The Return to Japan

The kids are all packed in the van from the airport at Narita. Katsuya drove　the 10 hours to get us.

I took a a few shots along the way home. I forgot how pretty the bamboo would be. We also were able to see koi-no-bori flying through the air to celebrate boys day.

Bus and train ride

We had a really hard day that day! We had to take a train, and buss. We also had to walk a lot! It was really hard, but really fun! I would like to do it again!

JC Party

I had a pretty fun time at the Christmas party last night. Their was some food we could snack on, that was good. I did note like the Santa at the party, but he gave out some treats!!! That was nice. Jasmine got a stomachache , so we had to go home before the party ended. It was fun.

Ballet Recital

Here we are one more year and minus Noah boy, and now Mia chan!!!

Jas could have the day done just like that because she only danced one program this year. We were in the states for 6 mo., and she did not have the practice for the other two. Still, one dance cost about $1,000. We were a little surprised.

Jasmine's dance was cute though!

Aquarium Asamushi

We had a great time at Mizumushi. The drive was a bit long, but I thought worth it!! We could see all kinds of undersea creatures! They had a petting area too!

School Concert

Every year the kids have a concert/play for each grade. You can see Noah is the 3rd child, and the kaki tree is part of Jasmines play, and here she is sitting in her class in white.

Noah's basketball practice

Tonight was a game. Too bad they lost by a few points! Noah loves b ball!

The photo shows him as 7. Baby C is sticking his tongue out and avoiding the camera!!

Beaujolais nouveau 2007

This is it. The new wine of the year! As always Katsuya bought some to celebrate his life with ...me! I hope!!! I do life with ...me! I hope!!! I do not know about Americans, but I know that Japanese go a bit weird about it being a big deal.

MISAWA AVIATION & SCIENCE MUSEUM, AOMORI

I went to the MISAWA AVIATION & SCIENCE MUSEUM! It had so many things to do. I did a running thing that shows how fast you are running. I was running 21.8 miles a hour! And their was this other thing that shows how fast you are swinging a baseball bat. i swung it 100 miles an hour!!!! Their were so many other things to do, it would take so long to explain it all. my brother cross had a fun time as well. we went in a real plane! Cross got to run around a lot. He had fun touching every thing he saw. They had a thing that showed how a real tornado is made! I got to touch it. i also got to eat two ice creams! they were good!!!! we also went in a spinning room, and we tried to throw a ball to each other. the room was spinning so the ball went in strange directions. When the ball fell on the ground it was hard to pick it up. I kept falling on the ground! i got a lilttle dizzy. It was really fun i want to go again some other time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!　

Towada, Oirase Gorge

This time of year is really nice at Towada Lake. There are so many streams and falls. On this particular day, there were so many tourists. Look at the very old Japanese house. One day we want to celebrate something special here. It just sits alone in front of the lake!

Piggy ride

Today Dad road on a big pig, at the farm. The pig didn't move that much after he got on. I tried to take a picture of it with dads camera phone. It didn't come out that good. Then dad put on the light on the phone. Then it came out a little better than last time. Then the pig went running off, he ran off a little faster than I thought It would run! It was cold out side so I had to move around a little to keep my blood temperature up. We got a good picture a few days later because dad brought a real camera with us. It came out really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tokyo

On Tues. we took baby to Tokyo with us. As we were going down the streets in Ginza, we had to walk through the crowd of people who were representingGiorgio Armani. They opened another store called Armani Towers. It includes a spa too. Lots of bodyguards, models, and great cars!!! Kate Blanchett made her appearance as well. The next photo shows a bit of the holiday decor . Baby is here from the hotel. We were at Hotel Marunuchi.

Halloween, a little early

Maybe zoom in . This is called the `boy mountain.' It is beautiful, but is thought to have many spirits!

We drove to Morioka again for a party at Oasis language school. The entire street had a festival too. The guy with the hammer is making sticky rice. This is a very old custom in Japan. You can see baby with daddy, and mommy with Noah and Jas! Thank you Elvis and Mariko!

The Zoo

Here we see the Morioka Zoo. This place is about 1 .5 hours from us. It rained of course, but we had a fun day!

Marathon

Jas is running, in the 2 pictures; and boy does she look tall! Cross is wondering what is going on, and I was wondering who that kid was running with that long hair. It was my own Noah!