Ava turns 6 weeks old...

... on Easter! ;)
These photos were taken in the last few days, and the "Easter" one taken on Sunday. :)

Thank You!

We, in the last few weeks have received a few boxes from family and friends.
You all have no idea what it does for the kids,... and their frame of mind.
We are truly thankful!!!!!
Unfortunately i did not have the camera ready, or a hand available for use when opening the other boxes ... but here are the 2 pictures i did happen to catch.
Thank you to Jasmine, Meemaw and Mommy for the boxes!
Jasimine, Olivia LOVEs the clothing and Evan the Toy and Ava looks adorable in her outfit! I will take a pic and send it to you soon.
Meemaw, of course the clothing is Always appreciated!!! And the kids look adorable! :)
Mommy, Thank you so much for the clothing and the Goodies (Easter) ... They are enjoying them... and are thankful.
:-) Again... It's so nice of you to think if us~~~!!!
Thank you!!!

Easter in Japan

Here are just the highlights from our Easter here in Japan.
We did not do a lot.
We did Baskets/Dinner/Ice cream... and ... played some Wii & watched a Movie.
Please Enjoy the Pictures.
We had a very laid back Easter day.
We did not go to church, but we still had a lesson on 'What Easter Day really means to us".
We missed our Family so very much, but made the best of the 1st Easter in Japan, and the 1st Easter, where i did not cook a big dinner. (wow!)

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!

HAPPY EASTER TO MY BABIES!
THE EASTER BUNNY BROUGHT WEBKIN'S!
HE MUST HAVE BROUGHT THEM FROM AMERICA, BECAUSE HE CANT BUY THEM HERE!

OLIVIA'S KITTY CAT W/ CARROT EARINGS! HAHA

OH! EGGS WERE HIDDEN IN THE BAMBOO TOO!

After Easter morning & some relaxing around the house we headed out via-train.
We went to the Kanazawa Hakkei station.
We walked a few blocks, headed twards our favorite Yakiniku Restaurant.



Our Favorite Yakiniku.
It's Above a Denny's and it's very family friendly and delish!!!

Yakiniku~cook the meat/veg at your table... very fun!

Olivia had fun cooking too! She is getting so big!

We all ate our full.
Evan too!



The bill was reasonable ... for 6,000 Yen (or $60) we were FULL and you had to roll us out!
The kids had fun too... and thats why we love Yakiniku!

After Yakiniku we took the train to Yokosuka Chup Station.
There is a Baskin Robin's Very Close to Yakiniku... but we needed to digest. So, we took the train (20 minutes)... to another ice cream shop.

By that time, ... we were all ready for a ice cream cone!
Ethan got Jamocha... Me? Strawberry Banana...
The kids? Rainbow and Cotton Candy!

Olivia, you are a doll!

The Express Train ride home.
We had a 'booth' seat and Relaxed the whole way home. :)
We hope you had a nice/relaxing Easter Day!!

Egg Coloring, Cookies and Cupcakes too!

Over the last 3 weeks we have been making some Yummy Easter Treats!



Today (Saturday) we colored eggs and also made a *new* Easter Egg Treat.

Lets start with a few weeks ago.
I made Cupcakes for Olivia's school class.
These were 2 cute, and a big hit.




A few days before/after the cupcakes we did a batch of Easter cookies.
We used a Super Simple Suger Cookie recipe.
Ethan especially loved them.
The kids always love to help. ---->

I usually give them their own 'dough' to play with. :)
They love that part...

ARE THEY DONE YET???

I have about 10 Easter Cutters.
Most of them are from MY Childhood.
Thanks Mom for giving me the cookie cutters... using them brings back many memories, and the kids REALLY enjoy them too.

The kids played a few games while we waited for the cookies to cool off.
I snapped this while Olivia was teaching Evan the game of Janken (Jan-ken-pon).

They are done!



Mommy's cookie....

Daddy's .......

Evan's........

um, and Olivia's........
Can we say "Mom told me i can have ONE cookie... so i am going to make it worth it"????? LMAO!

OK! And lets fast forward to today...
Here is our new found fun Easter Treat.
Easter Egg Crispy Treats! :)
I used our Jell-o Mold for Eggs... as a mold.
While the kids played out back Ethan and i had a BLAST making these, it was like... we were kids again!
Fun times!

We all had fun decorating them.
Great idea!



Olivia~! you are a goof!!!

Ok!... Evan's Eyes? freek out? 2 much suger? haha!!!

They turned out well, dont you think?

Ok, after Easter Egg Treats we moved onto Coloring Eggs.
I made 3 dozen for all of us to play with.
I remember when Mom would make 6~12 each...
Good Ole' Easter Memories!
Oh, and she always used our same Soft Sided Fabric Easter Baskets... remember Mom?
Well... i think mine was Blue... and bunny like.
Anyways, we do the same... always using the same Easter Basket.





Evan, you are such a Doll!

We are BIG Star War Fans here... so these were a big hit!





Ok, Evan...... whats going on here??
Anything.... anything????
Silly Boy!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!
Daddy what a Bright Egg! GREAT Job!

The kids had a REALLY Fun time.
I just love Easter!!!
Happy Easter Everyone!