The Nutcracker

I planed to go The Nutcracker with daughter.

But sons said "We wanna go too!!"

So I got tickets for all my kids and me.

Tall Christmas tree and big Gingerbread house.

We really enjoyed the story, I thought.
BUT..........



After the Ballet！！！！！

We had a fantastic time♡

Gingerbread House

I bought the Gingerbread house kit at Trader Joe's.

We opened the package.

It was fun to build the house.

For Christmas

My favorite shopping place in Houston.

KUHL LINSCOMB

2424 W.ALABAMA

Houston,TX,77098

I found really nice ornament.

Looks like Texan♡
Armadillo and Christmas cowboy boot.

Best souvenir for me.

I will take them to Japan.

And I found Advent Calendar at Trader Joe's.
It filled with 24 Milk Chocolates.

I bought three different color for my three kids.

Hummingbird

Desert Botanical Garden at Phoenix.

There were many kinds of cactus in the park.

Pink flowers or bud or something.

Looks like snake.

We found the Hummingbird!!!

Soooo tiny and really cute♡

Sedona

Sedona is very famous in Japan.

There are some vortex in Sedona.

We went the four main energy vortexes.

Bell Rock,Airport Mesa,Cathedral Rock,

and Boynton Canyon.

My kids tried to climb up and up the rock.

Red rocks and Blue sky.

Trees are twisted everywhere.

Because of strong vortex energy.

Grand Canyon

We went to Grand Canyon and Sedona

during Thanksgiving holiday.

Flew to Phoenix and drove to Grand Canyon.

Beautiful sunrise and sunset!!

We've hiked down South Kaibab Trail.

Ooh-Aah point.

The view were really spectacular!!

My snack

I found yummy snack at Trader Joe's.

Butter Waffle Cookies $2.79

Dark Chocolate Crisps $2.49

Really recommend these snack!!

Halloween

We did..... 

Pumpkin carving

Halloween Party

Trick or Treating

Special Treat from teacher

NO HOMEWORK !!!

Turning 6

My daughter's Birthday.

♡ Turning 6 ♡

We sing a Happy Birthday to you ♪

and ate yummy cake.

Dewberry Farm

We went to the Dewberry farm

with our friend family.

We were big party, 9 adult and 11 children.

I worried about weather.

But It was cloudy and nice for me.

Farm admission was $12 each.
Include many fun thing to do.

My kids especially like

Corn Maze,Hay Mountain,Roller Slider,

and Cow Train.

I don't know how many times did they ride.

Wagon rides take me to the Pumpkin Patch.

We got two BIG pumpkins.

Austin

We went to the University of Texas at Austin.

My husband did judge of Kendo match.

Seattle team win "Longhorn " trophy.

We stayed at recreational sports center ALL day long.

NO San Marcos outlets......

But it was fun to cheer them.

AND

Finally,my dream came true!!

☆THE SALT LICK BBQ☆

It was soooooo yummy!!!

We ate a lot.

Trader Joe's

I love shopping ♡

I've been waiting long time.

Finally,Trader Joe's coming near my house.

I went there just open day.

There are many people and looooong line.

But I got half of shopping cart.

Trader Joe's have a lot of their own products.

It was fun to find something new.

And I like to try NEW brand stuff.

It was soooo good for my lunch.

Next time I will take it some more.

Schlitterbahn

We went to the Schlitterbahn Water Park Galveston

with my son's best friend.

There are many exciting tube slider and fun pool.

Kids play and play and play......

We spent all day long in there.

Picnic area were good.

We ate rice ball,snack and juice.

Soooooo great time!!!

Back to School

Kids got new school supplies !!!

School begun from Aug 27th.

They got new teacher and new friends.

We are sooooo happy to back to school. 

Exciting Party

Best friend's Birthday party.

Every kids love the Chuck E Cheese's.

Many kinds of games,yummy pizza,

juice,birthday cake,

and BEST friends.

♡We had a lot of fun♡

Wild animals

First met animal "Elk"

Buffalo was walking roadway.

Twin bear cub climb down from tree.

But only one in this photo.

Duck family.

Yellowstone

We went to the Yellowstone National Park.

My favorite family photo.

An Onsen(nature's own outdoor hot tub)

Japan has thousands of Onsen.
We love Onsen very much♡

Boiling River comes left side of photo.
(icy)Gardner River runs right side.
Middle of river was nice and warm......AWESOME!!!

4th of July

We watched a Parade & enjoyed fireworks !!!

Yum Yum Cha

Yum Cha ♡AGAIN♡

Today,we went.......

Yum Yum Cha Cafe

2435 Time Blvd
@Rice Village

There were NO wagon.

We could order our favorite dim sum.
Really fresh and very hot and yummy!!!

Restaurant is small and little bit....
But acutually good taste.

I remembered  the idiom "Hole in the wall"
Learned from my teacher Heidi.

Nearby,Good price,and Delicious.
My best Yum cha restaurant ever.

Dim sum (Yum cha)

Father's Day!!!

Children gave  him a letter and card.

We went to the Chinese restaurant.

I knew that today is Father's Day.

But the restaurant,I wanted to go!!!

Fung's Kitchen

7320 Southwest Fwy

We arrived there around 11a.m.

All table already taken and We had to wait.

Food was fresh and hot.

Shrimp dumpling,Egg rolls,BBQ buns,

Sesame ball,Mango pudding etc

I like steam wagon the best!!

My kids excited about lookig for different kinds of wagon.

We ate and ate and ate........

At last we could not eat anymore.

P U OWN

We went to the Blueberry picking.

MOORHEAD'S Blueberry Farm

19531 Moorhead Rd

conroe,TX,77302

We got up very early.

And enjoyed blueberry picking.

Last year,We picked a bucketful by 3 hours.

Today,Two full of bucket by 2 hours.

Because of good harvest and grow each children. 

I cooked big fresh blueberry pie.

It was soooo good!!!

I will make blueberry jam tomorrow.

Sea World

Last week, We went to the Sea World.

It was third time visit.

Pool area looks big and new.

My sons tried NEW tube slider.

It was FUN!!!

We also enjoyed show and ride.

Finally, there were fireworks of Memorial Day!!!