Day 19 - Thursday AGAIN - The drive

We left Tokyo at 3 pm on Thursday and arrived here in California at 9 AM Thursday morning. We decided not to get a hotel but just to get home. Neither Joe nor I slept on the 10 hour flight and 2 hour drive to the airport or 3 hours wait at the airport so we just talked the whole way home to stay awake.

Reagan happy to be going home.
Tyler being silly he is not asleep here!

Beautiful Arizona!!!!

It was so good to be back in our own home. The kids were so excited to have their toys again they just played until bed time!

Day 18 - Thursday - the flight home!

Well we got up ate breakfast and got ready to go the the airport.

Here we are in front of our hotel - The New Sanno - it is a military hotel.



Going into the airport



Eating lunch

Saying goodbye!! We had the best time EVER! thanks soooooooo much Nana and Grandpa and of course Kevin for endless laughs!

Day 17 - Wednesday - Yunessun

Today was AWESOME we went to a spa and pool. They had tons of different pools and spas. I took pics of some but it was too hard to carry a camera when you are wet the whole time. One pool had little fish that you stuck your feet in the water and the fish ate the dead skin off. Joe and the kids loved it but I didn't. We had a great day there but were soooo tired by the time we left.

Day 16 - Tuesday - Tokyo

Today was tons of fun and tons of walking. We drove to Tokyo in the morning and checked in at the hotel. Grandpa wasn't feeling well and so he took a nap while we went for a walk to the temple and through a park across the street, it is amazing how beautiful the park was in the middle of such a huge city. Right next to the temple was the different Embassy's so that is why we have so many pics.

After that walk we went and got Grandpa so we could go on the subway. We went to the Emperors Palace and to Ginza. Ginza is just like new york City but in Tokyo!!!

Day 15 - Monday - Up up and away!

This morning was AWESOME. Joe and I got up early to go flying with Joe's dad. He took us in the smallest plane I have ever seen, when I said yes I didn't know it was that small! He flew us over Tokyo and a surrounding areas. We had a really good time and got to see a ton! Here is a little of what we saw!

For dinner we went to a Yakiniku. You cook your own meet at your table. We sat in a traditional table so it was on the ground and we had to take our shoes off before getting into the booth. It was really delicious.

Here is Joe cooking

It was late that is why I look so AWFUL.

Here is our shoes outside the little booth

Day 14 - Sunday - Church

Today we went to church. The kids with Nana and Grandpa.
The front of the church.
The side view. it looks big but it is not at all. it is so thin the chapel is the width of the 3rd floor.

And of course after dinner we took a walk around the neighborhood again. I love Sunday walks. This time we went up a little hill near by.

The view from the top.

My little Reagan

Day 13 - Saturday - The race

Joe, Kevin and Dad all went to the race! It was a 4 hour bus trip. They left at 5 in the morning and did not return until 8 PM Now that sounds like a fun day but it turned out to be an awful trip. The race was canceled due to track conditions. There was a hole in the track that they couldn't fix becuase it started pouring rain. So they sat and waited for the race to begin and watched people fix, well try to fix, a hole in the rain and cold! But here are some pics.

I didn't do a whole lot today which was actually really nice. We went onto base to get some food for sunday and have lunch and of course run errands. then Nana took the kids and me home while she went and did laundry. The kids all took a nap and then we watched a movie. After the guys got home the adults went to dinner and Kevin watched the kids... well they were sleeping so that wasn't so hard.