Monthly Archives: January 2009

Christmas Day 2008

Better late than never – right!?
On Christmas Day, we departed Iowa in the early morning to make our 6 hour journey to Wisconsin.  I was kind of bored during the ride…

Even though the ride was boring, we were able to watch a beautiful sunrise…

The roads were a little empty on Christmas morning…

We finally made it...

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Christmas Eve 2008 – Part 2

We had a great time celebrating the holidays with our family and friends in the U.S. this year!  Enjoy a few more photos from Christmas Eve.  (I stepped on the other side of the camera for too.many.photos!!)  
A future blog post will be dedicated to Mallory – so stay tuned!

I just had to share another...

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Christmas Eve 2008 – Part 1

It’s always a good thing when Santa comes to visit!

My mom and her granddaughter / my niece.  (And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my mom!  I think she’s turning 21 today!)

My Grandpa is 86 years young and he can still take a mean photo!

My beautiful Grandma who is also 86 years old!

I think this is only 1/4...

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Still Here!

Happy New Year to everyone!  I hope to share photos from Christmas soon…but for now, enjoy this random photo I stumbled across.  It was probably taken 3 years ago at Lake Rebecca Park Reserve, one of our favorite places to run in the greater Twin Cities area.  Ahhh – the joy of summer in MN.

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Back in Japan

Thank you to everyone for a fun and memorable trip to the U.S. during the Christmas holiday!  We had a great time and I will eventually post a few photos from the festivities.
We departed the U.S. on December 31 and landed in Japan on January 1.  We didn’t sleep too much on the flight, so...

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