Days Off

Today is a rainy day so we are all sitting around doing very little. Today is Earth Day, so I took Ryan down to the park where they were having an Earth Day Festival. We had an okay time and we got to tie-dye a couple of T-shirts.

Matt had Thursday and Friday off and we all had a great couple of days. On thursday Matt took Ryan golfing on the real golf course. It is only a 9 hole course, but it was Ryan's first time, so that was big enough. I guess Ryan did pretty well. Matt says he even hit one shot all the way to the green (about 110 yards)! It doesn't sound like it is very far, but it is good for him.

Friday Matt and I took the kids to a sitter and had the day to ourselves. We had planned on going to the beach, but the weather wasn't nice enough. We played tennis in the morning for about an hour and a half, then we headed out for lunch. We went to an authentic Japanese steak house and had some great food. There were a couple of big differences between the one here and the one we went to in the states. The biggest one is that the chef doesn't do any tricks or entertainment while cooking your food. Then we headed over to a store called Uni-Qlo, which is the Japanese equivilent of an Old Navy. However as far as clothes for Matt is concerned he has to buy an extra large which fits him like an American medium. I guess since the people here are generally small, there isn't much accomadation for people who are tall or overweight. Then we went to a huge 100 yen store. That is like a dollar store in the states, but there is much more at this store and the stuff is a lot nicer. Then we went to a plant/ walmart type store. Matt had been looking for hat like the one in the picture above and this is where we found it. All the Japanese people around here where hats like this when they do yard work. They usually cover them with some sort of material, but Matt hasn't found any that he likes quite yet.

Colin finally took a step today! Just one and then he fell down, but at least that is something!

Well, I am going to take a nap on this rainy day. I hope all is well with everyone else.