Air show

Alan and Jaden building airplanes and spacecraft at our apartment. A family in Alan's folks' church passed these really cool blocks down to us. Jaden plays with them everyday. They were a lifesaver, entertaining Jaden for hours and hours, until our crates arrived with more toys. It was really nice for Jaden to have just a few toys and books for a while, it really seemed to stimulate his imagination and resourcefulness. If we lacked a toy, we just built it with our blocks! When he was looking for something new to read, he discovered a new story in his kids' Bible. Most of the things from our crates are now unpacked and put away. We're really enjoying our apartment. It's open and spacious. Jaden has his own room. We share with Ethne for right now. We have a nice storage closet too so that we can keep extra things on hand without feeling cluttered.

Merry Christmas

Jaden's Summer

Little clip

Our apartment

The skyline has changed a bit since our Indiana days as the view from our balcony shows! Two pictures taken from either corner of our apartment show our living room, kitchen and dining areas. (We also have two bedrooms and a small bath off the dining room. I'll blog those another time.)

Jaden & Ethne

Just a few recent photos of Jaden and Ethne taken in our new apartment here in Japan. Ethne has a cute little personality--very smiley, loves to be talked to, loves to be with people. Recently she's started using a fake cough or a little squeal when she wants to get someone's attention. The squeal tactic works really well with Jaden. Ethne starts and they go back and forth exchanging laughs and squeals.