2nd Snow fall in Sasebo

Yesterday it poured snow for about 5 minutes the snow did lay on the ground but was gone in about 15 minutes. Amber and Autum loved it. Kayleigh was sleeping by the time she got up this is all that was left. Was great seeing snow on New Years Eve Autum loving the snow

Amber with snowflakes

It's Snowing

Big Flakes some times.

Bio-Park

We took the girls to Bio-Park the day after Christmas. Tony had not been all around the zoo so we thought we would go since the girls love it there. It was chilly so we were all bundled up.
Here I am in front of the Saikai Burger we ate here after we walked around. Tony with a Giraffe

Kayleigh feeding the Raccoons

Tony getting some love from the animals

Kayleigh and Mommy

Tony feeding the animals

Kayleigh and Daddy throwing food to the monkeys

Me and Tony

Kayleigh looking at a big fish

Kayleigh feeding the Hippos. Hippos and the raccoons are her favorite

Merry Christmas

We got up at 6am on Christmas morning to open presents it is a lot different with just us but we enjoyed it very much especially since Tony was able to be here for Christmas :) Amber really wanted an IPOD for Christmas and she didn't think she was getting it she opened the last box and saw her IPOD she asked is it fake? I was like no Amber it isn't fake she started crying and this was the only picture we got :) I'm very happy we were able to fool her and to watch her reaction very priceless :) All the girls got what they wanted and then some. Afterwards Tony fixed us some breakfast and we are just going to enjoy the day and bake for our Dinner tonight :) Love you all Merry Christmas and God Bless you all. Autum opening her Japanese set :)

Kayleigh opening her Baby Alive :) She goes "FOR ME" very funny :)

Autum opening up her gifts she wanted clothes and a Japanese Calculator

Kayleigh with her Sleeping Beauty DVD

Kayleigh with her Bugs Life DVD

Christmas Eve opening presents from Mama Lasley the girls Great Great Grandmother my side has 5 generations :) Amber got a Jacob magazine it was 10.00!!

Ice Skating in Fukuoka

Wednesday I went Ice Skating with the kids from my work we drove two hours to Fukuoka to spend the afternoon ice skating. It was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it :) I had never been ice skating before it was hard but i never fell down :) here are some pictures below of the Japanese doing a show for the audience.

Me on the ice it was a lot of fun :)

Christmas Rice Krispies

The kids did Christmas rice krispies each one did their own they had a lot of fun especially kayleigh here is amber's kayleigh working on hers

funny picture :)

kayleigh and gaga

kayleigh making a huge mess

Birthday with Family

Kayleigh fell asleep on the way home from Chili's i proped her head up with the blanket Stacy got me.

Autum's faboulous cake she did it her self very proud of my little Racheal Ray

My Birthday in Sasebo

Stacy and Teena invited me to Chili's for my birthday lunch then surprised me with the Chili's Birthday cake and the employees sang to me :) Very thankful for meeting such amazing girls here to share my experience with. Stacy got me this fabulous blanket i had told tony the day before i wanted it lol Stacy bought it a week before i even saw it :) Teena got me some really cute cups from the China Sale :) All of us at Chili's

Miss everyone back home hope to post more blogs soon love you all

Kana's Visit

Kana came to stay with us for 2 days this weekend she is from Fukuoka and is 14. Her birthday was on Saturday we celebrated by giving her flowers and a teddy bear she was really surprised :) Kana and the girls stayed up till midnight laying Monopoly. She doesn't like Pickles lol but she was able to keep it down lol. I told her she didn't have to eat everything on her plate but she really wanted to until the sloppy joe and pickle i think the pickle did her in. She was a trooper though. We had a lot of fun with her this weekend and look forward to many more Japanese visitors. All the girls

us singing Happy Birthday

Huis Ten Bosch

We met Stacy and her family at Huis Ten Bosch to do family pictures they have all the Christmas Lights up so we thought this would be a perfect spot. It was really cold but we got great pictures. Afterwards we went to Chili's to eat :) Great family photos

Really great picture

This was a really pretty tree

Love this picture of us :) Tony being funny.

Tony and I

Kayleigh with the teddy bears and Autum sneaking in

Another photo op