Max at work and Mika's first modeling job.............

Mika modeled a summer Yukata for Kimie San today. She had a fun time and did a great job posing and smiling for the camera! These photos will be used for advertising for the kimono shop.

Max enjoys his new job and says the uniform is super comfortable.

Dinner with friends.....and Mika gets a modeling job??!!

We had dinner with our good friends, the Beall family. It was a great meal at Poco A Poco and everyone had a fun time. On another note.....Max got a temporary job at a Japanese vendor on base at the PX. The name of the store is Sakuran, and they sell kimonos and obi's. He'll work on Fridays and Saturdays for the next 6 weeks, then the vendor will move and the job will be finished. He really likes it so far! We went to visit Max at work and his boss, Kimie San asked us if we would consider letting Mika model some kimonos for her. Mika was very excited and wanted to do it, so we said ok.

Mika and Kimie San.

Mika loves to have her photo taken!

David and I celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary!

David and I celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary on April 2nd. We had a happy day and enjoyed a nice dinner. David gave me a necklace made by a local artist on Okinawa and had it engraved. It's very pretty.

A trip to the Churaumi Aquarium and Mommy's birthday......

We celebrated my birthday on March 19th and had a wonderful day. I got a beautiful cake, Max gave me a Japanese sake set, Mika gave me perfume and David gave me a docking station that I can use in the kitchen to listen to my IPod while I cook. I love it! I got to choose where to go for my birthday lunch and I picked my FAVORITE burger restaurant called "Ishigaki." They make homemade buns and use Ishigaki beef for the burgers. They're my favorite. The weekend after my birthday, we drove up north and went to the aquarium. Mika loves going to the aquarium, but it was cold the day we went so we didn't stay too long.

My favorite burger on Okinawa!

My friend, Michiko San brought me flowers!

Mika is ready to go to ballet class.

Max participated in "open mike night" at school with a group of guys. They sang "Baby Don't Hurt me...no more." It was HYSTERICALLY FUNNY!!" The audience went crazy. Max is on the top row-second from the left.

Some photos from our time in Hawaii

My two babies are tired!

We took Mika to visit our adoption agency in Honolulu. John was our case manager and actually found Mika for us! Shannon is super sweet and works there also. They gave Mika the green frog toy when we said goodbye.

We went out to dinner with our friends Eric, Michelle and Lexie for the Chinese New Year. They adopted Lexie from Taiwan and used the same agency. They're really nice and will be lifelong friends!



Mika and Lexie. They got along GREAT.

Daddy took Mika shopping because we needed more clothes. We had to stay in Hawaii a very long time and didn't bring enough.

A beautiful sunset.

Max was a little weak when he was finally out of the hospital and needed to use a wheelchair for a couple of days. He got his strength back very quickly though and felt better. We went outside for a walk and to get some fresh air.

It's good to be home again....

We've been home from the hospital for a few days now and it's good to be home again. The doctors were really great in Hawaii and we were able to get a diagnosis and a good treatment plan. Now it'll just take some time for the medicine to start working and he'll get his strength back and start to feel better. We're truly blessed and very thankful.