Category: News (Page 18 of 29)

I am finally back in Japan.  It’s such a weather switch from Texas it’s cold and raining. It’s good to be home with Rick but I am missing everyone!

Holli and David

Today is a transit day and I didn’t take any photos.  Houston to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Tokyo.

Scary Me!

Ruth and I took Havana, David and Holli to Angel Park in Humble to play and have a picnic.  We picked lunch up at Culver’s and headed over to the park.  Angel park is located across the street from a landfill so depending on which way the wind is blowing the smell can be quite pungent.  We were lucky and the wind was blowing towards the landfill so it was a great day at the park.

My Rosie Girl

Havana and Holli

David and Holli

David

After the wedding everyone came to our hotel to swim.

This morning we iced and packaged 200 cupcakes to use as favors for the guests at Kristina and Brian’s wedding. Here’s how they looked:

Today was Allyson’s birthday.  James gave her the gift of an inflatable bouncey castle in the backyard and she was the first one in this morning.

Ruth baked an incredible carrot cake, Ally’s favorite.  This was against Maddie’s request that we have a chocolate cake, her favorite. Ally even wore the birthday hat while we sang to her.

Last Thursday night James and I made a “just before closing” run to Best Buy.  They close at 9:00 and we arrived after 8:30.  It was just enough time to purchase a new computer and camera.  My computer is my primary means of communication from Japan. It’s my phone for anyone living outside of Japan via Skype I use it to email and to shop.  My computer has made most of the planning for Kristina’s wedding possible.  The HP I have been using has been a great laptop for the past 3 1/2 years, but the screen has a line running down it and I worry that one day it will just stop working.  So, now it will replace my circa 2003 Dell as my backup.  Here is a photo of James helping me set it up. Yes, it is red! My favorite color.

This photo was taken with my new camera.  It is apparent that I need to figure out how it works.  I did not get the Canon SLR that I was planning on.  I decided that I was not willing to pack a camera that size with me all the time.  Ruth’s sister-in-law gets fabulous photographs with her Canon Powershot.  It fits between my point and shoot and an SLR.  I am confident that I can learn to use it to take photos that will make me happy, but the week of my daughter’s wedding is not the time to try and figure it out.  I’ll have plenty of time on my flight home to figure it out and read the photography book that James bought for me.

Cousins

Maddie and Isabelle are in Texas with their cousins.  Everyone is having so much fun together.  Isabelle and Lainey are the cousins with blond hair and blue eyes.