Guess who's back, back again...

It's been a long time since I've blogged and so much has happened.

Quick recap and some pictures.

Mama, Papa and Uncle Ian came to visit for Christmas.  We all had a great time, especially the boys! They sure love and miss Mama and Papa when they are gone-and Uncle Ian too.  We got to see some of the light displays around Okinawa and really enjoyed spending the holidays together.

Light display at the zoo.  Brendan looks like quite the punk.  The dark eyes are from his allergies.

  

  

 

 It felt pretty lonely around here after they left, but we got back into our normal routine as quickly as possible-that always seems to help.  It was back to preschool, busy days and weekend activities with just our little family.

We took a trip up north to see the cherry blossoms, but there just wasn't much out.  We headed back and decided to stop and check out Tropical Fruits Land.  Although the weather was anything but tropical (we're still in the midst of this blast of cold) the boys still had a ton of fun, especially feeding the parrots!  We also got to take a look at some beautiful butterflies.

Two weeks later we decided to check out the cherry blossoms again-it's our last chance to see them!  This time, we had success.

(aka, it's muddy)

Most to post about and I'll get that up before this weekend!  We're headed off to Sapporo on Sunday for the Ice Festival and we can't wait!