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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Cleaning.
Resting.
Friends will be in soon for the night.


Friday, November 06, 2009

Home

We are home.  We enjoyed our time and learned some things.  Met some new people.  Made some new contacts.  Saw Mt. Fuji and all her glory.  Kids partied like there was no tomorrow.  They are presently being deprogrammed; especially king Tomo.  Ate a nice, hot meal of spaghetti.  Took a wonderful, hot bath.

Will get around to updating better sooner or later.  Gonna relax the rest of the night. 

No kerosene purchased yet, so we will cuddle up close together on the electric carpet and maybe veg out to a movie.  I was informed by the movie enthusiasts in the house that the movies are 4 for 1000yen at Tsutaya.


Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Life

Yesterday I went in pursuit of a turkey for Thanksgiving.  It is now sitting in my freezer awaiting for the proper time of roasting.  Yay!

The boys had field day at the school today.  Today is a Japanese holiday, Culture Day.  Tomo participated for his first time.  Corey stayed hear Skyler and took lots of pictures with Skyler's camera.  I stayed with Tomo and took pictures on my camera.  We had some leftover sukiyaki the other night, so I turned it into a "donburi" (a rice bowl) and we had that for a lunch.  After lunch we participated in family things, which included tying legs together and running laps, capture the flag, and a family relay.  It was fun, but we were all pretty tired after that. 

I have pictures to post, but I do not have the time or energy to post them right now.  I rain to a children's clothing store after field day to find a few more pants for Tomo.  The pants I have as hand me downs just aren't fitting Tomo quite right.  Mostly they are was too long in the legs.  That little outing is the trip that really wore me out.  I am exhausted.

We are all packed, and tomorrow we set out on yet another adventure.  It never ends.  This time we are headed to a church planting conference.  We are all very excited about it.  Better get some rest because the conference is no time to rest.

Be back Friday.


Sunday, November 01, 2009

Great start to November

November is here!  November is a great month, wouldn't you agree!

We had hoped that a lady down the street would come for church today, but she was not feeling well.  We enjoyed a service in our home all the same.  I felt very nice and laid back.  The whole day had a nice casual feel to it.  We made ourselves available at the appointed hour for Kira Kira Kids, but no such luck this week.  The neighborhood felt strangely silent.  Tomo and I played outside for a bit but no luck attracting anyone.  Maybe next week.  We will have a lesson all planned out so we will not have to worry about plans when we are gone.  He is OFFICIALLY a two wheeled biker. This evening he worked on getting started on his own and almost has that down to an art.Since no one showed up for Kira Kira Kids, Corey took Skyler and the birthday boy over to the Skate Park.  Sam is an avid skater so it was great to have the time to show him where the park is.  Skyler also gave skating a go as well.He is doing pretty well for a first timer.  We keep his skates tight and he is pretty good at falling carefully, but we will be looking into getting wrist guards.Here is a clip of Sam doing his thing.When the guys got home, Tomo and I had this spread out before them.

We had sukiyaki in honor of the birthday boy's birthday. It was a huge hit by all.

Just when we all thought it could get any better, the gooey brownies were passed out to all.  We got November started off on the right foot for sure!


Saturday, October 31, 2009

To-riku o- to ri-to (Trick or Treat)

Our fall party was a rousing success!  Last year we had a handful of kids from our street and it was our first time to pull off such a thing.  We have learned a lot in a years time and have gained many a new friendships as well.  Many of the people that came to the party I did not even know this time last year.

The breakdown...
There were 17 kids present, 16 were trick-or-treaters.  Throughout the evening we kept a steady 25 but swelled to as many as 30 people at some point in the evening.  There were people in costumes.  I was surprised that a number of our Japanese guests did decided to get dressed up.  Last year, only my family did the costume thing.  Lots has changed in the year.  We did a variety of things and really didn't get a chance to do all that we wanted to do.

Sorry that the pictures are pretty dark.  My camera doesn't do the best at night time pictures.  BUT instead of telling you about the  night I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

Corey pre-carved the pumpkin:
With and then without the flash...

The ninja is hard to catch in the dark...but then again the little fireman was a bit of a blur....
These were some pictures of the costumes.  Sorry no pictures of me as a pumpkin.
Now to get these loaded up a bit faster, here is a slide show of the evening.




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