We’re busy, busy, shockingly busy!

I’m tired of not being caught up here, so I’m going to give you everything from the last two-plus weeks all together. 

Up first: the blue skies and crystal-clear water of Torii Beach form a perfect backdrop for one studly husband and one small boy in his “fwoat”.  The float is a recent favorite—when it’s just Logan and I, we like to hook the float rope around my foot and I swim, dragging Logan behind me. 

On this particular occasion, I got to relax on the beach while Jake frolicked with Logan.  I enjoyed the sun, a good book, and some beautiful sights, like this one-winged “butterfly”/kite-surfer strolling down the beach.

As a rather random aside, while buying my new car I commented to the previous owner about a camp chair in the back of the vehicle and he left it in there for me!  As you can see, it happens to match the one Jake already had, so now we have a nice little set!

Torii Beach has some nice amenities, like this little water park.

Ice cream on the way home is always refreshing!

Moving on . . . we found a new park nearby.  They are tucked into odd little corners, so even though we’ve been here for a year it’s easy to discover things you’ve never found before.

  

This one had a train theme, which is great because Logan has really been into trains recently!  There were train engine-shaped stairs leading to the roller slide (above) and another little train engine for the kids to “drive” (right).

 

 

 

Plus, they had a drop slide which Logan went down several times with Jake’s help.  (Drop slides are nearly vertical at the top.  It’s not so much sliding really, as dropping and letting the slide catch you, or, in Logan’s case, having Daddy drop you.)

Hydration is important on hot Oki days full of busy play!

For our anniversary we went out to a nice Thai restaurant located directly underneath the ferris wheel.

Yes, we had Logan with us for our anniversary—our babysitter was in the States.  (We had friends offer but we didn’t really have any plans until the last minute.)  So, on the way up to the ferris wheel, we stopped at the arcade and let him run around for a few minutes.  It also killed time while we were waiting for sunset.

Happy anniversary (7 years) to us!

Sunset view with the lights of the ferris wheel just coming on.

Ancient Egyptian maternity costume for VBS. I had 32-36 kindergarten and first graders and a handful of assistants.  It was a very good but VERY exhausting week.

We’re up to last weekend and the Futenma Flightline Festival.  Logan actually didn’t enjoy this as much as we thought he would; he seemed a little intimidated by the planes and helicopters up close. 

Still, he did sit in a few cockpits, climbed on a few trucks . . .

and enjoyed one of those swinging boat rides.

Which brings us to today: Logan and I found a new beach, Toguchi beach.  It was low tide when we arrived, so you could walk out on top of the coral for a LONG ways and see all sorts of interesting things. 

Even though most of the shells were occupied (darn hermit crabs!), Logan and I still had a great time hunting for “treasure” and exploring the wildlife.

There was also a playground at this beach and another really cool section of beach and rock arches/caves, but unfortunately I left my camera in my beach bag back at the playground while we were exploring that section.  I’m sure we’ll be back again sometime though, and I’ll show it to you then!  Until then, I hope are enjoying a few moments of relaxation here and there, and enjoying your various families/friends.  Talk to you later!