Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Visit to Our Tokyo Family

We flew to Tokyo to spend two weeks with the Kurodas: Hiroko and Ren and the four children - Chikage (daughter, 10), Riku (son, 8) and the new twin boys, Naoya and Masaki.

Chikage, Riku, Anna, and Ren with the twins:








We went to a local street fair, and ate some great food; and Riku won a prize:



You need small fire engines to get down very narrow streets!


Just walkin' around town:



Yukata de Gin-bura Festival in Ginza:























To get at prizes frozen in ice and buried in snow, Riku had to work:









Anna with twins in a baby changing room:


At the mall in Roppongi Hills with Hiroko's parents, Masami and Kazuko.


Riku loves cars.  He took Masami into the driving simulator:






Refreshment time!



Oh, and did I mention Ren took Anna and me to train with the Spartans in Tokyo?


Thursday, June 8, 2017

Our First Time Outdoor Rock Climbing

Taylor took us rock climbing at Pilot Mountain, North Carolina.  Anna and I found it very different from a climbing wall in a health club.



An Anna Climb (very short videos):







A Myron Climb


And sometimes, we didn't make it...



The last look before we left:






Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Family Vacation in Akumal

Fifty miles south of CancĂșn, ten of us stayed in a beautiful house in Akumal for a week:



https://youtu.be/kZ3qy-JuWAg


We enjoyed the perfect temperature and sun – and tequila.  

We snorkeled, went scuba diving, and even drank tequila in a tree house at the restaurant/bar La Buena Vida on our street.


We visited Chichen Itza:



Lupe cleaned our house each day and chefs prepared two dinners for us:



Anna, Sean and Yulia visited a spa:




We rode bikes and golfcarts:

The sunrises were spectacular:


And did I mention tequila?