My Family - My World!

The Bamboo Forest of Arashiyama paths which are over 500 meters long, are set between Tenryuji temple and Nonomiya Shrine. The Japanese have a long history with bamboo, in myths and legends, meta...

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The hike up the mountain was pretty long and even if it doesn't look very steep on the pictures below, it was a few parts of the trail that was more steep than others and it was a pretty hard wor...

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The Togetsukyo Bridge (lit. "Moon Crossing Bridge") is Arashiyama's most iconic landmark. It was originally built during the Heian Period (794-1185) and most recently reconstru...

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WALKING TO OUR LITTLE TRAIN, WE PASSED BY THIS REALLY BIG TORI GATE.  THE SHISA IS GUARDING THE ENTRANCE. Another Tori gate, leading into a big park with a Cherry Blossom Festi...

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On our first day in Kyoto, we woke up early to get a head start out of the day. Still, the plan didn't quite work out anyway, as we had to take a local city bus to get to the first stop of the d...

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Chris came home from South Korea on March 27th, and then Cassandra had her birthday on March 31st. So end of March was busy to say the least. We were running around getting things organized and t...

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I've posted these kind of pictures before, from the Japanese Photo Booths. It's fun and something that especially teen girls think is fun to do with friends and boyfriends. So when your newly...

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 DADDY MADE A HEART OUT OF HER STEAK,  SERVED WITH TEXAS FRIES AND HOMEMADE BEARNAISE SAUCE.   MAKE A WISH BIRTH...

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Time flies, and here are finally the pictures from Cassandra's birthday. This year, she had decided to not have a big party like last year, but only spend time with her friends one on one. S...

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So much has happened since last time I checked in here. In the last three weeks: - We have had the wonderful return of the missing part of our family, Chris came home on March 27th from South K...

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The typhoon blew over without any damage really, branches and stuff like normal fell down, but nothing major here where we live. Something that is pretty awesome is the skies after a typhoon....

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I was just saying the other day that luckily Chris wasn't gone over typhoon season! It would have been impossible to take down our awning by myself. We have to take that down then, otherwise ...

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Like my title, there is seriously always going on here on this little island. Okinawans celebrate everything and everywhere all the time. There are always music, dancers and food vendors. Thi...

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 These pictures are from back in the fall when we had an information night at Cassandra's school. It was nice to get to know the teachers and to see where she spends all her days. I was the emba...

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Don't mind myself looking all strange, I was not thinking that I was in the video, and I was keeping up with Benjamin in case he would loose track of where he was. He did wonderful, and we were ...

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I found the movie clip from the Japanese school performance that I posted about the other day. This is how it sounded live! It was great to be able to have a look and to listen what they were pr...

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This handsome little boy got the honor as one of the first ones to become the King of the Week in the class. That's an honor that is earned with hard work, always turning in your homework ne...

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  We do so many presentations and performances in First Grade, and I have had a hard time keeping up posting about it. But, as I do take the pictures,  I will try to post them, as I'm sure ...

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In Okinawa, there are photo booths everywhere. Almost as common as the vending machine that you can find on every street corner. You take pictures, then you add filters, words, stickers etc. W...

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Close to our home, outside of the base, there is a local Elementary School. For weeks we could hear drums and singing and all kind of music going on during their classes in the mornings. They ...

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