Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween!!

Halloween was very fun!! Noah was a pirate(Arrhh matey...) and Elijah was a ghost(Raaaghhh!) Halloween in Japan isn't much different than the states except a friend of mine and I were interviewed for the local Japanese TV crew!! There were hundreds of kids and I think the majority were locals...some with neat and creative costumes and some with not even a costume on at all...just trick or treating! The kids had a great time...mind you the amount and type of candy was nothing like going to the "rich" neighborhoods of Chesapeake but it was just enough for the little guys. Noah was funny...he would try to sneak into the garages and go inside the people's houses..so nosy that little guy!! A cook out at Terri and Travis's house completed the night and made Halloween in Japan another memorable holiday!

Noah...shooting with a vacuum piece....


Too busy to pose for a picture....


Noah on top of the huge bouncy slide at the church festival.

Elijah doing the bean bag toss...3 out of 4 bags!!


Neither one of the guys could actually catch a fish. I tried and couldn't get one either. Sorry there are no pictures of Noah fishing but imagine my camera soaked and everyone around us frustrated with the little blonde kid slamming his pole in the water and then just scooping up the fish with his bare hands....


Noah and his buddy Sebastian trick or treating.


Trick or Treating some more...


Perfect Halloween cat...it's my friend Staci's.


Elijah trying to scare me. Actually his best friend from school and her little
brother were deathly afraid of him!


Not Elijah this time, it's Noah goofing off at home:-)

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Tim and I Being Us...

This is a post just for Tim and I. After all the blog is called "Okifam" and there is no fam without Tim or me. (I hope everyone knows how much doing this post made me miss Tim even more!!)


This is one of my fave pics of Tim...
Us in Vegas!!

My babe at his finest!


In the Navy now...
(Mark, Steve, Tim, and John: roomies)


Thanksgiving 2007



Halloween 2007

Match made in heaven...

Perfect Pair


Xmas 2007


Summer 2008

I could put a million pictures in this particular post. There are so many good moments we have captured on camera. I promise when Tim gets back from the ship there will be much more new "okifam"
caught on camera moments to share.

Friday, October 24, 2008

My 1st Movie

Hope you like it!! It's my first time making a movie clip...

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Foster Festival 2008

We went to the Foster Festival this weekend. It was loads of fun: kind of like a carnival without the rides. There were carnival games and food (both Japanese and American), music entertainment, eating contests, and Kiddie Land. It was definitely a fun day!!


Noah eating his push up popsicle.

Elijah was eating his so fast he wouldn't stop to smile for the camera.

I thought they both belonged here. (jump house)

Or better yet at the other one...the zoo...they are animals.


Awesome drumming and dancing all below:


They tried to let Noah play with the drum but he was being shy...isn't that weird??


The old folks had to slow the tempo down but it was still great to hear beautiful Japanese music.


"Weeee!!!" This slide was so huge I couldn't even take a picture of the whole thing.


The kids are coming out of the mouth of a tiger. Elijah stopped at the bottom to see everything around him.


Elijah's in line to go in a maze...He said the guy on the top has muscles like Tim. LOL!!


I don't know if you can tell where they are, but they're in there somewhere!


Noah was obsessed with the fishing games!! He would go right up to them and just take the fish out of the tanks or the pools. I think the carni people were getting a little annoyed...



Play these 2 videos. I wish you could hear the music . The boys and I thought they were cool!








Thursday, October 16, 2008

A day at one of the bazillion parks in Okinawa...

Noah loves to climb and hang...


Oops...this is not the park but inside of one of the many "kid friendly" Japanese restaurants in Okinawa...Yes, they have to take off their shoes but they can read Japanese books, watch disney movies in Japanese or play with the many, many toys that they offer. A def plus in my book!!
This is the outside of the restaurant...It's called Cafe and Beauty: Design of Cinderella (DOC)
Thumbs up...Ready to play!!

Life is good...

Mom!! Stop taking pictures: I need your help on the these things!!

Okay...cheese!

"Elijah can't catch me!!"

Laughter is the best medicine!



Fun in the Sun...Torii Beach Pool

Noah, Elijah, and Olivia (their new friend)
Noah thinks he can shoot everyone...afterall he is the master hunter...
Noah come back! Stay focused kids, camera is right here!

Olivia, Sebastian, Elijah and Noah

Cheese!!

Noah says he's done with taking pics and Elijah cheeses it up!

Fun, Fun Day!!

Noah's First Trip to the Dentist

No...he is not afraid of the dentist or getting in the chair....
He's hiding because he doesn't want me to take his other blue latex glove.
"No, Noah...time to get into the chair."
Big Boy in an even bigger chair...
Do you think he's wondering what he got himself into??
Now, this is the mirror, this is the tickler...feel it?, this is the blah blah blah
At the end it was a job well done. No cavities and a little lesson in why we don't bite our nails...our teeth may fall out like Grandpa's...err I mean like..ummm..whatever like Grandpa's!! LOL