I am Thankful for a view of a Japanese castle from a luxurious spa bathroom at the Westin Nagoya. I put the kids to bed and spent an hour in…
It’s summer festival (matsuri) time at the kids kindergarten again. The sun was blazing this year, and it seemed like no amount of shaved ice consumed was going to make…
These birthday posts seem to come along sooner and sooner every year! It’s birthday time again for our favorite little boy! Turning the big 6! wow. This month is his…
I hear this everyday. I’m sure a lot of you hear it too. It gets old fast. What’s hard is that Evan is in the afternoon session of kindergarten. So…
We’re still hanging out here with family in Seattle, but looks like not for much longer. The State Dept’s travel advisory to Japan was lifted today and DoD dependents can return…
They say that after this major earthquake that the island of Japan has moved 2 meters from it’s original spot. That’s incredible. Is my GPS in my car going to…
I cringe a little when people ask how we’re doing and I say we’re doing fine. Because there’s thousands of people North of us that can’t say the same with…
At the end of the school year in Japanese kindergarten there’s one last performance. For the younger kids it’s a dance performance, and the older kids its a mini musical.…
Yes, this was a while ago. Yes, I wrote a huge long post and didn’t finish it. Yes, it was too epic and I decided against posting it. Yes, trust…
Bazinga (ba-zing-ga) Name for fake Jenga, from Bangkok, in the Chang household. Also, what is yelled out when said game ends. These two are pretty good at it too. Look…
Where are they now? 