I missed the memo

Apparently scrunchies are still cool. Get with the trend America. 

Or not. I’m good either way.

Wordless Wednesday

Cora and Sophia playtime!

pure sweetness.

Fashion Translations

This one isn’t wrong just odd for a Japanese person to be walking around wearing.

Exhausted Maggot hell, fire does not out. k.

Honest is the best policy. Close.

Cast Money. The Earth of Hell? Maybe they mean Hell on Earth…I like the question mark at the end. haha.

This one is just offensive. Pearl Harbor Survivor. umm…. riiiiiiight. Not cool people.

Gyoza

This Sunday at church we had a women’s fellowship and learned how to make yummy gyoza!

The ingredients

This is the lady that taught us how to make it. She is very sweet. This was her last week at the church so she wanted to give all the ladies her testimony, some words of wisdom and a little Japanese culture!

Stirring together the flour and water to make the glue mixture.

The dumplings.

Shitake mushrooms, leeks, and onions

Getting our dumpling shell ready.

The inside goodness!

Filling the dumpling.

The hardest part was folding it up. There is a certain way to do it…and this is not it…but it works!

Some of the ladies working on their gyoza!

The other side of the table.

Cooking the gyoza.

The finished product. Add some soy sauce and a splash of hot sauce. Throw it in your mouth and ENJOY! Mmmmm! Gyoza is one of the best Japanese foods.

Spring

All of us here in Japan are anxiously waiting for the cherry blossoms (sakuras) to bloom. That will mean warmer weather is just around the corner and they are just so gorgeous. This will be my first time experiencing them. The first time Peter was stationed in Japan I didn’t get to visit during the cherry blossom season.

Books

Cora likes books and not just picture books like normal one year olds. She’s way beyond that. haha.

Ephesians 4:29

 

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

One of my biggest struggles.

Bloggers day of silence

 

Play time-Wordless Wednesday

Jerk Chicken

Saturday we checked out a little Jamaican restaurant (notice the spelling below rastarant).

This little boy ran up and smacked me on the butt. Then continued to entertain Cora with his sweet dance moves and acrobat abilities. He’d climb up on that stool and jump off! He was the owner’s kid.

Then he brought out his yo-yo.

Inside. Very Jamaican. Got the reggae blaring. Bob Marley on the walls. Red, yellow, and green everywhere. I like it. 

The bar.

Working on my picture taking skills.

This is the stuff we came for. Jerk chicken.

Jerk chicken pizza. Sooooo good!

My hubby rocks!

Peter rocks because not only does he cook us healthy, yummy dinners BUT he actually enjoys doing it. I’m not much of a cook. I really don’t enjoy it. So this is awesome for me.

Peter gettin his cook on! I made him take a picture. I swear he’s happy to be cooking. He’s just forcing a smile for the camera.

Mmmm…look at the fish…delicious. funny/catchy video

Up close

I could live off ramen. Feel bad for him. haha

Japan

My heart goes out to everyone involved in the earthquake and tsunami disaster. As of right now thousands are dead and some 88,000 people are missing. The pictures and videos are insane. Seeing this wave come crashing through a city and tearing down everything in its way is just so unreal. Like a doomsday movie almost. I'm so thankful that we were safe and sound way down south. We didn't even feel the earthquake. How things can change so quickly...

Sorry.

I've been really slacking on the blog thing for several reasons. One is we haven't been doing anything of any type of blog worthyness. And the other is because I am on the computer every moment I am able doing school work. Ughhh. I'm only 3 weeks into my first class and I feel like my soul is being sucked from my body. College is for young folk straight out of high school. It is not easy taking classes with a baby. Thankfully, I only have a little over a year left. That is not so bad when you really think about it. I have electives I need to complete as well but I'm going to CLEP out of as many as I possibly can. Thank goodness for the easy way! Well, quicker way. I'll be better. I really do want to keep it up.

LOL

This may or may not be what is wrong with America.

Thanks Jack. Ya big headed freak.