Moving on...

With a little prompting from Lj I am moving on from blogger...for updates please check out http://www.ljandkari.com or http://www.theljs.com. I will be posting updates from there for now on! Thanks!

水戸 黄門 まつり

Mito was buzzing this weekend with festivals and celebrations!

The festivities started last night with a spectacular firework show honoring, the Mito Koumon, the second lord of the Mito clan.

Mito puts on a wonderful firework show lasting 90 or so minutes! I had never seen a show like this until we moved here.

Stone hanging out with his Uncle Aaron and buddy, Freedom!

Stone always is so happy and excited to see Erisa and Reiko! They spoil him like crazy!

A family photo... Stone has decided that smiling for the camera is no fun!

Today was the "big" day of the festival... there were parades, floats and dance shows! Since we have lived in Japan for 7 years and have never really attended the festivities on a Saturday we decided that we would brave the heat and head downtown to see what was all the hype! I am so glad we went...

Safe in his daddy's arms Stone enjoyed watching all the action!

Stone had a great view from daddy's shoulders!

What better way to spend the first weekend of summer vacation than with family!?

I'm afraid this might be Stone one day...

**Shamelessly stolen from Jason's blog

He is already learning how to navigate the mouse... he just can't figure out why it does not work like Daddy's!

Uncle Aaron

Stone really wanted to see his Uncle Aaron today... he actually called him from my cell phone...I heard it ringing and Aaron being a good sport about it told Stone to call him anytime. So this afternoon when Stone and I went for a walk to Daidarabo Park we called and asked Aaron to meet us... since his school is so close he was able to sneak away for a few minutes. Stone really loves all the attention Aaron gives him... God has blessed our family with Aaron's friendship for over 10 years!