Sunday, April 06, 2008

pictures pictures

I love this pictures, both of them smiling and happy!

Jason's new hair-do..it's been buzzed since though!
Chester loves Janina, and Janina usually loves Chester, except when he poops on her carpet! He is officially forbidden from going in her room.
Aimi being silly during her short stop at our place

Jason is probably playing game, actually, i'm sure he is

A small lap-quilt I made out of scraps and gave to a friend. It took about 3 years..hehe..but at least there's no cockroaches sewn into it!

Jordan and Yuji playing with the present from Papa

Jordan discovering the joys of a balloon..

Not quite sure what he's grinning about--I probably just told him it was snack time! His favorite time of the day..

Yuji was afraid of Chester for awhile, but you'd never know it now, he loves the little mutt!

The only girls in our little community of foreign-mix marriages...there's about 10 boys!

SNOW!

We got snow this year, lots of it! Jordan loved it, so did Chester, though Daddy didn't...







Winter Break

We took a trip out to Papa's during the winter break, and spent the day at a big mall near his house..you can see a big ferris wheel in the background. This is out by the Kansai Airport, at a new mall/shopping center they've built there.

Lunch was tako-yaki and hamburgers

My Christmas hat..

Papa and a couple kiddos

Jordan got to play in a big play area for little kids.. he loved it!

The girls did some window shopping, Juli got a new wallet, then came to watch Jordan play..
Juli took him in the ball room
Mommy took him down the big rubber slide
And we finished the day at Papa's little apartment, with Jordan dipping his popscicle stick in Papa's coffee..yum!

New Year's 2008

Stepping Back in time, we celebrated New Year's with our friends the Shibuyas, along with Renee's father and his wife Ludeen who were visiting at the time. Lots of food, drinks, and the movie I Am Legend!

Ken, Juli and Jordan, I think Ken has the Wii controller


Ludeen and Renee's Dad, our special guests!
Janina doing k-tai..again..again..again..
The egg-nog! Our Christmas and New Year's treat!

Sunday Mornings

What do we do Sunday mornings? Hang out of course!
Janina does her k-tai...nothing new there...that's basically 24/7..

Juli does her game..
Jordan does his jordan-thing..
Jason does his game-thing...

Jordan Turns One

Jordan is one, congratulations to him for surviving a year with us! We had 2 parties, one with friends, and one with Papa and Aimi who was in Japan visiting at the time. Jordan lucked out with some cool presents, as much cake as he could eat and friend all around!










Monday, March 10, 2008

Enjoying life

Sometimes we just take pictures for no other reason than to remember the fun or stupid or less than important moments in our lives. Here's some of ours..

Jordan and his friend Yuji, who sometimes spends a few hours with us while his Mommy has a bit of a break.

Jason and Chester playing game and chillin'

My girlfriends and I on our way to Costco..

Too cute to pass up

Sleeping, something he hates to do

Chester in his sweater, which he hates

One of those stupid moments of life
Of course we had to do it to Jordan

And Juli...
What a doll!

She is a wonderful big sister...full of energy and fun to play with

Visiting a local fair of some sort..
Chester with his girlfriend Jacq
Mom and her littlest love