Halloween 2009

Alisa was busy with the sewing machine again. The boys wanted new costumes this year, so off to the fabric store we went.


Spencer is "Link "from his favorite game.



Michael is a "Ranger Apprentice" from his favorite book.

The Big Pumpkin...

You saw the big pumpkin that was on our front porch a couple of blog entries ago? Well, getting it on the porch was hard because it was so heavy. Getting rid of it was also eventful. It was too big to just throw away in the "yard waste" bags we have to use. We also missed getting it out to the curb by a couple of minutes, so...

Alisa decided to take it down behind our our house in the trees and let "nature take its course". She asked Jeremy to take it down in the wheelbarrow. That worked for about half way down the hill in our backyard. Then it got away from Jeremy and started rolling down the hill. Luckily it ended up about where she wanted it.

Next Jeremy chopped it up to help the critters get to it and to help is decompose...

My Recent Trip to Japan

I had a very fun and rewarding business trip to Japan recently. I was in Japan from October 25th to November 4th to meet with customers and co-workers. The schedule this time wasn't too hectic, so I had time to meet up with quite a few friends while I was there.

This trip I spent 4 nights in Toyota City, so I was able to see lots of friends there. The first evening I was in Toyota City I was invited to Tobito's home for dinner. I was able to meet the "Sammy" Tobito family, "Tim" Watanabe family, and the "Tony" Omori family. The food was delicious!

Here's a photo of the whole group...



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This is me with the Omori family. I helped introduce Mr. & Mrs.Omori 11 years ago while they were both in Missouri. Now they are married with 2 children. It was very rewarding for me to see them after all these years. I wish them a lifetime of happiness.



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Here's "Sammy" on his Yamaha 1300 motorcycle. Maybe some year I can rent a motorcycle in Japan and go for a ride with him!


Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera to take photos of my other former co-worker friends that I met on this trip. I had great dinners and lunches with lots of good friends. The weather was great, I was able to accomplish my work tasks and it was one of my best trips to Japan.

Fall Time

Fall time is one of my favorite times of year. I love to see the beautiful leaves and enjoy the weather. We got some cool gourds from Rick's work. Check out the big pumpkin Spencer is on. But this year was a different story, we got one weekend of leaves and the rest were full of rain. We had a total of 12.4 inches. My flowers were amazing this year and our tree in the back yard was beautiful.

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