Photo update

There's so much to say but I'll be realistic here. If I were to try and talk about it all in detail, this would never get finished. So pictures and a description it is. 

We celebrated our 4th anniversary this year! Steven kept it all a surprise and planned it all. The acutual day of we just went out for dinner with Olivia. But the surprise was a sunset cruise down near Naha. It rained the whole time and so we didn't see the sunset. But it was still a lot of fun! We cooked Korean BBQ style at our individual tables. The food was so good and we had a great time!

This was at Annie's baby shower. We met her when we lived in Virginia. Her husband had gone to school with Steven and they were in our ward. She just had her baby yesterday and he is a 9lb 4 oz cutie! 

Here are a few of our friends from our apartment building. They are seriously amazing and strong women. I'm so grateful to have them as our friends. 

My full of personality little girl! She loves to accessorize! 

We have started a monthly birthday tradition with Steven's platoon. It has been a little chaotic with their ever changing schedules but has been so much fun! Last month, there was a big milestone for one of the guys so we plastered his face on shirts and they read, "it took this guy 30 years to look this good." Everyone had a great laugh over it. Even the CO was a great sport and wore the shirt for the lunch. 

We love to try new places to eat! I'm still not a raw fish sushi girl, but I do love all the other crab and veggie sushi options. At this restaurant, En-raku, you order the food via a screen and it is delivered on a conveyor belt to you. Or you can just pull dishes from the lower belt as they arrive. 

This is one of our favorite beaches, mama san beach. We love to swim and snorkel here! This fish will swim right up to you!

I love this girl! I could watch her sleep all the time. She has so much personality even when she's passed out! 

The pool opener up at the end of June. They have a kid pool there. The water comes up to her waist, so she loves it! She can walk around without help! They also have a little hippo fountain that filters the water. 

One of my favorite hikes so far! We hiked Tadake falls. You hike in the river to get to the falls. We went with the Elders, the Saunders and another friend from church. The water was so refreshing to be in on such a hot day. The footing is unsteady since it's a river, but there were little kids and people of all ages climbing the rocks and wading the waters. The falls at the end were worth it for sure! 

Some of the guys made it to the top of the falls but were sore the next day. 

We went to a Chinese lantern lighting festival. These are actually a lot harder to light than you might think. There was a pretty strong wind which unfortunatly led to several collapsed lanterns that resulted in instant incineration and diving into the crowds or sea water.

In the few moments after we walked into the house- I ran to the bathroom, washed my hands and came out to find this. She's so proud of herself. She went to the pantry and grabbed the napkins and popcorn from the lower shelves and dragged them to the bathroom. Thankfully that popcorn was never opened.

She loves this spot to read her books! 

We went to a new restaurant,Delicious Sushi, and this was our order! The picture doesn't do it justice really. The guy one a one man show during the lunch hour and made all our food on the spot to include the beautifully carved fruit. 

I went to a painting birthday party last week. While my painting is no masterpiece, I had so much fun painting it. I know that as soon as you instantly saw it, you were thinking Mt Fuji with a Torri gate right?! 

There are moments where she just looks like she has grown up to fast! She also refuses apple slices now. Ms Fancy Pants prefers to chew on the whole apple.