Tokyo

the night we got to Tokyo,we went out to eat and mom wouldn't stop eating!!!!the other pic is in our hotel room.we had a great veiw form our room!!!

The Persuit Of Happyness

The boy who played will smith's son is hi true on in life.it was a good movie and it teaches you a lesson.

Nakano-san's beets

I received a call the other day from Nakano San at church. She said that I could stop over and get beets that she had made . We ended up getting a big pot ( maybe 7 cups) of pickled beets. Yum Yum!! We can drink the juice too, I hear. Fr. Sturm from Ninohe said so!!!

Mia's indoor soccer

i had an indoor soccer game at the gym.we lost 2-1 and tied 0-0.

He is standing!

Our excitement tonight! Cross thinks he's pretty nifty doing this trick by himself. It is called standing!

Snowboarding again

Here is where we can buy some tasty chocolate cake! This is a ski place we often go to for skiing and boarding. Haraniwa is known for the largest birch trees in Japan too!

Squid

As we drove through the city of Sannohe, we were able to see something very common in Japan- hanging squid. They are drying out.

New Years Day

We left the house in hope to see the 'naked' men shrine ceremony in Ninohe city. It was raining on this particular night though and did not know that it was canceled. We were still able to hear the men celebrate the night from inside the little building next to the shrine. This dance type ceremony is done at this time to bring health to the new year! The men will actually wear a little diaper like thing - thank goodness!

This big rope will be tugged on and the bell will call the so-called gods.

Bowling

Bowling can be fun when there is nothing else to do! Kids and daddy went to Sannohe for this activity.

Welcome back! Jasmine

Welcome home baby! We missed Jas while she was in Taiwan. All went well! She ate good food she mentioned, but had to sit in the smoking section on the train home!!!

Happy New Year!

On New Years day we took baby to Ichinohe shrine. The snow had all melted for the most part. On the way home we stopped somewhere neat. I'm standing in front of it. If you can, zoom in closer to see it.

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!