A Dinner Out

A couple weeks ago our family was invited to go out to dinner to celebrate one of DJ's Japanese teammates birthday! Going out to dinner is sometimes a treat because we don't have the many choices of places to go due to the language problem. But at the same time we were a little nervous because only one of the people that would be there spoke any English. So it wasn't like we were going to be able to have much conversation going and I didn't want to just be sitting there looking lost and bored. But fortunately everything went well and the evening was very fun! The conversation went smooth, the food was good, and the kids were well behaved (What more could you ask for?)

The restaurant that we went to was very small. We were actually the only people there so the kids were able to get up and run around and entertain each other. Tessa had so much fun playing with the kids and the kids we went with were so sweet to her. They helped her and watched over her making sure she was OK at all times. It was really cute! If she would do something that she shouldn't the kids would come and tell me (well they didn't actually tell me... we just played a little charades). If Tessa would drop some of her snacks (dinner because she was not to interested in the Japanese food) they would pick up the crumbs and come and put them in DJ's or my hands. It was too funny! And the other wives that were there loved Brady. They loved holding him and he loved cuddling with them. I actually got to eat dinner hands free!!! Needless to say we all really enjoyed ourselves, and we have already been making plans for our next dinner out. I think it might be sushi!

All Ready To Go!






Can you tell they are related???





Tessa and her new friends!



Tessa is learning how to do Origami with her new friends. They do Origami like we would color in coloring books :)





People here always pose in some way when taking pictures around here. They either do some silly jump or put their hands up. A very popular thing to do is to make the peace sign. It even starts at a young age... as you can see :)




Brady cuddling!

Special Gloves

Check out the new baseball gloves the kids got! DJ got to get real professional baseball gloves made for each kid. They have their names written in both English and Japanese. They also have the team's mascots on them. Brady's has Harry Hawk and Tessa's has Honey Hawk :) They were really excited about them.

Getting their gloves from Daddy!





They are checking out their names in Japanese and the mascot stitched next to it. They both love Harry and Honey :)





Their names in blue and pink to match the stitching in their glove!

Happy Father's Day!

This year we lucked out and got to celebrate Father's Day on Father's Day!!! Last year DJ was on the road but this year he was home and actually had the day off :) We were all so excited to be able to celebrate all day long. We started our day off with a big breakfast of French toast, real bacon from home (I snuck some over because bacon here is horrible), and lots of fresh fruit.





Then we spent the rest of the morning, before the rain came, and played at the park. We played with balls, blew bubbles, and went down the slide a billion times before we headed home for lunch.

We played a little bit of soccer on the grass. We played catch and we just chased after the balls (Tessa's favorite). She gets so excited and always yells "Ball Ball".







Our BIG Girl who likes to walk up the stairs and go down the slide by herself :)






A little bit of rock climbing!








Daddy and Tessa with her new bubble gun which is AWESOME!









Brady taking it all in getting excited for the day he gets to be out there running around!






Tessa spotted Daddy at the vending machine and took the shortcut to meet him there in time :)






For lunch we made mini pizzas which was lots of fun :) Then we spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out around the house because of the rain.
We had a big dinner, brownies, and presents before bed time!

They are all ready for Football Sundays in their Seahawk gear!






It was the perfect day (minus the fact that we couldn't be with our own fabulous dads and family)! We hope that DJ enjoyed his special day. It is really hard to make holidays special over here but we tried our best. We just hope he knows how much we appreciate him! Tessa and Brady are so lucky to have such an awesome Daddy :)