School's Out for Summer!

June was another busy month....we celebrated Hayden's last day of school, Father's Day, and Independence day...a little early.

Hayden's last day of school was on June 16th.  The day after we had a neighborhood block party to celebrate the start of summer.  We had two pools out, water guns, and water balloons and the boys had a blast.

Peace out 2nd grade

We are ready to party!

Linc ate about 15 fruit kabobs

Pool fun

Angie and Abby relaxing....this lasted all of 5 minutes but we tried

Linc and Saylor

Time for the pool jump competition

Cannonball!

Water fight!

Lincoln trying to hit daddy

Daddy retaliates

All the dads got in on the action

Finished the day with beach cupcakes

Japanese School does not get out until mid-July.  Lincoln is enjoying school and loves having his best buddy in his class.

Ready for a field trip to the park

Rainy day with my buddy...who also lives three doors down

For Father's Day I got tickets for Eric and Hayden to go to a baseball game at the Tokyo Dome.  The big boys had a great day together!

Off to the game

They got to ride the Thunder Dolphin roller coaster before the game

Tokyo Dome!

Great game!  The Giants win in extra innings!

Bo keeping his cool

Eric and I planned a date day to Yokohama through ITT.  Unfortunately our sitter got sick so Eric sent me off on my own.  It was a beautiful day to visit a city on the water but it wasn't the same without my main squeeze.  I did enjoy shopping in Chinatown, a bay cruise, and a visit to Landmark Tower.

Chinatown

Lots of cute shops and restaurants

Ang in Chinatown

There were too many Chinese restaurants to choose from....so I found a cute cafe called Fruit and Coffee.  The fresh Kiwi was so good and I enjoyed people watching.

Beautiful day on the water

Bay cruisin'

One of the many views from Landmark Tower

The last day in June the base had a "Celebrate America" day for the 4th of July holiday weekend.  It started off as a rainy day but it cleared up later for the festival and fireworks.  It was a fun day!

Soaked after a 5k run in the rain

Ready to drive

Linc in the drivers seat

Petting zoo fun

Cotton Candy smiles

Meeting a Tokyo Basketball Team player

Linc and the Eagle

Mount Fuji Camping

The second weekend in June we decided to go on our first family camping trip.  We had friends on base that had shared a great location with Mount Fuji views so we packed up the car and headed out to Lake Motosu.  Eric took a half day on Friday so we could arrive before it got dark and get everything all set up.  It was very windy when we arrived so set up was a little difficult but Eric got it done with a little help from the boys.  We grilled hot dogs for dinner that night and sat around the fire after dark.  It was a pretty chilly night but the boys slept great and we woke up to an amazing view of Mt. Fuji.  We were lucky enough to have a fuji view all day Saturday.  We rented a canoe and went out on the water a few times during the day.  The wind picked up again Saturday afternoon but it felt great after a warm morning.  The boys also tried to do a little fishing without much success.  We relaxed by the fire again that night and Lincoln played with some little Japanese girls camping nearby.  Our first family camping experience was great and we will definitely do it again while we are here.  I was a little sore, tired and dirty but the memories made it all worth it!  Here are some pictures from our camping adventure....

The boys were in charge of collecting rocks for the fire pit

They tried to help a little with the tent set up

Hot dogs for dinner....two nights in a row

Roasting marshmallows for Smores

Reading before bed in the tent

 

What a view to wake up to!

Our little campsite

Linc loved playing in the beach gravel

Hayden with Fuji

A & E

Canoeing

I mostly let E do all the work

The man

Brothers wading in the water...it was cold!

Boys trip out in the canoe

My boys in the distance

Trying to catch fish with no luck

Yes I packed wine