Kansai Cherry Blossom Rally Day 2 – Osaka

Kansai Cherry Blossom Rally Day 2 – Osaka

I decided to spend a little more time in Osaka because I spent a good couple months in Kyoto about nine years ago in a …

 

Kansai Cherry Blossom Rally Day 1 – Kobe

Kansai Cherry Blossom Rally Day 1 – Kobe

 The forecast for cherry blossoms this year was bumped up early due to a warmer winter…too bad they didn’t anticipate the frigid start to spring!  …

 

Ellee Belle

Ellee Belle

The only time this week where our little Ellee was happy in her car seat…of course it was with daddy!

 

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year

We love the picture of Evan above! His stance and dress makes the picture look like it was taken in the early 1900’s. :) Well, its …

 

新年快樂

新年快樂

While Bev, Evan, and Ellee were at church getting spiritual enlightenment, Careese and I spent that time at home expelling snot from our systems. Can’t …

 

Happy Valentines’ Cookies

Happy Valentines’ Cookies

What’s better than sweets for your sweets for Valentines? 3 out of 5 of us are sick with some kind of ailment, so we spent …

 

Trip to Tokyo in Jan

Trip to Tokyo in Jan

I know this is a late post but I really really wanted to get this photo album up cause of some of the ice cream …

 

Keeping Warm

Keeping Warm

OK, so it’s not really THAT cold here. I mean, compared to where some of you guys are located, I should be glad to be in …

 

siblings

siblings

I got into looking at baby photos this evening. I was putting together Careese’s baby photos to be made into a book on Shutterfly. There …

 

Mochi tsuki

Mochi tsuki

Japanese celebrate the new year with mochi. And we couldn’t be happier than to help them celebrate… by eating it! We went to our church’s …