For Suzuna’s birthday, we did something a little special, and I took her and Melina to go see the Lion King Broadway musical. Although all the songs were in Japanese, it was great. Melina really enjoyed seeing all the animal puppets and Suzuna enjoyed the whole experience.

On a very windy day at the end of the year we took Melina to go fly her new kite at the park. It was so windy it took some strength to hold on to the kite, but she still had a great time all the while singing the lets go fly a kite song from Mary Poppins.

I tired my hand at making a prime rib for the Christmas dinner this year. It turned out surprisingly well.

We took the ferry over to Chiba again this year to go camping at the Tangerine grove. The Tangerines seemd sweeter this year and we ate as much as we could.

I was too busy cooking and entertaining that I didnt get many good pictures of the Thanksgiving party again this year, but I will say that it was another great success. The foods and dessert were delicious, and as usual there were a lot of kids running around having fun.