Happy Birthday Lael
May 3, 2023 - We began this month with a very
special birthday and family party for Lael who turned seven years old today. His
presents included a few Ninjago toys but the main present was a standard size
bass guitar. |
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Mountain Camping
May 8-11, 2023 - This was overnight camping trip
number 41 and was for four days and three nights. This trip was all about
picking the garlic and putting in a lot of seeds.
Picture - Mountain - Us about to return home
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Picture - Mountain - Us about to return home
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Beach Trip
May 12, 2023 - The first trip to Hamada beach with the new
Toyota Pixis bus. We went to see if it could handle driving on the beach and we
ended up getting stuck in soft sand. Kinda sucked but was a good lesson to walk
the section of beach before driving on it. Then we drove to Nagahama beach and
took a picture of the trash and caught some small shrimp in the river. The kids
brought them home. |
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Yak Practice
May 16, 2023 - This was the first time
to try out the new kayaks. Made sense do this at one of favorite beaches,
Hamada. The view is incredible here. Anyway it was a bit wavy but was fun
nonetheless. Actually Lael tipped over because of the waves. Then Akiko went
out and flipped the kayak on the way back to the coast. The kayaks were
transported by being stuffed in the back and on one side of the bus. Akiko drove
and all of us were jammed into the little space available. After we all played
on the beach before returning home. |
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Yak Fishing
May 24, 2023 - This was actually the first
attempt at Yak fishing. The location was an unused beach adjacent to Kumano
beach which eventually would become our main yak and camping beach. Using only a single pole and kinda old bait, nothing was caught. Still
was fun though. These yaks were transported on top of the bus this time on the
rack I built. |
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Tooth Comes Out
May 26, 2023 - Today Lael had a lower front tooth
come out after being loose for awhile. |
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Tooth Fairy Visits
May 27, 2023 - Today Lael got a visit from the
tooth fairy and he received some Japanese money as did his brother Ethan. |
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Mountain Camping
May 29-30, 2023 - This was overnight trip
number 42 and was for two days and one night. This trip was all about putting in
our new fruit trees and vines. The night of the first day, me and Lael and Shai
spent some time at night messing around with candles.
Picture - Mountain - Us about to return home
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Picture - Mountain - Us about to return home
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