Family Photo Taken at Volunteer Park

Here's a family photo from our trip to Seattle. We're at Volunteer Park in Seattle in front of the Asian Art Museum with the Space Needle in the background.

2014 Christmas Family Video

Here's a video of family activities through the end of the year.

Women Only

Here's compilation of photos that have a particular theme. You can probably figure out the theme.

2013-14 Christmas and New Years Slide Show

Here's a slide show of our Christmas and New Year's.

Highlights include: kids learning to play pinochle, lots of great food, salmon and chips, trip to Snoqualmie Falls, trip to Bainbridge Island to visit good friends, white elephant gift exchange (steals?), funny eyes glasses (who ended up with these?), Diane getting her first digital camera (welcome to the 21st century!), ziplining at at Seattle public park, visiting other parks, ozouni on New Year's Day, shirogumi winning again ( think that the odds are stacked against akagumi), Space Needle fireworks at the stroke of midnight on 12/31/13, and finally spending quality time with family and friends.

Family Photo 2013

Last Day of 2013

We are down to the last day of 2013.  It is a Tuesday.  We will get to try my mom's ozouni tomorrow.  Ozouni is Japanese New Year's mochi soup.  It usually has vegetables like spinach.  Sometimes oyster too.

This was a light blogging year.  Not enough time for blogging and our "family" joined the legions of Facebookers last year.

So what did we learn in 2013.  Ryan loves to shop.  We always knew this, but what little kid likes to go check out antique shops?  His latest find was a Bedford Falls train set from 1994.  Not quite an antique, but well used.

Ethan likes to wear hats.  We always knew this too, but what young boy will wear top hats in this day and age?  He has baseball caps and a plaid pattern fedora as well.

Naomi like to sleep in whenever she can.  We knew this, but she's taken sleeping in to new heights.  Maybe it's because we told her that you do your best growing when sleeping.

Tomorrow is a new year.  A fresh start for new experiences and adventures.  I wonder what we will learn or confirm in 2014?

Christmas 2013

Here are a few sights from Christmas this year.  Had a clear flight to Seattle that offered spectacular views of all the peaks. Ryan scored a train set after Christmas and captured it in a picture frame with Uncle Tatsu. On the way to a geocache, we came across two sets of Four Daughters.  What would be a family gathering without electronic devices. How about a family photo?  Of course, there was plenty of food. The highlight of the white elephant gift exchange was the giant Snickers bar opened by Ojiichan.

Faces of 2011 Holiday - The Video

Faces of 2011 Holiday

We had a memorable time with family over the holidays. The following is a compilation of our many faces from the holidays. The fish eye and other effects were the courtesy of our new camera. We played with many of the settings - perhaps too many of them. It was only on our return that we discovered that we had shot all of our photos in compressed mode using a lower resolution. And we thought that there was something wrong with the camera...

Clover's Home

Clover will be three years old this fall. For those of you who have never seen her home, here are a couple of photos.

She's upgraded her home once courtesy of Dorothy's ingenuity, She definitely has plenty of room in her current digs.

Here's an aerial view of her palatial home.


Here's a close up of Clover in her sleeping room.

Family Dinner

We had a nice night out with Dorothy's sisters and some of their family at one of our favorite Chinese restaurants in the area, 3 Brothers from China.


This was the first time for some of us to meet the newest addition to the family, Kalista!


Cheese!


Kalista making the rounds to visit everyone!


Checking out Naomi's sketching!


Ryan ate so much that he decided to do some push ups to work off the food!

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a full house and lots of great food for Thanksgiving this year. The roll call for food included:

Turkey, Ham w/Pineapples, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Sweet Potato Rolls, Cranberry Gelatin Mold, Yams and Sweet Potatoes, Corn Casserole, Pea Salad, Deviled Eggs, Crudites, Ambrosia, Sticky Rice, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, Vanilla Ice Cream, Butter Pecan Ice Cream, and Finger Jello.



Here's what we looked like before we ate:



After we ate, well, it was another story...

Homemade Family Photo Shoot

We decided to make our own family photo this year. It took a few takes to get an acceptable shot. Here's what the shoot looked like with a few fun captions added for good measure.