4th of July

Happy Independence Day! We had a good one over here in Okinawa. We drove to a little island an hour away with some friends and went to a beach that only had a couple other people there-WIN! The weather cooperated and we had fun stuffing our facing and hanging out in the water. We missed having any sort of fireworks but that is life overseas I suppose! So fun to hang out with old friends too. Yay for America!!!!

 my little firecracker!

 

when you forget cooking utensils, just stop by family mart and grab some chopsticks!

Miyagi Island being pretty

 Little Ruth clearly loved the sand lol.

It ain't a holiday without some diet coke! ;) Ps cherry is my new jam.

 Lucy was so happy the whole day. Like it was weird. She's what you might call a hard baby.. really fussy and cries a lot. So it was so awesome to see her so content. Made me all kinds of happy.

Love being American but happy to live in this pretty place for a few years!

Still Here!

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Hey! I'm still here. Life has been busy and blogging consistently has always been a challenge for me! We had a really great 4th of July and are still enjoying the weekend before Duke has to go back to work! Also my college BFF just moved to Okinawa so I've been busy hanging out with her. And keeping Lucy happy<--full time job people. 

I have lots of things to blog about though, so stay posted :)

Tokyo in June

Just breastfeeding in a corner of  of Forever 21 (this was the day I explored by myself and lucy was a monster!)

 6% dokidoki-a very tiny & kawaii store

how cute are all those earrings?! I got pegasus ones.

 a picture of people taking pictures of a cat wearing a scrunchy around it's neck. I don't get it.

Must check out Laforet^

Duke loves Harajuku! ;)

touch screen vending machine. Very Japanesey.

I decided I love Tokyo in June

i hate spiders

 The Great Burger^ run, don't walk.

 Good Town Doughnuts. I repeat, run, do not walk!

on the c130 back to Kadena AFB

The first many pictures are from Harajuku. My personal favorite place in Tokyo. I have gone each of the 3 times I've been to Tokyo and I honestly love it more every time. If you've heard Gwen Stefani's "Harajuku Girls", then you know all about the area. If not, it's an awesome fashion and culture district  and has possibly the best people watching in the world. It's super crowded on the weekends, but that is the best time to go! People dress up crazy and it's awesome. When I went with Stacy we saw a lady wearing black wings-just like from Maleficent- and a beak. So great! The area also has really great food.

Next area we visited was Akasaka Palace. I don't recommend it. Ha. We've seen pretty much all the 'must-see' things in Tokyo so we were trying to see something new. You can't go into the palace or in the gates. It's a state guest house and you can only view it through this one gate and that's it. There is also nothing else in the area. It has pretty gates though!

We also walked through Yoyogi park a little bit-I always am so in awe of those beautiful wooden torii gates--and visited Roppongi Hills. Cool area but was a little bummed there too because the line to visit the observatory and sky deck at Mori Tower was 2 hours. And with little Lucy that just wasn't gonna happen. It's got some good eats around the area and a little garden area and an art museum in Mori Tower as well. Worth checking out!

We were able to hop a flight back from Yokota Air Base to Kadena on Okinawa so that was nice. I felt a little bad for Lucy though bc the plane was SO LOUD and everyone was given earplugs, except her bc they have baby earplugs :(. I couldn't even hear her cry when she cried...which maybe that was a good thing ;). But she slept most of the flight and hey it was free! 

I always love visiting Tokyo and I hope I get to go back again before we leave Japan!