Cherry Blossoms

We had a great weekend with the Coston Family and Becky and her kids. We started off at Command Hill, where we managed to get some really great pictures of the cherry blossoms. Chris took the pictures this time since I was busy with watching Ayden and some of the other kids we had with us. I'm really enjoying the season this year. It seems that they are just everywhere and have bloomed beautifully. I'm really looking forward to a trip to Kamakura to see them at the shrines there. I talked to Chris today about him taking a day of leave sometime next week so we can all go together!



Dylan of course had to climb the nearest tree, and the result was a very nice picture of him! He gets bigger everyday. I can't believe he is turning 7 this year. We then headed out to eat lunch at the Ramen place right off base. It was very yummy. I like to order the milk based ramen and belive me it is difficult to eat ramen with chopsticks!! I wanted to take pictures but Chris forgot to grab the camera out of the car. Next time we go I will post pictures. Ethan is very good at scooping noodles up on one chopstick and Dylan is getting better at using both chopsticks. Chris of course is a little better than me since he has a little more practice with all those port visits he does.




After we had bellys full of ramen we headed out to the park next to Livin(a big department store that is rumored to be owned by Wal-Mart). The park there is right on the water and just lots of fun. There were people there with tents set up, which makes me wonder if you can camp there? I think that would be loads of fun if you could. Anyways, the main attraction for us at this particular park is the plastic hill. I know sounds weird huh!! It really is a hill with a green plastic grid on top of it. You get these little scoop like slides and go at it. Dylan is great going by himself, but Ethan needs a helping hand. Chris seemed to enjoy it too!!! I had a blast until I landed wrong and hurt my tush!! I now have a bruise to remember the outing!! We had a great time and look forward to going back.

The Beginning of My Life with ALL Boys

The time has arrived. I've finally hit that magical point in my life where all is complete. I'm happily married(to my soul mate no less) and have 3 kids and one dog. The perfect stopping point in my opinion! The only problem per se is that I am now surrounded by testosterone. Yes I have managed to have ALL boys including the dog we adopted from our neighbors last year. I never thought for a million years that I'd me raising 3 boys. How will I manage? I'm sure I'll deal, but I always thought there would be some pink in my life as well! I do love my boys though, they are so much fun. I forgot to mention that I do get to have pink in my life as well. The rest of my family has managed to only have girls!! Therefore I have 6 lovely and wonderful nieces to spoil with dolls and all things pink. This way I get to buy the cutsie things still but I don't have to deal with all that girl drama!! Like I said before all is complete!!

Now it's come to my attention that I have absolutely no time for myself these days. I love to scrapbook and can't really say I've done much of it in the past 3 years. This little blog is going to help me stay organized and help me to remember the everyday memories that are so precious. My boys are currently almost 7, almost 4, and 2 months old! I think I made 3 whole scrapbooks for my first, barely managed to finish 1 for the second, and have done nothing for the third so far! This will be my attempt to jot down our daily or weekly adventures.

We are currently living in Japan and have been here for the last 3 years. We have one year left and I hope to have more time to go out and explore before our time is up. I can't wait to get started. As it is Cherry Blossom season here I'll be posting some current pictures of the beautiful scenery and a few of our weekend trip to the park.