Well we are on vacation in America

We came here over the girls' summer vacation to be with family that we haven't seen for years, to be with friends.

Here we go!

Whoa dude!

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

Here we go- we're getting all our bracelets on, we're going up the mountain at Anakeesta.

Alright, it's coming your way guys, be ready for it.

Little in the middle! You're number 3.

Here it comes! Here it comes!

Let's sit down.

OK Joshua, sit back big guy. Stay back, honey.

There you go, like that.

Whoa! How cool is this?!

Super cool? What do you think?

I'm scared right now! Yeah?

Hey guys, way up there!

Don't look down! Don't look down.

Are we on the chair lift? Yeah.

Don't film Mommy, Mommy doesn't... Mommy doesn't like chair lifts!

Oh, we're going up. We're going up. We're getting closer and closer.

We're going to get off and walk. OK

Run run run run

That was awesome guys! Way to go! What an exit!

And now Mommy can breathe!

I was stressed! And the girls keep leaning forward, and looking down

You will go by truck with Mommy down this hill if you disobey!

I will send you right down this hill!

Becca said "We're obeying, we're obeying."

Whoa! Oh my goodness!

You can go over there too!

There goes Sophie. Which way are you going to go, Eli?

We're in an Ewok village!

Whoa! What's up there?

Let's go on the tightrope first.

Come on, Momma chan! Yes!

Wave to the camera! Yo Sarah. I can barely see you!

The American Flag. The American Flag, very nice, huh?

Joshua hurry.

We're going the same way, Eli!

Oh Geez!

Momma chan!

Whoa! You guys are pros now!

Stop!

There you go!

No hands! No hands, Anna!

Look at Eli, what a pro!

This is easy.

That's easy? Oh, don't fall then!

Whoa Sarah, what are you doing?!

Is that some sort of new ballerina move?

No!

What to go!

Yahtzee! Go Brewers

1, 2, 3 slow motion!

[off camera] You don't do it in slow motion!

We do, right? Yeah!

Whoa, epic!

Yeah!

This kind of looks like the tower at Enoshima, doesn't it?

Where's the elevator?

What are you guys doing? I'm going to jump on it!

You're going to jump on it? 3, 2, 1

OK, I'm going to move.

No? No? I'm done, I already did it.

Sarah! You did like a power stomp!

I'm going to do it. Conquer the fears.

Whoa, look at this, guys!

What a view!

How many steps are there? 86? Did Eli count them?

Aaron did. Uncle Aaron, alright, let's head on down.

How many? 86

86 for sure, huh?

I was right! Man!

Hannah, can you climb back up and take a picture from the top? That would be great.

I could, but I'm not going to. Oh.

Should I? Do you want to?

Yes. Really?!

Becca, show it to me. What did you get?

Whoa! That's cool!

Treetop Skywalk

This is really cool at night, huh Dude?

Yep, boing!

It is pretty bumpy. This whole tree is shaking here, let me tell you what.

Oh Dude!

Look down there! Look at all those lightning bugs!

Incredible.

Almost to the end here it looks like

Let's go down?

Look at the view from up here!

I like that we came at night.

I don't think that I've gone down on a chairlift. I've only gone up.

The view is much better!

Isn't it? This is the view while you're skiing.

We're out on a boat today.

Uncle Jed and Aunt Susan rented a boat for us to go tubing,

We're going to have a good ol' time.

Hey girls! Are you excited?! Sure.

We are going on the boat. Uncle Jed is going to give us a good time.

Becca's nervous again but Aunt Hannah's there for support.

Here goes the first tube of the day for this crew.

Give it another 30 seconds, we'll probably get the "Go faster" sign.

We're getting the "Foot in the air" sign. Not sure what that means.

Does it look fun? Yeah? Kind of scary.

Wow- they're doing awesome! Look how fun that looks!

Becca's got like a permanent smile!

What do you think Sophie? Are you ready for your turn? Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Sarah?!

Rebecca! Can I jump in?

How was it? You want to jump in?

Ah! I did it!

Anna, are you ready for this? No- nervous.

No?! Nervous?!

Alright Anna and cousin Sophie- let's do this!

Here we go, cruising down the lake.

We're speeding up a little bit.

Slower... slower.

They're like too light to go over!

Sarah, does that look fun? Here's Anna and cousin Sophie.

They just gave the slower signal, please.

Sarah Bear! It's almost your turn!

Did you guys like it? Yeah.

What was the best part? Going outside the wake.

Going out side the wake? Yeah, that's fun, isn't it?

That was a long ride, you guys.

Got their money's worth. Got Jed's money's worth!

That's right!

OK Sarah — yes!

Alright Sarah and Becca!

Jed, what do you think? Vacation home? Uh, yeah, sound good!

Well Sarah, it didn't look like you had any fun at all.

Boy, that's too bad. So happy!

Oh, you were so happy?! It was awesome?!

Do you think you had fun? Yes.

Say "Thanks Uncle Jed!" Thanks Uncle Jed.

You're welcome.

3, 2, 1 Go!

1, 2, 3 jump! This year...

3, 2, 1 jump. Yeah!

My "3 2 1" works. Good job.

How's it feel? Really cool? Umm humm.

Swimming with Aunt Hannah in the middle of a lake in Tennessee!

Anna representing with the Life in Japan hat, way to go.

It's time for the switcheroo! The girls go back, alright guys! Are you ready to go on the boat?

How was it Joshua? Good!

Good? Was it just "good," or was it awesome?! Awesome.

Joshua and I had a great run thanks to Uncle Jed, and now it's time for Aunt Amy and Eli.

Here go the cousins, Joshua and Eli. Alright! Way to go

We got the boat crew here — it's all the Reutter siblings...

And out there in the raft is Joshua and his cousin Eli.

Taking a nap... Taking it easy

Oh, he's just having fun! Joshua's going to take a nap I think!

Eli's like "Where'd he go?!"

The ground pound, Joshua style, here we go!

Ground Pound. Yeah, Ground pound!

It was like doing the splits in the air!

The kids enjoyed the beach while the others were tubing.

There's Big J.

Alright guys!

One more step back Eli... Right next to your Aunt Hannah

Smile — Ethan smile for milkshake! Smile for milkshake!

There we go! Sarah, big smile!

Amy have you ever done a photo shoot in a parking lot?

Uh yes, now we have, as of today.

Here we go. We're on our way to the next excursion — excursion?

Where we going this time? Who knows? I don't know.

Um, the Hrubik Reunion.

The Hrubik Reunion in Florida!

But we're stopping at hotels as we go. Yeah, we gotta stop at a hotel on our way tonight in Georgia.

Here's the great Smoky Mountain National Park. Everybody getting pictures by the sign.

Look at the mountains in here — whoa!

Momma chan, doing here duty driving so you all can be entertained.