Trimming the tree makes for good firewood for the fire pit! The yard is starting to look good for summer activities!
Category: Family Moments
May 29, 2011
December 17, 2010
December 16, 2010
November 30, 2010
November 21, 2010
November 14, 2010
November 7, 2010
Neva’s 4th Birthday – 11/7/10
Little Neva and Danny came to visit us from London. This was Neva’s 4th birthday party that Oma and Opa has thrown. It’s hard to believe that she is already 4 years old. She became such a little lady now. Reagan from San Diego also came with her Daddy to celebrate Neva’s birthday. What a great family get together that was.
November 7, 2010
Halloween Trick or Treat Day – 10/31/10
Amelie has decided NOT to go to trick or treat all of sudden. So, we all stayed in and ate Gumbo together while Amelie is giving candies away to kids. She couldn’t get enough satisfaction by giving candies away since not many of trick-or-treaters stopped by within an hour. Now, Oma, Opa, David and Stephanie are all left, she finally felt like she might be missing out some of the fun after she saw bunch of kids walking around in the street trick-or-treating. While Papa stayed at home and prepared for the visitors, Mama and Amelie went around the neighborhood. What a fun that was! We saw so many houses that are decorated with ghosts and monsters and hundreds of kids in the costume.
August 20, 2009
A day at Leo Carillo Beach
Not long before the trip to Japan we spent the afternoon at Leo Carillo Beach (north of Malibu and Zuma). Not sure why we didn’t post this before, but here it is. It was great weather… not too hot and not chilly. Rika and I got a little sunburn action, but overall it was a great day. We put our folding picnic table and parasol to good use too… love that thing!
August 3, 2009
Japan ’09: Day Three
We started the day with a haircut at “Rudy de grazios” in Motomachi. Mine is pretty good, just what I asked for, but nothing really new. Rika, on the other hand, spent 4 times as much and got a “Digital Perm”, which is a technology developed recently in Japan and not released elsewhere yet. Like a perm, it makes your hair wavy, or curly. It has a lot more precise control over how it looks, and has the opposite reaction to water. A standard perm gets more curly when wet and straightens out when dry. A digital perm is straight when when and curls when dry. That’s more like natural curls, isn’t it?
After a couple of hours at the salon (some of which I went out for a walk, and did a video conference with my brother), we went to a “Shichishi Ramen” ramen shop that was recommended by the guys at the salon. O.E.Sheeee! So yummy! I had Tan Tan Men and she had Shio Ramen. But first as we exited the salon, I recorded this clip of a group of people taking part in the bon festival’s traditions in the street outside the salon. (Rika will fill in details/explination soon)
Amelie’s Day: Amelie stayed with Jiji and Baba while we are at the hair salon and had some fun with them.
That evening we went to the Bon Dance, which ultimately got rained out. Still, Amelie played a “Kingyo Sukui” game where you try to scoop out a goldfish with a net made of rice paper. Obviously time is of the essance. She wasn’t able to do it after two tries, mostly because she was scared to actually catch the fish, but they gave her a goldfish anyway. She was SO happy! She loves her new pet!
