SNAILS!

There are huge snails here that are kinda cool but creep you out at the same time. Most are small and you hear them crunch under your feet when you walk, but once in a while we get Huge ones in our yard. Yoshi usually sniffs and barks at them :)

As for Carrick and I we are doing good. Girl Scout Camp is this week, which we will both be at. I'm excited and a little stressed, but it will be a great time! So far it's been pouring down rain for the past two days and forecasted for all next week so we'll see what happens!

Wake Boarding!

We went wakeboarding with one of my co-workers, Yuki. We went to a smaller island off of Okinawa to this great beach. It was so much fun but really hard. I only got up about three times and it was only for a few second each but worth all the spills I took!

Children's Day

Every year Japan has a holiday week called Golden Week. All the schools and many businesses are closed and the whole country is on vacation. The week is comprised of holidays like Children's Day and Green Day. Children's Day celebrates the future of Japan through children. The people buy or make these wind kites that are supposed to represent carp. They hang one on their house for each male child. They also hang them in the parks and public places like in the picture.

Meet Yoshi

This is our new dog. His name is Yoshi, he's a full breed Yorkie and about a year old. We got him from a family who is PCSing and can't take him with. He's full of energy and acts just like a puppy. He's so cute and likes to play. The little stuffed dog in the picture is his favorite and he'll play fetch with it all day.

Botanical Gardens

Here are some photos from the day we visited the Southeast Botanical Gardens. I wish these pics were scratch and sniff because all the flowers smelled so good! We could smell it before we even got to the parking lot. It was a lot of fun to see the exotic flowers.

Birthday Surprise!

The lifeguards at work surprised me with a cake for my birthday! The writing says my name in Kanji and happy birthday underneath. It was really good whip-cream and fruit filling!

Shopping! American Village at Chatan.

This is the main place we go to shop off base. There is a "mall" called Jusco. It's like a mall in the fact that it has many stores, but it's different in the way that there is not much dividing the stores. There aren't really walls, and sometimes you're not sure which checkout to go to! Outside Jusco there are many shops and open areas. You can also see the ferris wheel. It's really nice and open compaired to the rest of the island. That's prabibly why it's called American Village because of it's more American style layout and space.