Cowboys-Yakiniku Restaurant

Last night we went to a Yakiniku Restaurant called Cowboys. In a yakiniku restaurant, you can order several types of prepared raw meat and vegetables which you then bring back to your table. You then cook the ingredients on a grill built into the table throughout the duration of the meal, and you can grill several pieces at a time. Amber and Autum did the grilling at our table and did a really good job. Autum grilling her meat and vegetables

Kayleigh and I outside the Restaurant.

The girls with cotton candy

Kayleigh loved the cotton candy

Kayleigh & Teena. Kayleigh went and asked Teena to help her with the cotton candy machine since mommy didn't know how to do it. Getting Kayleigh's cotton candy ready

Kayleigh loved this machine

Kayleigh and her Mickey and Minnie mouse plate

Amber waiting on her food to cook

Omura Park

We went to Omura Park it was really nice, there will be Cherry Blossoms everywhere in the spring so we are defiantly going back to get some great pictures :) Kayleigh sporting the Japanese trademark peace sign.

Kushima Castle Us in front of the waterfall

Amber & Kayleigh

Mommy and her little girl

Amber took this picture and it was her idea. I'm thinking she is going to take after me with the photography

this was towards the back of the park

My amazing daughters, they get bigger every day :)

Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium

Today the girls and I went to the Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium. We went with a bunch of our friends and had a great time.
This was my GPS for the day :)

My GPS took me into this parking lot but it was the wrong one, so this gentleman was nice enough to help me back unto the street to take the next left. :) Where are here :)

Kayleigh loved watching the penguins swim around.

Kayleigh looks so tiny in this picture :)

The penguins doing the march around so everyone could see them. Autum holding a star fish at the touching pool.

Mommy and her girls

Kayleigh posing with the Japanese trademark peace sign

Kayleigh watching the penguins swim

Kayleigh :)

We got to Touch the Penguin, and Kayleigh actually did it to :)

Brandon,Autum,Justin,Amber at the touching pool

Stacy,Teena,Me,Laura with the furry Penguins

All of us at the Aquarium

MK'S

Today Teena took us to MK'S Restaurant. Here you boil your own food at your table. It was pretty neat, I had beef and carrots. The boiling pot at our table

Laura and I

Teena and Jennifer

Pot to boil our food in

Had a nice time out this morning, with the girls we also went to a market were I was able to get potatoes and strawberries for a descent price.

Super Dream Circus

Kayleigh and I made our way down to the Circus by the train station today. She was very excited she knew "No daycare" this morning and it was Circus day. We made our way to our seats we sat in the front of the stage, we had really good seats. There was about 50 people there mostly a daycare group of kids. Kayleigh loved the clowns which surprised me! The start of the show.

My camera didn't do very well inside the tent.

This guy was on top of this at one point

Kayleigh had a great time just Mommy and Her :)

Arakuma Shrine

Today we drove to Imari to visit the Arakuma Shrine. It is a really pretty shrine and I love going to these.
This is the purification fountain. .At the purification fountain near the shrine's entrance, you take one of the ladles provided, fill it with fresh water and rinse both hands. Then transfer some water into your cupped hand, rinse your mouth and spit the water beside the fountain. Walkway to the shrine.

Closer view

This is the offering hall, you throw a coin into the offering box, bow deeply twice, clap your hands twice, bow deeply once more and pray for a few seconds.

There were about 5 different sections each one representing different prayers.

this was pretty kewl we thought.

Kayleigh and Mommy down another pathway.

More offerings

This Buddha is holding a fish

On our way out a man inside the building gave Autum 3 Micans (oranges), which I thought was really nice.