softball for six years. When I was a junior high school student, I was not a good player, but I practiced very hard, and I became a very good pitcher. When I was a high school student, my softball team was very strict. I practiced every day. My coach was very stern, but he became more fun coach when practice finished. I like having a fun coach, but I don't like having a stern coach. He often was angry and hit our cheek. Everyone practiced more because it was really mortifying. I thought, "I don't like softball. I want to retire soon,"but now, I think it was a very good experience for me. Now, I like softball. I want to play softball again, and I want to play it with Kathy. I love sports.

I Love My Basketball Team!

I love my basketball team. When I started college, I joined the basketball team. There are a lot of teams. For example, there are teams for tennis, baseball, basketball, soccer, football, and dance. It is very exciting. My team's name is "Fabreeze." It has about 60 people. Every month we have about 8 practices. We always play basketball, and then we go to eat dinner, and we talk to a lot of friends. We had a pizza party, went to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS JAPAN, had a Christmas party, and went cerebrate Hatsumode. When I went coming here to Spokane, they held a party for me, and they gave me a present. I was very happy. My best friends Yui and Takumi came to the airport to see me and they gave me a photo album and chocolate cake. I was very happy, but I was very sad, because I was left Japan. I have a lot of friends in Japan, but I want to study English. My friends in Spokane often say they want to come back early in Japan. I'm looking forward to meeting my friends, and play basketball game together again.

I Love The Lockwood Family

This weekend I went to home stay. They are four people in my host family. Bill, Nikki, Ellary and Risa. Ellary is eight years old and Risa is six years old. They are very cute. We went snowboarding on Saturday morning, but Nikki and Risa did not go snowboarding with us, because Risa can not ski and they had to go shopping to buy Risa a rain coat, but Bill and Ellary like skiing. It was very interesting.
Next, we went back home at four o'clock, then Risa was drawing a picture for us. It was very cute. We went hot tub, ate dinner and we went to a hotel and Jazz concert with Bill and Nikki. We ate very big sweets in the hotel, and listened to the music. Bill and Nikki like Jazz. They often go to concerts. I was not interested, but Jazz concert was very wonderful! Now, I like Jazz, too.
The next day, we went rock climbing. It was my first time. I was very scared, but it was very interesting. Nikki said to me, " I like rock climbing because when I climb, I don't think anything, so I love rock climbing." I was satistied. I like rock climbing, too. And then, we went on a merry-go-round, and we tried to get a gold coin, but we could not get a coin. It was very, very interesting. I had a very wonderful time. I love this family.

Hi, I'm Natsuki.

Hi, my name is Natsuki. I'm from Hyogo, Japan. There are seven people in my family: My grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my mother, my older brother, my younger brother, and me. My family gets along very well. I love my family. I like to play sports. I play basketball, softball, skiing and snowboarding. Every winter, I go skiing and snowboarding with my family. My family likes the outdoors. I play basketball every week. I'm on the basketball team. I love my basketball teammates, too. I feel happy playing basketball and talking with my friends. I often go to eat dinner or lunch, and go shopping with my friends.