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  • Okinawa Hai!
    My best friend, it tells me where to go, how to get there and what to get. Love it!
  • Party of Five
    The fabulous Lovely Cee. She scraps, decorates beautiful cakes and is an amazing photographer.
  • Hollie and Blake
    Hollie's a sweet, super-mom living in Okinawa.
  • People. Love. Life.
    A photographer pal here in Okinawa. She's even nice enough to help me with camera advice!
  • From the Desk of Heather
    Funny. Her kids are funny. Her husband is funny. She is hilarious!
  • The Lewellen Family
    This girlie is such a great writer, love reading her stories on everyday life.
  • On the Other Side of the World
    She keeps it real, plus she makes really cute bento boxes.
  • The Howes Family
    Love her spin on life, she adds a dash of humor to life's little frustrations.


July 07, 2009

Sparkling Fourth of July

It was fabulous to celebrate being American while in America with family.  Good times.

Fourth of july family 

Well, mostly good times until the end of the evening when some reckless, teenage neighbor boys sent a firecracker whizzing by our heads and almost hitting Chloe while we were outside playing with sparklers.

Firecrackers - caitlin and chloe  

Chloe was okay, just freaked out.  The neighbors didn't get hurt either, lucky for them.

Sparkling chloe and marcus   

July 06, 2009

Colorful Skies

After three plane rides, twenty-two hours spent in airports and airplanes, and our minds being delirious from sleep deprivation, we made it back to the sweet states.

We saw this nifty Pokemon Plane while waiting in the Naha airport.  We weren't lucky enough to get on it and if we did, I'd probably be disappointed with the inside, I'm guessing it's a regular old looking airplane on the inside. It's just so splendid that they put something so colorful up in the sky.

Pokemon plane 

Ana pokemon 

Pokemon tail

June 29, 2009

Birthday Boy

The Marcster is another year older and still looks like the 22 year old I married.  Unfair!  One of the teachers I worked with was telling me how sweet she thought my husband was.  Then she added that he looks like he's fourteen.  Grrrr. 

Sushi restaurant and marcus 

We went back to the sushi-go-round so Marcus could experiment some more.

Family at the sushi restaurant 

This time it was squid.

Strange sushi 

I had to rub his age in and made sure he had 36 candles on his cake to blow out. The girls stopped, dropped and rolled after he blew out the candles and a huge cloud of smoke lingered in the living room.  We didn't have to rush the to the hospital to clear their lungs though, instead we opened a window so the fire alarm won't go off.

I plan on putting candles on his cake every year, even when he's 86.  I'll just have to buy a bigger cake I guess.

Birthday glow 

Tomorrow is a big day for us, we're taking a trip back to the states.  I'm so nervous about going to sleep, afraid I won't wake up in time to get ready to make the flight.  I might just stay awake all night.  Maybe.

 

June 25, 2009

Dad's Day

Because it was Marcus' special day, we let him decide what he wanted to do.  He opted to go the Churaumi Aquarium (because he knew the girls really wanted to go - he's so sweet). 

We were greeted with fishy smiles.

Happy fish 

After the aquarium, we headed to Pizza in the Sky to get... pizza! And well, salad too.

Chloe fanning 

Caitlin got the bill. 

Paying the bill 

With money Marcus handed to her.

And just one of the reasons he's a super Dad,

Bug scare

 

he saves us from those huge, terrifying, nasty bugs.  Our Hero!

June 17, 2009

Caitlin's Birthday


Caitlin hit the big 8 yesterday.  Man, she's getting old.  We celebrated by going to Round 1 to play. I think it's the place that gives a little joy to everyone. All of us had fun, each in our own way.

Round one balls 

Chloe roller skating bust 

Marcus beating things up 

For me, it was the massage chair.  Nice.  Marcus and I plan on having our next date there.  He beat me at pint-pong and I have to even the score.


Caitlin got to pick out where she wanted to eat.  She has expensive taste and requested Four Seasons so she could get some of the delicious Kobe beef.  She decided months ago (I think around Christmas) that the Four Seasons is where she wanted to go to eat her birthday dinner and the Kobe steak would be what she ordered.  As much as she wanted the Kobe, she filled up on pasta and could only eat a few pieces of the steak. But her Mommy taught her how to share and we were all able to get a piece of the melt in your mouth meat.

Caitlin's four season's dinner 

Then home for cake and presents. 

Caitlin blowing out candles 

When we get to the states, she'll get another birthday party.  This one will be the surprise birthday party at Grandmommy and Grand-daddy's like she requested

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