Dancin' With Stars.....Kinda......

Justy called his Ah-Ma and Yeh-Yeh (Grandma and Grandpa in Chinese) and told them with his best crying voice....."I miss you....", even though he had just seen them the day before and they live 5 minutes away......"I want you to come over....", even though it was after 9:00PM......"I loooovvveeee you soooooo muuuccchhhhhh (crying)".........

So the next day, Ah-Ma and Yeh-Yeh HAD to come over with a new toy for Justy. It was a little dance pad with lights....all the kids had a blast with it, even Yeh-Yeh.

Yeh-Yeh said...."don't call me and cry because everytime you do, it cost me money....."

I think Justy knows this all too well.......

Baby Kylie, Girl Knows How To Party.....

This weekend, Baby Kylie came to visit....along with Julie and Gregg......

I have to say, I have never seen a baby with so much hair. She has the biggest fro for a 5 month old. I have hair envy everytime I look at her. Of course, we had to go eat Pho' at our favorite place to hang...."I'll have a cafe' sua dau please (ice coffee)"......

What Does Justy Do When You're at Scouts?!

Since Renee and I are both leaders, we are often busy taking care of things for our den / troop. People sometimes ask......"what does Justy do when you're at scouts?". Fortunately, the big boys in Den's 1, 2 and 4 have adopted Justy as their "mascot" and he sits in all our den meetings. Often there are older siblings that are hanging out and they keep Justy busy as well. Alex Minagawa....Erin Mukai....Kevin Onishi.....they are all great at keeping Justy busy and entertained....sometimes Auntie Linda Onishi will take him around also. By the time Justy is ready to start Tiger Scouts, he'll know exactly what to do......


Kevin Onishi, Erin Mukai and Justy were jammin' on Kevin's iPod last night.......

Single Parent.....

Sorry.....no pictures today.....I've been on business travel for the past week and I just wanted to give a big SHOUT OUT to my beautiful wife Renee for holding down the fort during my absence. As I write this blog from my hotel room in New York, she is busy shuttling the kids to and from basketball....with Justin in tow. Having three kids, two jobs and all the other stuff that goes on, when you are missing that extra hand, it makes a big diference. So a big Gold Star for Renee! I'm just happy I'm the one that gets to travel because I know for a fact, I could not hold down the fort as well as she does. I'll be home tomorrow night!!

Good Luck in College!!

Katie Adachi, our friend and babysitter, will be leaving for college this coming week. She'll be attending the University of Washington. Katie, along with her younger sister Kristin, have been our babysitters for the past 3 years. Now Kristin will have to handle all 3 kids by herself! The kids LOVE both Katie and Kristin, we wish Katie the best of luck in college and we wish Kristin the best of luck handling our 3 kids all by herself now......

Going away party at the Adachi's.......

Justin took these two pictures at the Jan Ken Po Gakko summer picnic. Kristin is on the left and Katie is on the right.

Trisha In Da' House!!

Last night Trisha Yamaichi came home with Mommy, Scottie and Cori from San Jose to spend the night with the Kumamoto's. Since I had to go to Reno on Friday, I could not make the trip to San Jose with the rest of the family. Justin and I had a quiet night at home......until the rest of the crew came home. Trisha has many friends in Sacramento so she came to spend the day with them before she heads off to college.....UC Irvine, watch out!! We have known Trisha since she was about 6 years old so it's hard to believe that she is leaving for college. Makes me feel suuuppppeeeer old.


Just so Auntie Lynne would see what time Trisha woke up.....we took a picture of the clock.....she actually was up for about 15 minutes before the picture was taken so she did as she was instructed.......she didn't sleep in. Kinda hard to do when you have 3 kids screaming, "when is Trisha gonna wake up?!"

September 11th

An American flag has flown outside my house since September 12, 2001......

In Memory........

With respect and gratitude.....