A Transformer Rescue Bot Birthday

 

This weekend was Trystian's 5th Birthday party!  YAY!  I feel like I was just bringing him home from the hospital yesterday!

He wanted a Transformers party, with a Blades rescue bot cake!  Wow, it took me forever to make it, but I think it turned out pretty well!

 

I also got really creative with the food for munching!  Now, we had all had brunch at the club so I wasnt going to have a full spread at the house.  No one would be hungry for any of it.  So light refreshments were perfect!

After a VERY LONG week of LONG work days, I was so  happy to enjoy some downtime this weekend!  Trystian had an awesome birthday and had a lot of friends over, so he was very happy!
 

 

And somehow no one heard of the "good luck candle"... Growing up, we had the amount of candles of how old we were turning, and then one for good luck...  I got looks of wonder when 6 candles were on the cake.  LOL

Wedding pics!

You know... I didn't realize I never posted any of the wedding pics on here from December yet...  hhhrrmmm... I really am behind.

Trystian is stuck to me like glue...  He came up to take communion with us

This was so much fun!

Corie and Matt caught the bouquet and garter.

We had a great time doing our special "bridesmaids" dance!

YAY!

Oh what a nice cake!  Where did we get it?  well I made them! :)

 

More dancing fun!

 

Don't the boys look adorable!

Trystian was my little usher!

 

 

Again, all the kids look great!

BEST DAY EVER!!!!

 

The news is..........

So we are ready to release our really exciting news!

We are gonna have a baby!  The kids are so excited!  We are so excited! 

The little pumpkin is due October 30th.  S/He will be born here in Japan... Which means that poor Atreyu is the only one of my kids born in America thus far... 

 

News!

We have exciting news... but I can't say it just yet...  Soon Very Soon... Stay Tuned!

CoCo's equals YUM!

Oh how I missed Curry from CoCo's!  The only problem with going to CoCo's here is that it's surely a drive to get to!  It's down in Hachinohe.  About an hour away on the toll road.  Scott and the boys had the pleasure of trying it, and they loved it!  We each got our own customized curry that we wanted. 

 

There's many things you can add to the curry such as soft boiled egg, or hard boiled egg, corn, cheese, meat, almost any veggie... Then you can choose your spicyness!  I like to get mine with the rice, then order a Naan to scoop up any of the leftover curry after all the rice is eaten.

 

Now, CoCo Curry house is not to be confused with CoCo's Resteraunt... This place is more like Denny's and doesnt have but one curry dish on the menu.  We ate there too, and it's not bad...  CoCo's Resteraunt is right here in Misawa.  It's across from the McD's.

Ramen Lunch



 Since I had off work today for Presidents Day, we took a trip off base to explore and grab some yummy lunch.  We decided on Ramen for lunch and came across this little place "Thunder Ramen"

 

It was really good!  Even the boys ate ALL of their food!  We got Ramen and Gyoza.  We will definately go back...  Next time I want to try one of the spicy dishes.

 

It's not exactly what I remember from Tokyo the first time, but as we explore, I know we will find those hole in the wall places that serve the BEST!

Turtles!

This past weekend, I found a post on the Misawa Websales about a couple of turtles that needed a good home.  They came with a tank and some food...  I adopted them.  I was so excited to bring them home to the boys that I forgot to ask what kind they were and how old, but after some research, I found out they are Reeves Turtles.  They are from Asia and are quite a hardy breed! 

Their names were "Crush and Squirt"...  We were quite happy to have them!  The kids loved the idea of having turtles!  During the weekend, I went out and found a newer larger tank for them.  The tank they came with wasn't very big at all...  The aquariums here are not very big, and it's unfortunate that I sold my 55 gallon tank before I left... :(  But how was I suppose to know that we would adopt some turtles? Oh well. C'est La Vie!

 

After talking with a new friend here, we confirmed that we had Reeves Turtles and that they sell hatchlings at Homac... Well as many times as I had been there recently, I told her I hadn't seen them and so she took me that afternoon to show me.  I fell in love with the munchkin turtles, and decided that if we are going to have Turtles, then we will do it right...  We must have 4 turtles... just like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...  So I adopted 2 baby turtles from Homac and bought some baby turtle food...  The tank I had gotten the first set of turtles in is plenty big for these guys, so I went ahead and set both tanks up for both sets of turtles.

 

We named the older ones Raphael and Leonardo.  The younger are Michelangelo and Donnatello.  Now to get the tanks to look even better, I am in search of TMNT aquarium decor...  There's not much out there, so I'm gonna have to get creative. :)

 

The babies are so tiny!  They are only about the size of a 500Yen piece...  Or a half dollar in American terms... LOL  Each one of them has their own personalities!  We are loving them very much! 

Don't worry, the Cat and Rabbit are still extremely loved too!  We are a very loving family!  And as always, my house is becomming a ZOO. :)