Some old memories

Well, it has been a while now, and although I really don' t have anything inparticular that I want to say, I thought that I would put up a few pics that I came across. There were some from when Yuuki was not yet born, 1 and 2. Mayumi would be pretty upset if I put up the ones of her pregnant, so I will avoid that and just put up the others.

Here's me with Yuuki the day after he was born, and his first bath at home.



This was about an hour after he was born, and Mayumi and Yuuki a few months later.


Here's Yuuki in his swing at about 4 months or so, and also with Erin in Utah.


Yuuki about 2 at a park near where we lived, and also in my chair.


Grandpa with Yuuki at in Utah, and since the picture was with the others, Taylor about 6 years ago...


I probably won't put up another post for a while, but hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

A short update continued

Well, I finally have the chance to finish what I started last week. I should say I have a little time as it is 11:45pm Friday night and I just finished sending a few work related emails. But, that really doesn't matter. Here are a few more pictures from the kids sports day, the Halloween party we had at work for the students, playing at the park, and also my birthday.

I marked where Kyler is. His age group did a Chinese dragon.

Kouna's age group did a little dance with the costumes that they made themselves.

Yuuki, Kyler and Kouna at the park!

My work Halloween Party for the students. The first picture is the kids with me in the background, and the second has my boss in the foreground taking pictures.

Last, and if you ask me, least are a couple of pics from my birthday. Yes, I am 37 now....

A short update

Well, a couple of months have passed. I wish that I had either more time or more energy so I could make a post more often, but for now I will just continue to post when I can. Here are a few pics of the last couple of months.

Here are some pictures of Kouna at his sports even day. The 3-4 year olds did a dance, and Kouna made the orange hat, and arm things that he is wearing. I also got to do the parent child event with him. We got to be penguins and I had to walk with Kouna standing on my feet like a penguin.

Here are a few pics of Kyler at the Sports event day too. In the second one he is waiting for the baton pass, and then the third he is running around the track. In the last 2 he is doing a dance and then his class is doing an activity with a parachute. I can remember when we did the same things at Parkmont during PE.

I was trying to put up a few more pics, but I kept getting an error message and it is getting quite late, so I will try again another time. For now, enjoy.

The baby is 4!!

Well, believe it or not Kouna is 4. We celebrated his birthday over the weekend since I had to work a little late today. Yuuki surprised everyone by saying that he wanted to buy Kouna a present with his own money. He bought him an Ultraman action figure. Kouna also loves to draw and color. He already colors better than his dad has ever been able to, so dad gave him an art set. He really wants to use the water colors, but those are saved for a time when da isn't exhausted, and mom isn't too busy. Mom gave Kouna a bicycle. He has been riding Kyler's for months now, and Kyler was anxious to have his own back. Needless to say, Kouna being the youngest has the coolest bike of the three. Hmmm that sounds familiar...the youngest getting cooler things...anyway, he loves his Kamen Rider Deno bike, and Kyler loves being able to ride his without sharing.

Here are a few pics. I've decided that out of laziness there won't be any special titles with these.

Summer Cold

Thanks to Obon, I had a 5-day weekend this past week. Thanks to the 5-day weekend Mayumi and I are down with some kind of stomach flu or something. So, to keep the kids away and entertained I gave them the digital camera and let them take a few pictures. These were the presentable ones. The first is one that Kouna took, then one that Kyler took. The last two are of the 3 of them showing their true selves and playing. I will let you decide which is their true characters and which is play.

A few pictures of us

I thought it would be good to put up a few pictures of us. So, here they are. I will try to put a label on each picture if I can figure out how to do it.

This is of our house. The white car is the one I drive to work everyday. We sort of got it for free...



This next picture is of Mayumi, her mom, and the kids during the New Years holiday in Kochi.




Here are a few randomly chosen pictures of the kids and us in the spring and early summer this year.