Tuesday, March 12, 2013

tokyo!

after a week of working in hong kong and ningbo, china- we took a weekend side trip to Tokyo for inspiration and shopping. the weather was perfect and we shopped til we dropped, ate awesome food, went to karaoke, visited a cat cafe, people watched and visited two museums. such a fun town, can't wait to go back!

outside the sex pistols themed izakaya we went to on night 1
cheers- vanessa, josh & me @ Kaikaya... i actually went to this restaurant 12 years ago with the Split crew. crazy!
josh & i, schmoozing with the owner of Kaikaya by the Sea
trip highlight #1...the cat cafe! pay $10 and hang out with cats for 30 minutes. only in japan...

this mustached character stopped us in the street and needed his photo taken with josh.
proud of our larger than life posters at the JR inside out exhibit at the Watari Museum
me, josh, vanessa & kim
dinner carnage from our meal @ Kaikaya. awesome food.
best thing ever- grilled "avocado steak" 
josh & vanessa- hamming it up while we waited out the dust storm

panoramic view from the observation deck at the Mori Museum
panoramic view from my room at the Cerulean Tower

i got nostalgic and couldn't resist getting jackie this massive monchichi at the Narita Airport...





Saturday, March 2, 2013

happy birthday...thirty six!

i was awake for 2 hours of my 36th birthday...i celebrated with my team from work in the cathay pacific airport lounge in vancouver right before boarding our flight to hong kong...once we got to our hong kong office, the team surprised me with cake!
looking forward to a proper celebration once i return!
beer, homemade cookies & treats from the work gals
celebrating with the hong kong team

Thursday, February 14, 2013

valentine's day

ready for friendship day at school
just some of the cute valentine's we got in the mail...
red velvets! yum!
special delivery!

Saturday, February 2, 2013

nana + cap'n come to town

we had another great visit with nana & captain. lots of great meals, good wine and fun. one of the highlights was our sunny saturday walk in washington park. (jackie's highlight would be getting to keep the box nana's new ipad came in) thanks for coming to visit, guys! see you soon!
boys in a tree

hitching a ride with deedo

gorgeous day + awesome view!

nana + thad

old sign

hard to get everyone to smile....

better?!

j+t (not done by us...but still cute)

selfie


which way to the trail?!

Sunday, January 20, 2013

auntie t!

we loved having auntie tiana over to see our new house and hang out.  come back soon! xoxoxos!



Thursday, January 17, 2013

winter gala

we were super excited for jackson's first "gala" at school...his class had practiced 4 songs about snow to sing at the big event. it was all good until the singing started...a little case of stage fright perhaps?!

ready for action! fancy hat and all...
pre-performance, waiting with his class

getting ready!!! happy! (for the moment)

sad in the front row (maybe he realized there were 50 people watching?!)

after performance, all better,  hanging with his buddy jack

Tuesday, January 1, 2013