Sunday, February 20, 2011

A Few Pics

Okay, we are going to try blogging once a week! It's been hard, because my camera zoom is broken, so I haven't been taking many pictures. Here are a few from last month.

Our first week here, our landlord came over and brought us dishes, a heater, and then asked Coco if she liked cake (Strawberry shortcake suki?). Of course, she said yes, and he dashed out the door. Little did we know that he was going to the awesome cake shop across the street to bring us back one of these beauties:

We were so thrilled! Japanese shortcake is really moist with tons of whipped cream and strawberries. Yummy!

Coco lounging on our futon:

We have since upgraded to a bed. Yep, we are wusses, but mommy is the devil when she has to sleep on the floor next to kicking toddlers. My sanity has been preserved!

Church is now a 45 minute drive away, in our old city of Marugame. Not too bad, and we have gotten to church on time pretty much every week. Yay! Here are the kids getting ready to go:

This picture pretty much sums up their personality--Cash is happy, and Coco is Ms. Mischief.


Things have been going great! I have picked up a couple of adult classes, which I love teaching. I have also finally got myself in gear and have kept us in or under our grocery budget, which seems like a little thing but I am completely thrilled! The secret is simple: shop at 5 different stores on their sale days and cook almost everything from scratch. Easy, right?

6 comments:

Mrs Abbott said...

Thanks for the pics, Amy! I agree- a bed is worth it! That looks like an awesome cake! Yum!

Kelsy said...

The kids! yay! I miss you guys, conquering the challenges, woot Amy Jo.

allirasmussen@gmail.com said...

oh my heavens...budget and me don't get along! ;) about the sewing machine question...i have a brother and love it! it isn't a bernina but it will work for me ;)

Dave said...

Glad things are going well! It's good to hear from you

Lorajean said...

How fun that you are from Logan! thanks for commenting! Hope you have a great time in Japan.

Unknown said...

Yes please blog once a week - that means today ! Cute pics - the church one is precious with their expressions (and love their hat/scarfs too)...