Today the girlscouts met with the sister troop to celebrate The Okinawan Doll Festival which is on March 3, we dressed in Kimono's and had a Tea ceremony as well! It was an honor to wear one of their Kimono's, and as you can see it did not fit me the way it should! Oh to be thin as the Japanese!!
Hunter had a JROTC drill competition today, this is the first one she has competed in and it was really neat to see some of the future armed force men and women. In the first year competition there were 5 flights to compete, her flight took second!
As the phone rang tonight at 8 pm, this call was one that was the one that paid off!! No it wasn't Ed McMahon, it was Coach Nguyen............. with the best news one tired, hard working girl could dream of!!! HUNTER made the VARSITY SOCCER Team!!!
I couldn't be a prouder Soccer Mom at this point!! She has worked so hard, not just this week but ever since she started playing, I think that she is a natural at it!! I wish her nothing but the best at whatever she does in her life, College, Soccer, ARMY, AIR FORCE, NAVY or marines........
Hunter....I am so proud of you and LOVE you MORE!!
Fun, Fun, Fun!!!
The first three people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice,For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
The catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 3 people who do the same on your blog. The first 3 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!Who's in?
Thanks KS!!!
We had been planning to visit here since Hayleigh went with her class, and I am really glad that we did! This is one of the neatest places we have been. RICH with culture and beauty!! I am not sure if I have a bit of spring fever going on or if I know that we are getting to the middle of the tail end of our "Journey", I feel like we need to go and see every inch of this island and take every picture that can possibly be taken, I even heard Hayleigh tell Darrin behind my back, "she is taking alot of dumb pictures" well one day I hope she will ask to look back at all of these "DUMB" pictures and realize how lucky we have been to see all that we are seeing, meet all of the wonderful people that we have met and learned all of the culture that we are!!( mind you, she has turned into our Japanese translator)
Hope you enjoy!
Kind of nice to be able to celebrate others BDAYS a day early!!
We hope you have a great day today and tommorrow!! WE LOVE YOU!!
Wishing you all a day of LOVE and FRIENDSHIP, HUGS and KISSES!!
A little bit of touring at the mall!
Noodles from TANTAN
Hayleigh's Eisa and Taiko Drum Club from school had the opportunity today to perform for the Misato Orphanage New Year Mochi-pounding (rice-cake) Festival. What an experience to be out in the beautiful sun and to see so much of the wonderful culture. From drumming to dancing to karate what more could you ask for? I hope you will all enjoy the clips and the pics! They will explain it all!!
Hayleigh's group....
Karate sen-si...
Womens club song and dance....
So I guess these are better late than never..... Would have posted sooner but had to have a retake and not telling which one had a big wad of green gum in her mouth the first time... Hope you enjoy....
ME 2008*2009 (Do I not resemble my parents?)
Hunter 2008*2009
Hayleigh 2008*2009
As I was flipping from site to site to decide who wouldn't be using what background and ran across this one I decided it fits just right for us, as it shows all of the different seasons that will be to come in 2009, I thought.. by the time the acorns and leaves are falling from the trees in 2009 I hope I will be there to see it happen, and then I thought I am going to start my count down by seasons, it will be shorter that way so we are now in season 1, I couldn't get rid of the Christmas tunes just yet that will be next week or tommorrow when we take down the decorations!
I am wishing you all nothing more than Health and Happiness for this next year, it is all that matters in life if you have that the rest will fall into place!!!
Love to all
huggs and more huggs are soon to be!!!
I just want to tell everyone Thank you for making it a great day for me!!! As you know I turned 29 today and don't feel a day over that!! LOL
Thanks so much for the calls, emails, e-cards, cards, slippers, pj's, clothes, vests, jewelry, candles, yen, thoughts and prayers today!!
It was pretty much a normal day with 500 kids that are high on candy and ready for Christmas ( just think of it as 500 Hayleighs that have just eaten a gallon of ice cream, with whipped topping, chocolate syrup and a jar of cherries on top). They are wound up like no other and I sure hope that I can survive one more day as the mean lunch duty lady, they all maybe staying in for recess, wait maybe I should send them out without their lunch to run off all of the built up jolliness!!
Any how I just want to Thank You again for making my day with calls at midnight my time( oh yes paybacks my brother you just wait!) and all of the goodies I received, I love you all and appreciate you as well!!
Season's Greetings and Safe travels to you all......
Love to ALL......
As you know in the past I have posted about "YELLOW" slips at the PO, well yesterday day it was the winning day 5 yes 5 slips in the PO Box, it was almost as exciting as it will be one week and one day from today.... any how brought home all the boxes and placed all the presents under the tree and had to listen to Hay ask if she could start to open the little packages "no one will know" well the one box had a very great surprise in it............ SUGAR COOKIE Dough and FROSTING........... so here are pics of what we did last night!! And they were DELICIOUS!! DOMO for all of the packages everyone, next year you will not have any shipping charges to Japan!!
Just wanted to give the FAM a heads up, we now have internet service, but our VONAGE is down until further notice, I guess that is what you get for living in the Ghetto of OKINAWA!!!
If you need to call you will have to call the super duper long #!!! SORRY!!
Love to you all!!!
Okinawa Time
