Friday, December 25, 2009

2 1/2 hours from Tokyo

She's making it.... She'll land in Tokyo, take the shuttle 1 1/2 hours across to Haneda, check herself in to sleep and we'll see her tomorrow right before chapel. I wonder if she'll be able to sleep?

Bre will is home!
Krista will be home in 1 day
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 3 days

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Alaska in Sight...

Krista should be waving at Alaska as she flies over. Five and a half hours until she arrives in Tokyo.

Bre said this was the prettiest part of the flight. Note to boys...try to get a seat where you can take photos....emergency exits have more leg room....


Bre will be home today!
Krista will be home in 1 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 3 days

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Krista's in the Air...

She's made it from Eugene to Seattle. She's now 1 hour and 17 min from Seattle...934 miles from Eugene.....4,950 miles to Misawa.

We can't see track the little airplane....but that's o.k. We're happy to know she's on the way.

Bre will be home today!
Krista will be home in 1 day
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 5 days

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Happy Birthday, Jesus

Here are some shots from our day. Not much time for lots of words.....

We played games
From 2009-12-25 Happy Birthday Jesus

We talked with lots of family - though not all - maybe tomorrow
From 2009-12-25 Happy Birthday Jesus
Finding baking ingredients off base proved to be an adventure. I'm assuming most Japanese don't bake at home a lot. I was told over and over that tanjobi keki (birthday cake) is usually purchased from the bakery. Stacia was excited to help frost our birthday cake.


Mike & Zander make a stable.


A bit more training seems to be called for! ::snort::
From 2009-12-25 Happy Birthday Jesus


Pin the Star on the Stable...




Or the wall...

Or the brother...


They Tied....though Stacia had outside help after the brother incident. ::snort::
From 2009-12-25 Happy Birthday Jesus


We had birthday cake, we sang.

By the way, birthday candles are found in hardware stores in Misawa...not grocery stores. LOL


We played Pictionary using words from the Christmas Story or our Jesse Tree devotionals.

Wise Men


Angel

Caesar ::snort:: - think...Pizza...Little...

We played charades using our devotions and Luke 2.

We talked about gifts we give Jesus. I should probably write a separate post on that...or maybe not. It was precious. We prayed.

It was a wonderful day...though there were some "down" moments. I missed the kids that aren't here. This is the first Christmas, other than deployments, we've not all made it home. I woke up with a lot of back and hip pain... I need to find time for an onsen soon. Transitions from one set of traditions to another always brings a bit of clunkiness...but all in all...it was a wonderful day of Celebrating Christ.

We pray your days are just as wonderful. . . whichever side of the dateline you happen to live on.
Bre is home!
Krista will be home in 2 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 4 days

Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...