Friends visiting from the states

 Visiting the Aquarium in Nago

 Easter!

 Visiting Ginowan while Eder's mom and sister were in Okinawa.

 Pineapple Park trip!

 

And another trip to the aquarium~

 Take your shoes off to tour the Okinawan houses.

 Elena got her Taiko-drum on!

 Getting ready for an outing.

 Making cups at the Okinawan Glass place.

 Ice cream with grandma at the mini-mall Justco.

 Last day in Nago after church (we headed down south for the last few days of their trip).

 Summer fun with the kids from church in Nago.

 Doing a "cool pose" at my request.

 Picture day for Daddy~

 One of the first days after we moved.

 On the trolly ride in Disneyland! She didn't know what to expect.

 Spinning our drawings around (you could watch them move in the mirrors!).

 The library from Beauty and the Beast.

 Enjoying Mickey Mouse Club House Theater!

 Lunch break!

 End of the night Strawberry Milkshake with Daddy.

 Lauren and Jose's wedding~

 A little upset that they weren't Mommy and Daddy.

 Another one from Disneyland (it was seriously so much fun with the kids, even Philip liked it).

 Back in Okinawa, playing with her friends (this is Riku)

 Practicing their "peace" signs.

 Sunday morning kid's ministry.

 Eder teaching Wednesday night!

 Elena's friend Max. His Dad is from Brazil, and his aunt is going to the bible college right now.

 Eating clams! She loves them.

 At Calvary Chapel Okinawa's Harvest Carnival in October. She was "Super Girl".

 Philip and Eder were "Batman" and "Robin" (can't really see the logos on their shirts).

 Helping him stand (he can walk now, but this was the start of it).

 At a friends Monster Birthday party.

 My sister had her second son, Oliver!

 Our Thanksgiving Day family photo.

 Enjoying Thanksgiving with her friend, Jax.

 Lounging after the big meal.

 Teaching kids ministry Elementary class (craft time!)

 Enjoying our Christmas tree (Philip's way to experience it is to kick it...)

 Women's Christmas Tea!

 I sat at my friend Jessica's table! And this is Alison, her friend she invited.

 Taliya and Yuu-san performed a Christmas Hula dance for us all. It was beautiful.

 Our tree Christmas morning!

 They had a blast, they were so blessed. We were blessed to be able to buy them some nice gifts, and their family in the states blessed their socks off too! Thank you guys all so much, they are so loved.

 First picture of the New Year! (the kids don't look thrilled though)

 This is a snap shot of the shrine in our area, where everyone goes to say prayers for the new year. There was a line of cars all down the street of people waiting just to park. And it there for almost a week.

Almost 30 weeks in this picture, almost there!

                                                   

These were taken a few days before his 1st birthday. He is such an awesome little boy, he is really so sweet.

                                                   

 Celebrating Alice's birthday! She is one of Elena's closest friends (they LOVE to play together).

The most recent thing that we had going on was the Coming of Age ceremony. These are the people from our church that turned 20 this year! We are really proud of them, they are growing into beautiful and kind adults.