Technical Difficulties

Forgive the absense of blog entries, but I have been trying for the past two days to upload a video of Ariana and her friend Aika. I am now waiting to hear back from the blogger people as to why it didn't work, but for now, here is a picture. After eating a slushie with the straw, Ariana decided it was more fun to chew on the straw itself:

We were down in Yokohama with cousins and friends, hanging out at the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club, where they had a festival of sorts. Again celebrating the 4th of July, there were hamburgers and hot dogs, music (playing too loud to actually have a conversation - God, we are old!!!) and a great playground in addition to a bouncy thing which Ariana was very excited to get to (yes, we now have video if only I can upload it - stay tuned). It was nice to be able to sit on grass and relax, enjoying the nice summer day here in Japan.

While Ryushin is sound asleep, Ariana takes this opportunity to play with his phone, with help from Keiko.
while his daddy is busy on his...work, work, is never done...
Aika and Kaoru review pictures......


while Ariana and baba just hang out enjoying the hamburgers (yes, that is actual food in her hands, and some of it actually made it into her mouth).