Okay okay, I know it’s the middle of summer, but it’s gotten so hot in Japan that I’m dreaming of fall at the moment. I am looking back at November 2022 where we had the most dreamy autumn adventure in Kyoto. It was seriously an autumn wonderland and I absoluteley loved our trip there. First….I…

In March, we were blessed with a visit from my dear friend Paige and her family! They are in a transition period before they start their new chapter of business school at Columbia University (ummm Power Couple, am I right!?!) and they were able to visit for a bit while they were touring some of…

I’m trying to catch up on some of last years adventures we haven’t posted yet….Going back to our time in October with Abuelo and Gram… We last minute decided to go to Disneyland for Jonathan’s 3rd birthday! The only time we could make it happen was on a weekend and it was also during Disneyland’s…

It’s finally snowboard season! As I do every year, I check out the MWR ski trips they have scheduled and sign up for a few. This year I saw one that definitely caught my interest: a three day trip to Nozawa Onsen in Nagano for a snowboard trip during their annual fire festival. I didn’t…

Continuing our time in Tokyo with Abuelo and Gram brings us to our Sunday and Monday in Tokyo. Sunday we started our day at the New Sanno for their Sunday Brunch. It was great! We all really enjoyed it and the boys loved the spooky hallway that led to the bathroom. This was right before…

The second weekend we had with Abuelo and Gram we went to Tokyo! We started our adventure on a Friday afternoon and Abuelo and Gram were champs traveling on the crowded train, luggage and all. We stayed at the New Sanno Hotel which is an American-run hotel, so it was very American tourist friendly and…

YAYAYAYAY! We were finally able to get our first visitors to Japan after nearly 2 years! It was such a blessing that Abuelo and Gram were able to spend 3 weeks of October with us. We had such a good time together and really packed a lot of trips in to that time too. Our…

Our second day in Nagoya was spent at the famous Nagoya Castle. It was pretty close to our hotel so we just decided to walk there. I love walking in Japan, everything is always so well designed for pedestrians. The boys don’t typically mind too much either, especially at the beginning of the day. This…

Our first baby is now 5! Jeffrey loves all things lego so we decided to celebrate his birthday at Legoland in Nagoya, Japan! We left our house on a Friday afternoon (after cake and presents in the morning) to take the 3 hour train ride over to Nagoya. This trip we had our first opportunity…

This weekend Taylor and I hiked Mount Fuji! We are thankful for our friends who took care of the boys so we could go together. We have been wanting to hike this for a while and decided to risk it even though the forecast was predicting some rain. The rain didn’t look too bad and…