Very Random

A bunch of ultra-random pictures of our life here!

Jordan and Jo playing trains together..

Mommy reading to bebe..

Chester taking a nap...

Julia trying to put Jordan down for a nap..

Jacq relaxing in the yard..

Dad on his way to work..

Dad after coming home from work..

Juli practicing piano...

Juli saying hello..

Jordan next to our 'Jordan Tree'--we got it right before he was born..

Daddy on his day off--hanging laundry--one of his favorite activities..

Chester taking refuge in the stroller basket..

Jordan, asleep in his high-chair, something that never happens..

Jordan, ready for a walk, giving me some cross-eyes..

Goofing Around

We tend to be late risers and goof around on weekend mornings.

Chester trying to get out of Jason's sweater--Jason tried this after we watched Anaconda..

Juli had to give it a try too..

Jordan taking a breather..

Mom hiding from the morning camera..

Guess Who!

Who are the two ding-dongs in this picture!

Visitors from Abroad

Our friends Valerie and Isaac, who are doing a world tour, stopped by Japan to visit us, and their other friends here. We count ourselves very fortunate to have wonderful friends all over the world!

Christmas Dinner

I don't know if I'll have time soon to properly post pictures of our Christmas dinner, but in the meantime, you can check out Renee's blog which is full of pictures of the great time we had together! Thank you Renee!

Video Clips of Bebe

Someone took this silly clip of Jordan eating a toy!


And here's Jordan playing in the dog cage. He tried so many times to get into the cage, I finally gave up and let him in, he loved it!

A nice day!

Going back to October, we spent a day at the park with Renee and her boys, it's hard to resist such beautiful fall weather! The park is the local water-cleaning center, so they have this big slide and in the summer they turn water on underneath it, really fun in the hot sun!

Jojo going down with Juli!

Jason was upset at me for something, not an uncommon happening, and spent his time sleeping.

Jordan had fun crawling around...

Juli coming back from the slide..

Jordan trying to get the sled to work..

Jo and his sled..they use the sleds to slide down the slide..

Renee finally decided to join Jason for a nap..

And here's Jordan on his first trip down the slide with Mommy..

Happy Birthday Jason part 2

Besides going out for the day, we had a small party for the boy at home with some friends and Papa. Here's the birthday boy himself, giving out a smile, very rare sight!

I made him a lemon-meringue pie, his favorite, and something I can definitely make.

Opening a few presents..

Oooh, an envelope, wonder what it could be!

And the boy sure cashed in for his birthday! Just enough to buy himself some new Yugioh cards--his newest craze!

Jason'sBirthday 2007--part one

We had a few different celebrations for Jason's birthday, the first being a trip for window shopping and ending with dinner at the sushi shop, one of our favorite places to eat!

Christmas Decor!

Christmas is a week away and we finally got up our decorations! Here's a few pictures of the living room. Decor is sparse this year since everything has to be higher than little fingers and little puppy. Our tree, normally over 5ft high, is shrunk down to 1-1/2 feet and sits on top of the CD player.

The TV corner

One end of the piano

The stockings

The table with a runner, gingerbread house and Christmas cactus

The couch with a pretty runner and Christmas friends

Another view of the table with a wreath on the wall

A main wall with some decorations

Our mini-tree and a few presents

All You Can Eat Desert!

The kids had a day off from school on a Monday, so we went out together for all you can eat lunch nearby. It's pretty cheap, about 1,000 yen for adults and 780 yen for kids, you can stay and eat for 90 minutes, which is more than enough time to stuff yourself and let it rest until you feel like desert. Speaking of which, I sometimes feel like I'm paying for all-you-can-eat cotton candy and ice-cream. After about 10 minutes on the real food, the kids are off to the desert bar!

Here the family is lined up in front of the restaurant.

The cotton candy making machine..

..drink bar..

..ice-cream..

..cakes..

..sushi..

..salads..

..fresh meat and veggies for cooking..

..closer up..

..table grill for BBQing the food..

..dad busy at work cooking..

..a very full Jordan..

..girls on their way to stack up a plate..

..pre-fried foods..

I'm sure there was more food, but that was a lot to dig into!