Katsuren Castle

Yesterday we went to Katsuren Castle, which is about five minutes from our house. All that is left is some of the walls, but its still pretty beautiful. After the castle we went to dinner and collected sea shells on White Beach. It was such a nice evening.

Kokasai Dori and Futenma Cave Shrine

Saturday was another fun day. We drove down to Naha to visit Kokasai Dori (which is a fun shopping center). There were lots of cute shops and food markets. If we stopped for more than 30 seconds we would literally be swarmed by cute Japanese ladies falling in love with the kids. If we kept moving we were pretty safe, but if we stopped to look at something they would swoop in. They get a kick out of seeing three cute babies. They love Josh's smile and of course twins are good luck here so they go crazy over Ashley and Austin.

FUTENMA CAVE SHRINE

On our way home we stopped at the Futenma Shrine. Apparently there are some cool caves there, we only had a few minutes and didn't get a chance to see the caves. Also, it's said that many people come to pray at the shrine/caves particularly for fertility. I don't think we need to be praying for fertility anymore! =)

Misc Pictures

Our field trip for last weekend was cancelled do to a typhoon. Yup, we experienced our first tropical storm last Saturday and boy was it a doozy! The winds and rain kept me up all night, I couldn't believe how loud it was. At 3:00 Ty decided the winds were so strong that maybe we should take down our satellite dish.... Not a good idea. After awhile I went out to help and it was just crazy. I was only out with him for a few minutes and got completely soaked. The dish was on pretty tight and after losing one of our tools in the storm we decided to come back in. The kids all did pretty well, Josh woke up and wanted to play around 4, but otherwise the storm didn't seem to bother them. Anyway, since it's the 4th of July weekend Tyler will have Monday and Tuesday off and he's already planned a lot of fun things for us to do. I'm excited to see more of Japan and of course to post pictures of our excursions. Below are just some cute pictures of the kids over the past couple weeks. They are such a joy, I love them all so much!

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

On Saturday we went to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. This may have been my favorite field trip so far, mostly because Josh had so much fun. He loved watching the fish. It was so fun to see his face as he watched these amazing fish go swimming by. I loved the sea turtles, they were just so cute. Our day got cut a little short because of the heat, but we still had an amazing time at the Aquarium.