Merry Christmas Everyone!

"Neighbors"

We had some visitors at our house a few weeks ago when Lisa got home from her run. We have wild Peacocks that live in the neighborhood. Mostly in the woods behind us, but sometimes they come into the yard for a bite to eat. This day they seemed to have an interest in the roof, the yard and the fence! It has been fun for the boys to see them and no matter how many times we have seen them, we still get excited when we spot another one. Aren't they pretty? Does anybody know what the white ones are? We haven't figured that out yet. So next time any of you comes for a visit, maybe you'll get to meet the "neighbors" too!

Thanksgiving

I am thankful for Brian ( he wasn't here for thanksgiving but he deserves a shout-out because we missed him terribly)
I am thankful for my boys
I'm thankful for Jen and Lisa - some
good guys need to come along and snatch
these two up because they are seriously
wonderful!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Hiking in Japan

Boy's: A couple of day's ago we went for a hike up in the mountains in Japan and had a blast. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Wish you could have been with us...the little girl is only 6 months old and we were huffin and puffin by the time we got to the top but she hadn't even broken a sweat. I think you would have done just fine as well. Love ya and thanks for looking out for Mom for me.
Love dad.

Happy Thanksgiving

Today Jake had his "harvest feast" at school. He was a pilgrim ( he would have preferred to be an indian, but what can you do?!), and we enjoyed round number one of turkey and pumpkin pie.
Tomorrow's pie is cooling on the stove, the house is clean and I'm hoping the turkey is thawed. I just love this time of year!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Really?!

So, today I caught Noah cutting the buttons off of one of my sweaters. It is something that can't be fixed by these untalented hands so, to me, it's ruined. He got in trouble for it but after the tears stopped he said "but mom, I left ONE button on there for you"!. The tone of his voice sounded like he was trying to tell me that he had really done me a favor by leaving that button. And I am fairly certain that he believes that! Oh this boy, not sure how to get through to him!!!

Jake and Noah, Mom is heading home tomorrow. We have had a lot of fun over here experiencing all the fun things that Japan has to offer. Above is some chunky tuna, raw. It tasted really good, with Wasabi and soy sauce.
This is the fun Shuboya square...there are lots of people here and they don't slow down! It is a big shopping district with lots of places to eat and shop.

Your mom wore me out with boot shopping...
And it rained a little while we were out. But your Mommy is lovely in whatever scenario she is in...I didn't mind the boot shopping that much!We found a cool little cafe...it is made completely out of ice. It was 23 degrees in there and all the tables and chairs were made out of ice. The cups were made out of ice as well, and they gave us coats and gloves to keep us somewhat warm. They make the ice in Europe and ship it over here to make this place. It was pretty cool, pun intended.
And of course, we enjoyed the hot coffee of starbucks as well...we enjoyed all our time together. Your mother and I had a blast together on this vacation, but we missed you boys a lot. Pray that Mom has a safe trip back to America and you will see her soon. I love and miss you, I will be home in a couple of months...take good care of Mom until I get back. Love ya, Dad and Mom