A Typical Sunday

We start the day by dragging ourselves out of bed and into the cold air (we don’t heat the house overnight and temps are usually in the upper 30’s in the house when we wake up). Chris gets up first, turns on the heater in the kitchen and preps for teaching...

Back to Blogging

Now that the holidays are over and we are finally feeling more settled, I am hoping to blog more often. Of course, no sooner to I decide this than my laptop dies. šŸ™ Now I’ve got to figure out how to use our new Mac. I’m a PC girl, but it is easier to write...

November Newsletter

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We’re home!

At last we have a home of our own! We greatly appreciate the help of our friends here in Japan in assisting us with our house hunting efforts. We found what is called a “5 DK” (5 rooms plus a dining/kitchen) available to rent at a great price. Plus it is...

Part 2 of We’re home

On to the upstairs… Adelaide’s room is the first bedroom at the top of the stairs on the right. It is a traditional Japanese room made up in a non-traditional way! Addie wanted her room to look like she was outside. It has a princess garden theme. We...

Car Hunting?

This one is too big. So, since the last blog we’ve been busy: car shopping, house shopping, furniture shopping, honko shopping (don’t askā€”it would take too long to explain), grocery shopping, doctor shopping…well you get the picture. As a manā€”having...

We made it to Japan!

We made it to Japan! We landed late Tuesday afternoon after 20 hours of travel. Then we had to navigate our way through customs with our 18 checked bags, 5 carry ons, 5 personal items, 3 car seats and 2 strollers. This was quite the feat! Even Wesley helped out...