Friends-giving

We had a get together today with friends to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was such a great time! Lots of great food, a wonderful walk on the beach, and great people. After enjoying appetizers, we combed the beach for treasures (I collected a bunch of rocks - I think I'm going to start a rock collection from places I've lived) then headed back for grub and drinks. I made broccoli casserole and Oreo cheesecake bars. They went over big and we barely had any to bring home! We had so much fun, and are wore out. Time to sleep in tomorrow!

Thanksgiving Surprise!

We had quite the treat on Thanksgiving! It snowed!! Our area of Japan almost never sees snow, so this was amazing! We stayed inside and sipped hot cocoa and thought about our friends and family back home. Here is a video I took out our front door:

                                                           Thanksgiving Snow!

Adorable Bear Ramekin

Japanese bakeries never fail to impress. We went to one near our house tonight and got this! It's a cute chocolate dog face in a ceramic bear ramekin that you get to keep! How awesome!

Ding Dong Ditch?

So something a little odd happened this morning. We were sitting downstairs on the couch, just enjoying the morning, and we hear the doorbell ring. I glance out the window and I see a little old Japanese lady walking away. We go to the front door but she is long gone. We look around, check the inside of the mailbox, thinking maybe she dropped something off. There wasn't anything anywhere. No idea what that was about. Oh well!