On Sunday, our good friends Dave and Amanda, took us to the neatest Japanese park. It had two slides that were something else! I have never seen the likes of them in America. One was a roller slide (pictured above). We used cardboard to sit on so that our rearends wouldn't hurt by the time we reached the end.
As you can see, Kenna cried the whole way down.
Not the best idea I have had!
Shawn and Kenna getting ready to try the "drop slide". Notice that Kenna would not ride alone! Poor kid...
Here is she all dressed up for the first time with her new stuff.
So, Halloween has to be one of my favorite holidays since moving to Okinawa. Being from Minnesota, the trick was to figure out what your costume was going to be, while still fitting it over a winter jacket. Definitely not cool for a princess or ballerina. However, the weather here is perfect for costumes and the greatest thing- NO NEED FOR WINTER JACKET!!!
This year, Kenna was more excited about getting dressed up and even remember how to say "Trick-or-treat". With her obsession with Peter Pan and Tinker Bell, nothing else would do for Halloween. Plus, it mean that Daddy could get in on the fun! What a daddy won't do his daughter!
A good marriage must be created. In marriage, the little things are the big things: Never being too old to hold hands, Remembering to say "I love you" at least once a day. Never going to sleep angry. Having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. Standing together facing the world. Forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. Speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. Having the capacity to forgive and forget, and the forgetting what you forgave. Giving each other an atmosphere in which to grow. Not only MARRYING the right person, but BEING the right partner.
In the middle of downtown Naha. In amongst the cars, noise and hustle and bustle of the city, is a small garden. It is peaceful and quiet except for the roar of the waterfall. There are fish and turtles to feed and even a view worth seeing from behind the waterfall. Kenna managed to make some friends with a young couple who shared their bread with her. So that she could feed the fish. Imagine their surprise when she said "Domo" (thank you) and even bowed. Aside from the two elderly couples that had to take pictures everywhere and of everything, we were pretty much all alone and on our own!
