We haven’t been up to much these past few weeks because of covid restrictions and we are still waiting for a house. Base covid numbers have been trending down so hopefully restrictions will be lightened soon! We did get our driver’s licenses though, so once we get a house we will be able to get…

Last week marked one month for us! Even though there’s a bunch of stuff we can’t do , we’re still having a good time exploring and eating. The biggest thing we’ve been doing these past few weeks is looking for a house. I’ve been visiting them with realtors and taking pictures for Jackie since getting…

Yes, I know this post is a few days late. I was feeling really lazy this weekend. Our first New Year in Japan was pretty low key due to covid (though I’m pretty sure we would have just stayed indoors regardless) but we did have a good time hanging out and watching the traditional Japanese…

All on base hotels are reserved for ROM folks, so after exiting ROM we moved to a hotel off base! It was an “experience” getting all our stuff from the hotel shuttle to the 5th floor of this hotel/apartment building, but we eventually made it! It’s definitely not as spacious but it has everything we…

Despite having taken a COVID test when we landed in Japan, we were still required to do 14 days of Restriction of Movement (ROM) aka Quarantine regardless of the results. During this time, we were on base in a Navy base hotel. I use the word hotel lightly as it was really an apartment converted…

Out of all the stages of the moving process, the actual flight was definitely the phase we were dreading the most. Jeffrey, like any 3 year old, gets bored pretty easily, and Jonathan does not like to sit still anywhere. Dealing with those two on an airplane for 14+ hours did not sound like fun….

The movers were scheduled back to back on the week before we flew out. We were thankful that Omi and Aunt Savannah were able to visit the weekend prior and were SO helpful the day the movers arrived. Playing with Omi is always fun and Savannah taught Jeffrey that monkeys say, “Uh oh, stinky!” (We’ll…

Every good move has to start with the same thing: actually moving. I’m no stranger to packing up and heading somewhere else; until buying our house in 2016, I’d moved every year since 2007. But now that we’ve settled down and have a couple of kiddos, we have a lot more stuff, not to mention…

This blog will be used to document our life and travels through Japan. We will also be using this as a way to share our experience with family and friends who want to follow along. We are so excited to begin! Our vision for this blog is for both myself (Taylor) and Jackie write our…