Snowboard

We went to this year's first snowboarding. The Okunakayama skihill was about 30゜F. Mia and Noah were having a tough time to slide, but later on they were getting better!

Christmas play toys!

Kids are playing and having a great time! The holiday is winding down, and soon the new year will be here.

Jasmine to Taiwan

Jasmine and her 2 cousins from Tokyo departed from Narita airport to go to Taiwan. They are going to a wedding! Lucky ducks!!!

Christmas Eve!

This year we are spending the holiday in Japan with daddy! We have spent the past 3 years in America, but not this time. We have a fake tree which is not the coolest, but we do have real boughs outside on the railings! Noah opened a flask, Mia has pj's and Jas has a talking snuggling bunny. Cross opened a reindeer and is riding him! Mamma is lucky too. Daddy got lucky with a kiss!

Kuji Church

On Christmas Eve we had a get-together in Kuji at the local Catholic church. Father Thoma who is Swiss, said mass,and then we gathered in the kindergarten room for food and fun. The tree was lit with mini candles!!!

Oasis Christmas party

We had a good time at the language school Oasis Christmas party! I sometimes still fill in when needed!

Winter vacation

Kids started their winter vacation today. They had neighberhood special activity at the Civic Center in our city. You can make many art project things. They enjoyed making X-mas toys.

School conference

This was conference day for us today. 3 kids at one school is a little challenge. In this shot you will see the lamp that Mia made from the idea of the ballerina. We were impressed and the school awarded her too!

Beautiful!

This is it. These mountains are right outside the window. I have so many choices of what to photograph. I think one view is more beautiful than the one before! It is snowing still!

What do you think these are?

These are from Taiwan. They are really sweet, and Jasmine mentioned that they are called sweeto. Who knows? What about the snow??

Chanel Christmas Tree

Wouldn't you love this in your home? It was really neat! As we walked along a Ginza street, we noticed some pretty beautiful trees considering this is a Christmas in Japan. I want one of those #5's!

This is my new boyfriend!

Here we are. David and I. You know the David- David as in Copperfield!! He made Katsuya disappear for awhile. While Kat was gone, David was mine! Great show in Tokyo!

Tsukiji

Here we are looking at the biggest fish market in the world. Location- Tokyo. Place -Tsukiji. We spent a few days in Tokyo the other day,and had always wanted to visit this place. Finally we did! One word of caution is traffic. There were sooo many scooters or mini cars and bikes where buyers were coming in to buy fish,or even bid on fish. We thought we were going to get run down! The fish to the left are tuna! The shrine was as we walked the neighborhood. One more thing to remember is 5 am is opening time for market goers!