Thursday, December 20, 2007

Merry Christmas!

We will be on the go the next couple of days so I thought I would put up our Christmas wishes to all who read our littleblog.

The video below is of a house in Michans neighborhood - lights catch on more and more each year here and as you can tell some people take things to an extreme!


The pix below are of some of the fun we are having. Sumire tried on Mayu's school gear - backpack and hat. Yuki made a cake with Mayu and Kotaro. Sumire is in good hands playing with her cousins!

Merry Christmas everyone.

Love Jeff, Yuki and Sumire

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Christmas break is here!

Well, my long awaited Christmas break is here finally. University is over, school is over and we have arrived in Nara to spend time with family. I actually have nothing to do! That is if you dont count updating blogs and organizing all those pix I have let build up on my harddrive!
We visited with Ms. Itakura and her family on the weekend and met her son's new baby, Makoto. We also got to meet up with Brian and Aya and Chihiro to have dinner at Hananoki with Nagashima-san. On Monday, while Yuki got her hair cut, I took Sumire over to Yokooji's house to see Miwa and Yuma. Yesterday we arrived at Michan and Kirin's house where we will spend the next few days before heading to Nishiwaki for a few days. Then it is back to Nara for New Years with the whole family.
Enjoy the video. I called it Shake, Rattle & Roll.

Merry Christmas to all and best wishes for the new year! Jeff, Yuki & Sumire

Saturday, December 1, 2007

8 months old today!

Today Sumire is 8 months old so she tried out a new birthday suit that mom gave her. Its still a bit big for her but as you can tell from the video, she finds it mesmerizing!



Here she is playing Happy Birthday to me on her piano. Well, sort of.


Kumi, Keita and Kenji came to visit this week. Here is a video of Keita and Sumire enjoying a story from Auntie Kumi.