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Okay!  We're finally back!  ‚悤‚â‚­–ß‚Á‚Ä‚«‚½‚æI¡“ú‚ÍŒ‹¥‹L”O“ú‚¾‚æIIt's our wedding anniversary today!  Yeah!!  We had Eri's mom watch Daniel and David and took a little time to got to dinner...Here we are before dinner:  ŠG—¢‚Ì‚¨•ê‚³‚ñ‚ÉŽqŽç‚µ‚Ä‚à‚ç‚Á‚āAƒŒƒXƒgƒ‰ƒ“‚ɍs‚«‚Ü‚µ‚½Is‚­‘O‚̃c[ƒVƒ‡ƒbƒg‚Å‚·B

K‚¹‚»‚¤‚Å‚µ‚åHDon't we look happy?  We went to a place that was called Cactus House...which from the name you can obviously tell is a rustic Italian restaurant!  ƒJƒNƒ^ƒXƒnƒEƒX‚ÆŒ¾‚¤ƒŒƒXƒgƒ‰ƒ“‚ŁA–¼‘O‚©‚猩‚é‚ƁA’N‚Å‚àu‚»‚ê‚Í“cŽÉ•—‚̃Cƒ^ƒŠƒ„—¿—‚Á‚ÄŒˆ‚Ü‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚邶‚á‚È‚¢v‚ÆŽ©‘R‚ÉŒû‚©‚ço‚é‚Ì‚Å‚·B‚¨‚¢‚µ‚©‚Á‚½‚Å‚·B‚µ‚©‚à•µˆÍ‹Cƒoƒbƒ`ƒO[BThe food and the atmosphere were great!

Bjorn had steak. ƒrƒIƒ“‚ɂ̓Xƒe[ƒL‚ŁB

ŠG—¢‚É‚Í‹›BEri had fish.  ...but we split most things half and half. Eri, trying to be thoughful of Bjorn's love of butter, made the mistake of asking for butter with the bread, drawing a beautiful condescending look from the waitress, "Butter?  You want butter?  The bread has plenty of flavor already, but if you really need some, we could maybe find some somewhere "  ŠG—¢‚̓rƒIƒ“‚ªƒoƒ^[D‚«‚Å‚ ‚邱‚Æ’m‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚āAƒpƒ“‚ªo‚½Žž‚ɁAu‚ ‚́EEEƒoƒ^[‰º‚³‚¢‚Ü‚·‚©Hv‚ÆŽf‚¤‚Æ”÷–­‚ÈŠç‚‚«‚Łuƒoƒ^[Hƒoƒ^[‚Å‚·‚©HEEEE@@@@EEEE@@@EEEE@‚±‚¿‚ç‚̃pƒ“‚ɂ͏\•ª–¡‚ª‚‚¢‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·‚ªEEE–{“–‚É—v‚é‚悤‚Å‚µ‚½‚çEEEvƒCƒ^ƒŠƒA—¿—‚Ƀtƒ‰ƒ“ƒX‚Ì‘Ô“xH‚Ü‚Áƒoƒ^[‚È‚­‚Ä‚àƒpƒ“‚Í‚¨‚¢‚µ‚©‚Á‚½‚Å‚·I@The bread tasted pretty good without the butter anyway!

HŒã‚ɂ̓GƒXƒvƒŒƒbƒ\B Washed it down (??) with Espresso.

But I still can't figure out the reason for the handle that you can't get your fingers into!    ‚Å‚à‚¢‚Ü‚¾‚ɃGƒXƒvƒŒƒbƒ\‚̃Rƒbƒv‚̃nƒ“ƒhƒ‹‚͉½‚Å‚ ‚ñ‚Ȃɏ¬‚³‚¢‚Ì‚©ƒTƒbƒpƒŠ•ª‚©‚è‚Ü‚¹‚ñI

Came home just as David woke up..Cute?  ƒfƒCƒrƒbƒh‚ª‹N‚«‚鍠‹A‚Á‚Ä‚«‚½B‰Âˆ¤‚¢‚Å‚µ‚傤Hie‚΂©–žXj

This is how he looks when you squeeze him!  ƒMƒ…ƒb‚Æ‚·‚é‚Æ‚±‚Ì’Ê‚èI

David is blown away as he sees Paul playing peek-a-boo with him.  uƒ|[ƒ‹‚ª‚¢‚È‚¢‚¢‚È‚¢ƒo[‚·‚évuŠÔ‚ɃfƒCƒrƒbƒh‚ª‚Ñ‚Á‚­‚èI

And Daniel too...what a book!

David and Daniel getting ready for their shachah debut!  ƒ_ƒjƒGƒ‹‚ƃfƒCƒrƒbƒh‚ªƒVƒƒƒJƒfƒrƒ…[‚É”õ‚¦‚Ä—ûK’†‚Å‚·I

Hello! I guess we're not going to be updating this every day ...here's a little more about what's been happening.  Mainly, lots of birthdays, and Mona's is still to come!

Here's Daniel at the birthday party!  More later... I'll get into this Xanga thing eventually.

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One more day to fend for myself (doesn't happen often)...Eri was on a field trip with Anna (5) and told me about the magic box in the freezer.  I've become a pro at this, and will share with you the secret to making (cheap) Japanese frozen pizza into a satisfying (though small) American delight: put grated cheese on before you toast it.  Are you amazed?  Yes, call me anytime for food advice.  Mac & cheese, frozen pizza, hey!  you name it!

Notice my satisfied expression?  That didn't take 15 shots on the camera (only 3...) .  I admit that I had coke with it, and coke and pizza is a pretty good combination (am I too boring?) , but really almost anything satisfies me...which is the source of one of my biggest problems: indecisiveness!  But it's basically because I'M ALREADY SATISFIED!   That's what Jesus does!  Pretty neat, huh?

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Okay.  I'm back.  I really didn't sleep for two and a half days, but I just didn't get around to letting you know I woke up. Had lunch.  Tem has Japanese curry when Eriji's gone...we have Mac & cheese when Eri's gone!  Daniel loved it!