Trip to the Coex Aquarium

Here are pics of our trip to the aquarium. As you know I am not exactly the world's biggest animal lover....I mean I guess my theory is.....as long as it (meaning the animal) doesn't touch me then we are both cool.

But the most important thing is that Elijah enjoyed himself and was really excited to see and touch the animals! Enjoy!

Elijah liked this refrigerator fish tank

in the kids area where you get to pick up the marine life

..........the toilet bowl fish tank

These are the fish that nibble at the dead skin on your fingers (or feet if you are getting a pedicure) Elijah said it felt like the fish were tickling his fingers.

Happy Birthday to the World's Greatest Husband!

Happy Birthday Baby!  Though we can't be together on YOUR special day, I want the WORLD to know that you are the greatest husband ever!  

'Keep on keeping on' during your deployment.......we can celebrate your birthday when you get HOME!!!

I love you!! We are stronger than ANY deployment!

Piranhas.....

Elijah has wanted to see a piranha for awhile now. We ran into a fish tank at the store that had piranhas inside and you could pay $1 so the store clerk could throw a live goldfish inside! Yep, you guessed it! So we coughed up $2 and the tank full of piranhas tore apart and ate the poor little goldfish so quickly I couldn't capture it on camera!

Oh notice the poor little goldfish that was left over for a snack later. The piranhas ate 2 of them and left that poor lil guy hanging around for at least 10 minutes....we walked away after that!

Hey Elijah thought it was really cool!

All dressed up in Kimonos

Elijah and I went to a kimono dressing class. We tried on the yukata kimono - casual summer kimono - with a hanhaba obi - the belt. Putting on the kimono is a 20 step process - for real. There really is 20 steps to putting it on and tieing it properly.








As usual the Japanese women fuss over Elijah. The entire experience was amazing! The attention to detail each woman put into helping us put on the yukata kimonos was incredible.

Ever hiked with A LOT of elementary school kids?

We took a field trip (nature hike) to a large lake that is by the base. It was quite an experience.

150 or so kids trekked through the hilly woods of Japan (literally). They were woods...not a well-paved out leisurely stroll! It was roughly 2 miles there and 2 miles back. Now I didn't realize that we were going to be hiking for 4 miles so I decided to get my workout in before I left for school. Hmmmmm 45 min on the stairs AND hiking with kids that spend more time playing Playstation rather than playing outside at the 60+ parks that are on this base - was no joke!

We made it! Elijah had a blast and did NOT utter a single complaint about walking or being outside - the boy loves to play outside - generally plays outside for about 7 hours a day during summer months!

Now that the summer enrichment program is over, he is free to sleep in and play outside even more!

Elijah's FAVORITE shirt

he takes his job pretty seriously. He:

- locks the door, with the chain and door stopper EVERY time we walk inside

- holds doors open for me and makes sure the elevator doesn't shut on me

- takes out the trash when it gets full - WITHOUT me asking

He'll make some young lady a great husband one day........as great of a husband as Eddie is to me!!

Yeah for Skype!

Just a quick note to let the world know that I really appreciate the invention of Skype!  

I've been able to video conference with friends since we got here, but recently I have had a special treat.  A few months ago my mom downloaded Skype and now I get to see my mom, dad, sisters, nieces and nephews in Georgia!  Just last week Eddie's family downloaded it in Houston and Phoenix.  How cools is that!  I get to talk to and see my relatives all around the world!

It makes being so far away a bit easier!  YEAH for technology!