Drama and more

Next week our children from the R.E. (Religious Ed) program and the Middle School drama team will be treating us to a special Palm Sunday Evening Service. I was thrilled to find out that this a.m. was a rehearsal. I'll touch down in Misawa at 6:45 p.m. next Sunday....and may catch the final curtain call...so this was a treat.

Arielle and Gracie

My favorite photo of the day

In other drama happenings this week....Jared has been heading up a PYOC (youth) human video team. They will be putting on their presentation at the base's Good Friday service. They've also been asked to preform at a local church on Saturday. Jared assures me that someone will take a video so I can watch when I get home. I plan to go to the practice tomorrow and watch for myself. LOL

Mike will touch down in nine hours. I know he'll be exhausted and I know I have a zillion things to do to get ready to leave on Tuesday...but I'm really looking forward to seeing him again - for whatever amount of time we have.

Stacia said this a.m. "I knew he'd come back to his daughter." ::snort:: A little later she came and told me, "They go and they come back and they go and they come back." That seems to sum up her growing up as the youngest in a house full of young adults and a deploying daddy.

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Windy....

We had WIND today....not a little...a lot. Honest. I have no clue how fast the gusts were...but it was windy enough to wake us up with roaring and crashing.....and it was strong enough to do all this.....

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

America? What's up?

We need reform....I'm not sure we need the shenanigans I've been watching online.....I thought this simplifies the path of the health care bill.... I realize I'm over here and not watching American news....maybe I've misunderstood something, but I'm concerned when a bill is passed that the congress hasn't had time to debate and submit.....again....maybe I'm missing the finer points of what is going on.
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Aviation Part 4 -

This one really cracks me up!

Spinning Room

There are more...but this gives you a taste of the fun to be had at this particular museum. It's after 10 p.m. I'm trying VERY hard to go to bed at a decent hour (as I wake up at 5:00 - 5:30 a.m. regardless). I am doing my best to take care of myself, build my immune system, you know....."deployment strong". I've done this deployment thing enough to know that if I don't watch myself I'll stay up until 2 a.m. and try to live on 3 hours of sleep - turning me into a very grumpy Mommy.
Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Aviation - Part 3 -

This was fun to watch.......different ones attempt.....

Funniest yet....

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Aviation - Part 2

Jared won my heart by helping his sister out on this ride. She had run over to get in line, not realizing that a group from school were there. She stayed in line, but was getting intimidated by the group, the chattering she couldn't understand and all the attention directed at her. The children were so cute. They had a great time trying out their English. I had Stacia try out a Japanese phrase and when all laughed it nearly put her over the top. I'm fairly sure they were simply thrilled she was trying a Japanese phrase...but she thought they were laughing at her.

Finally, they got to ride.....

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Aviation Wonderland

We LOVE to visit the Misawa Aviation Museum.  It is FUN.  We went on Nate's last day here. He enjoyed it too. I've showed tons of photos before.....this time I'll try some video clips to give you a feel for the place. It is FREE for kids under 10th grade. Only Y300 yen for 10 - 12th graders and Y500 for adults.

Stacia compares her speed with various animals

Flight simulators - several kinds

Learning about "gravity" and the moon

Let's see if these have loaded before I add any more. LOL

Choosing Joy!
©2010 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...