Jul. 9, 2008 - Our first Vacation of 08-09
This week (July 7-July 11) has been our first vacation of the school year. We did about five weeks of school and then, since hubby took leave, I went ahead and put us on vacation. I don't have the pic's to upload just yet but we went a few places.
Monday we tried to go to Miss Veedol beach but the tide was too high. We then tried to go to beach on base but before we got there it started raining. We then tried to go swimming at the onbase (indoor) pool but that did not open until 1pm (it was 1030) so we just called it bust and went home.
Tuesday we took a chance on the weather and went to find this place called Towada horse park. It took us awhile but we found it with the help of a very helpful Japanese man. He spoke a little english. I spoke a little Japanese. We worked it out :-) The horse park was great. We all got on horses and the lady walked us around the coral or whatever it is you call it. We all went down this roller slide that was huge. Then the kids played on this massive playground for awhile. We ended the day with pizza hut for lunch at the base food court. I will try and learn how to upload pictures so all can see. They also had this huge trojan horse slide there. The kids got on it. I did not 
Wednesday we woke up early and took the children to the beach on base. Hubby had been telling 'J' that he was going to take her to the beach so he wanted to make good on that. The kids had fun. I was surprised the 'J' got into the water. We had to stop her from going out too far. She wanted to follow behind "D' and "P". After the beach we came home and put "J" down for her nap and I started to take down "D's" hair. It is in braids and it is time to redo it. In the afternoon we went to our homeschool groups bbq. That was fun. After that we met hubby at church for bible study.
Today is Thursday and I think we are going to take it easy. The kids have a birthday party to go to later but besides that I think we are going to stay in the house. Hopefully tomorrow me and hubby will have a chance to go to lunch together without the children and maybe some shopping. Saturday, if the weather is clear, we are prayfully going to take the 2 1/2 to 3 hour ride to the zoo.
It is a very busy week. We all enjoy hubby being home for awhile. We also enjoy being able to share the sights and adventures in Japan with him. The kids and I usually discover Japan on our own when hubby is at work. This week we were able to have him with us. Again I will upload the pictures in a few days, hopefully with pics from the Morioka zoo. I will also in the next week write more about our time here in Japan and expain where all these places are that I speak of.
I will write again soon, IGWI (If God Wills It)
I pray you all are blessed and encouraged.
P.S. I was going through my previous blog entrees and noticed my inconsistency in the names of my kiddos. I call them so many things (all good most of the time, LOL) but for the purposes of this blog "D" is my oldest daughter, "P" is my son and "J" is my baby girl. I'll try and remember to keep that straight
