The 3 younger kids and Dad/Ben did a Sprint (Mini) Triathalon (swim 400m, bike 10.5 miles, run 5K) with the "Mad Hatters", the new Youth Triathalon club headed up by Coach Steve Gerber.

The 3 younger kids and...

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Kurihama Flower World with Poppies/Godzilla Park/Herb Foot Bath with Sachiko-Sensei (our Japanese tutor) and some of her other students/our friends.

Kurihama Flower World with...

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Yesterday the 3 younger kids and I went on a homeschool group field trip to the Nissan Plant in nearby Oppama. There's a little joke that it's too bad Obama didn't visit Oppama when he came to Japan last time...He went to Kamakura instead...We weren'

Yesterday the 3 younger...

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Kyoto Spring Break photos 2011

Kyoto Spring Break photos 2011

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Saturday's Home Swim Meet/Time Trials: We took a really long break from swim team, about 3 years after Florida and during the moves to CA and WA, and now the three younger kids are back at it again on the base swim team. The kids enjoyed the meet...J

Saturday's Home Swim...

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Shin-Okubo, Tokyo's Koreatown: The other day, we ventured out into Tokyo to Shin-Okubo, aka Koreatown, for Dad/Ben's belated birthday lunch and for Vicki to go shopping at the Korean market. We were still busy unpacking during his real birthday but m

Shin-Okubo, Tokyo's...

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More house photos: #1: Underground Kitchen Storage, #2: 1 of 2 high tech toilets, #3: genkan

More house photos: #1:...

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Photo #1: A couple weeks ago, Js7 had a cough when we went to the Yokohama Chinatown, so he wore a mask, which is very typical for folks around here. #2: Some of our family back in the States wanted to see photos of our Japanese rental house, so I'm

Photo #1: A couple weeks...

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2010 Trunk-or-Treat and Halloween

2010 Trunk-or-Treat and...

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Seattle farewell gatherings 11/2010

Seattle farewell gatherings...

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Photos: My niece-in-law (Darren's wife Susan B.) showed me a "neat" little tip on how to cut up kim (nori, dried seaweed laver) without making a mess- by cutting it in the plastic wrapping. Be sure to remove the desiccant pouch of silica gel first.

Photos: My niece-in-law...

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I think the extreme heat scared many of our potential yard sale customers away...In any case, it gave us a good reason to start decluttering before the big move, gave the kids a business lesson in running the lemonade/cookie stand, gave us neighbors

I think the extreme heat...

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At yesterday's last day of ReNew (Green) VBS and Seattle's Day of Service, the boys and I went to the Interbay P-Patch to work on the Food Bank Garden, mostly pulling weeds. Their garden is so beautiful and it is such a wonderful concept to use your

At yesterday's last day of...

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Stone Soup Bibimbap Farewell Party: Our @SeattleQuest church's c-group had a farewell party for Dad/dh/Ben and mutual friends (a family moving to NJ), with the theme "Stone Soup Bibimbap Party" see this link: http://momofukufor2.com/2010/03/stone-sou

Stone Soup Bibimbap...

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Last Week's dinner and bike ride to Ballard Locks with Uncle Gary (Vicki's Brother), Auntie Darlene, and Auntie Linda

Last Week's dinner and bike...

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Last Week's dinner and bike ride to Ballard Locks with Uncle Gary (Vicki's Brother), Auntie Darlene, and Auntie Linda

Last Week's dinner and bike...

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WNBA Seattle Storm vs. Indiana Fever game, 6/25/10

WNBA Seattle Storm vs....

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Photos: We spent a few days at the coast in Pacific Beach, WA at Navy cottages before Dad/dh/Ben's trip/extended absence. Everyone (except Js15 and Mocha) went horseback riding on the beach in Ocean Shores. The last time we did that was 14 years ago

Photos: We spent a few days...

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Our church c-group (small group) plus a few others joined us for a tour of Ben's work aboard the aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Our church c-group (small...

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Photos: #1 Usually Jd12 is the oldest in her group of friends from church or the neighborhood, but yesterday she was younger than her friends from the homeschool center, who are 13, 14, and 15. A few of her friends are moving away this summer (Darrin

Photos: #1 Usually Jd12 is...

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We were rear-ended, involved in a fairly major fender-bender this morning on our way to Ben's post-op eye appt via the ferry to Bremerton. It was very crowded in heavy morning traffic on 15th Ave. W, in front of Whole Foods in Interbay. The car in ba

We were rear-ended,...

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