The title says it all.
Kiko has been taking some amazing pictures, the cherry blossoms are out, and Noa started English nursery school (2 days a week) with some teacher from Etobicoke.
And Noa’s 1st day of Pre-School (opening ceremonies)
Tag: kiko
MERRY CHRISTMAS 2007!
Just a quick note from Kiko, myself, Noa and Hana…
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Quick Update
Just a few pictures to let you know we are still alive!
I will be starting a new job on December 17th! News to come, but suffice it to say it is both stressful and exciting… wish me luck!
First we have some Kiko and Hana love…
And then some Noa love…?
and of course Noa representin. (respect.)
Family of 4
In answer to your question, yes, I have been too busy to call you, e-mail you, update this site, think or breathe!
Long story short, things are crazy! Not to mention we have 2 babies, but Kiko’s Mom headed back to Tanegashima, so we are on our own for about 10 days.
We will both be heading over in a few weeks, but until then I am juggling Noa, work and Hana.
I also have some other exciting news… but let’s wait until the end of the week for that!
In the meantime, here is a nice picture of how we are…
September picture blowout…
Ok, so the site is not actually up and you guys can’t see this. I get that… suffice it to say we are still alive, we are still taking pictures, and I am still updating the site. Enjoy!
It is summer (here in Japan anyways) so Noa is just relaxin…
Yes, we are likely happier than you. Sorry.
Noa loves mushrooms.
And yes, Noa is cooler than you.
Noa’s Other Families…
This month things worked out and we got a chance to spend time with our other family’s here in Japan!
I have an excellent relationship with my two host families from when I was a highschool student here in Japan, the Kato family and the Takashima family. It just worked out that we managed to meet both families this month in July.
Some of you might remember Nao and Daisuke!!
(yes, i realize that wasn’t a flattering picture of me above. I was sunburned and tired.)
compensation
Compensation for slow updates…?
maybe.
Lindsay and Takeshi’s Wedding… in Kagawa!
We are back from an exhausting (but fun!) trip to Kagawa where we got to see a number of good friends and colleagues. We miss Kagawa and everyone there very much! Thank you so much for making the time to hang out with us everyone!! (except those of you who dragged me into the freezing cold ocean in the middle of winter. you know who you are. actually… that was a lot of fun but sucky in the I thought I was going to die kind of way.)
A big part of our trip to Kagawa was to go see our friends Lindsay and Takeshi get married! Congratulations!!!
It was there that Noa was reunited with Jim, and performed live on stage with Jim’s band LAME (which despite all that I was expecting… which was nothing… turned out to be pretty good!) [I will get a hair cut, calm down.]
and here’s something to think about…
Noa’s (second?) Haircut … and stuff
So Rumi-chan in Tanegashima gave Noa a nice haircut (this was about 2 weeks ago). Look how cool he looks:
and the process
see how happy he is?
and the before shots: (this was us in Kiko’s house!)
you can almost see dagger, dagger 2 (aka twin dagger), tooth, misty, and the newly emerging “sean”.
off to sleep for me…
New Years in Tanegashima
… 2007 in Tokyo! Welcome.
We were off to the beautiful island of Tanegashima again for New Years this year. I thought I had already posted this, but I guess not!
At any rate, we got to see Kiko’s family, and Noa got to play with his 3 cousins, Hina, Kana and Shuichiro. (aka his lover).
We also celebrated … something … I forget the name, but they put a heavy load on Noa’s back and made him step on rice. Um… ok..? weird.
Kana (the middle one) is all dressed up for her ceremony. Look how cute she is!
and finally a picture of me and her for good luck.
and one of all of us!
