Before the guys took off to Alaska for the month we had a family day at the squadron. It was a great time and we were able to take pictures in front of the F-16. It was very windy and chilly as you will see peoples teeth chattering and hair blowing every which way. Needless to say the kids were all screaming and loving it!

Micah 10 months

Ok, so we are a little late at getting these posted, but better late then never! Micah will actually be 1 year old this coming Sunday. We will be celebrating his birthday with one of his good friend Bailey, who is also turning 1. I promise to post pictures.

Morioka or Bust!

So, a couple of weekends ago, we blasted down to Morioka with the Ruffins and Carvells (aka Deacons and Quatros). We stayed at the 5-star "Super Hotel", ate at only the finest dining establishments, had child care figured out, and had an expert tour guide to direct us to the Morioka Castle site. We also did some shopping and picked up a ball that Micah is enjoying quite a lot...how much did it cost again?

If you didn't understand any of that, it is probably because you weren't there...maybe next time we'll get a bigger crowd to go with us. It was really a great time. We definitely had some interesting/challenging moments with all of the kiddos, but it was worth it. I couldn't decide which pictures to post, so I just grabbed a couple real quick to give you a quick look. The cherry blossoms were in full bloom there...about one week ahead of the blossoms here in Misawa.

How cool! We saw the end of a Traditional Japanese wedding...we couldn't resist getting a picture real quick.

Micah sees the fish!

We visited the Aomori Prefecture's Asamushi Aquarium. Micah loved it. I'm not sure he truly understood what the fish were. He just stared at them in awe. It was funny to stand by and watch him take it all in. The jellyfish were really cool and fun to capture on camera.

The Big Budda that we don't worship

Ok, so this is supposed to be the biggest budda in Japan. We truly don't care because we don't worship Budda, but it was funny to look at. I guess this is the little budda for kids. Their temples are pretty, but we have some pretty nice churches on the states that could compete.

Found it

Here are the 12ft high walls I was talking about...I think they are acutally higher to be completely honest. It can kinda make a person in a car feel trapped! CRAZY!

Looking for a 12FT wall of snow....

What a wonderful spring break! Some of you may not have heard, but I took a part-time school counseling position on base at Sollars Elementary. When Ryan returned from the desert I was bummed because I didn't get to sleep in with him in the mornings. As a treat to me (and Micah) he took off work so we could spend my Spring break as a family. We had a pretty action packed week. Monday we went looking for 12ft high walls of snow on each side of the road and while we were at it we took in all of our surroundings. So beautiful. Our God is soooo good!