Doggie 911

The other day, my dog Zilly was feeling sad because we had been out of town for one night. He gets like that when I'm gone. So I thought I would spend some quality time with him....we laid down together and I rubbed his belly while he chewed on his rawhide. I noticed him swallow a big chunk but did not think much about it. After a while, he started breathing real hard....so I called the vet...it's about 9:30 at night....and I take him in to see what's going on. I explain to the vet what happened and she reached down his throat...down past her wrist and pulled out a huge chunk of rawhide. Yuck......

For those of you that have seen Zilly, he's fat.....he knows it, I know it, everybody knows it.....but I just want to say....last year he weighed 154 lbs, now he weighs 132 lbs!! If he keeps losing weight like this, he may have to have plastic surgery to get rid of the loose skin! Good job Zilly, keep it up!!!

Cori is a Princess part 2.......

Okay, I know I am biased but I truly believe I have the most beautiful daughter in the world.....a photographer took some pictures of her during her last performance....the picture is too large to put on the blog so check it out by following this link....

http://sanjosephotography.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/2008-nikkei-matsuri-festival/#comment-2

Back Bloggin' ......

The other weekend we had a very special visit from Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Katsu and my favorite sister Marcia (only sister). They came to visit from San Jose and spent the day with us being lazy around the house. I've been so busy that I forgot to blog this earlier....that's why I'm "back bloggin' " it...

Grandma and Grandpa usually end up falling asleep on the couch but it's nice to have them visit us here in Sacramento. My sister Marcia trys to drive them here as much as she can....she lives in Scottsdale Arizona so it's nice to see her as well.

The kids know that when Auntie Marcia is in town, they'll be making and eating fresh baked onion bread, cookies and homemade rocky road......yum.

Cori is a Princess.......

Cori has been taking traditional Japanese "odori" dancing for the past 5 years and to our surprise, she has really enjoyed it! Grandma Kumamoto really wanted one of her granddaughters to take odori and Cori was the chosen one....here was her latest performance at this past weekends San Jose Spirit of Japantown.





Grandma and Grandpa coming out to watch the performance.......

Justin is hangin' with Dad while Mommy helped Cori get ready.....which is a 2 hour process.....

Baby Emi in Da' House....

Baby Emi came to party with the Kumamoto's. Luckily, her Mommy Traci was the designated driver so Baby Emi was able to party with Scott and Cori. Too bad Justin was at school or the party may have gotten out of hand.....


I hate when the women steal the remote control and drink the last beer.......

Jan Ken Po Gakko Craft Fair - 2008!!

Wow! The weekend has come and gone....how come two days at work goes by so slow but two days at home go by so fast? On Saturday, we had our annual Jan Ken Po Gakko craft fair. Jan Ken Po is a summer time Japanese school that our kids attend and Renee sits on the board for. The craft fair has representatives from all over the state of California and Hawaii and it is attended by a huge amount of people looking for those unique gifts. This year, Scrap-N-Stamp had their first booth. Debbie and Uncle Nick-Nick (what the kids call him) worked the booth. Debbie spent countless hours making cards to sell and from what I could tell, they sold by the bundles!

Some samplings from Scrap-N-Stamp's display at the JKPG Craft Fair - 2008.

As always.....Renee is on the phone......

Uncle Nick-Nick and Auntie Debbie, thanks to Nick for making the display shelves and working the booth and thanks to Debbie for making all the cards and working the booth. If anybody needs a great general contractor, call me and I'll put you in touch with Nick who can build or fix anything....

Happy 5th Birthday Justin!!

They say that the baby of the family will always be the "baby". I have to say that this is true. Being the baby of my family of five siblings, I never realized how lucky I was to have so many older brothers and a sister. I can say with my heart that they all contributed to who I am today. As I see Justin grow, I can see how much his older brother and sister take care of him and it reminds me of when I was young. Scott wanted to spend $50.00 of his hard earned money to buy a gift for Justin, it was something that Justin really wanted and Scott wanted his little brother to have it. Cori was excited to decorate the house and wrap the presents and kept asking Justin..."who's birthday is it today?!". I always tell my kids that whatever happens in life, they will always have eachother. Though they may not always get along, they will always be brother and sister. So on this day, big brother and big sister did a great job in making the day special for the "baby" of the family and our baby grew a little older...and a little wiser...with a little help from his brother and sister.....happy 5th birthday Justin!!

Birthday wish from his big sister.......

Kiss for his favorite girl......

Dinner at Justin's favorite place to grub.....Wasabi's.....just Mom, Dad and Justin.....



Birthday bash with the family......ice cream cake and a super duper cool flower candle......

Happy Birthday Justin!!