ファーガソン長老Elder Ferguson

ビザ取得の当日。せっかく東京まで来たのだからと、東京で宣教師をしているイアンの弟、アレックに会うことに。
On the morning of the day that we got the VISA, we went to visit Alec who is serving as a missionary there.
大爆笑の理由は・・ A reason why they were laughing was..

この顔。This face! haha

沼津Numazu

私のビザと、ショーン君のパスポートの為、東京へ行く途中
イアンの伝道地である静岡県の沼津市へ立ち寄りました イアンにとっては実に５年ぶり
In order to get my visa and Sean's passport, we drove down to Tokyo.
On the way to get there, we stopped at a place called "Numazu"where Ian used to live for 9month when he was a missionary. It's been almost 5year since he left this place.

イアンがよく伝道した場所 A place where Ian used to go often
住んでいたアパート（今も宣教師が住んでいます)　Where he used to live

イアンがいたときにバプテスマを受けた杉山兄弟

ハワイで仲良くしてもらってたマリちゃん、などなど素敵な方々に出会え、嬉しかったです

We got to meet with Brother Sugiyama who got baptized when Ian was there, Mari who was my good friend in Hawaii.
侍が乗っている？！ホントか？ "SAMURAI IN CAR"?!! Really?

トンちゃんTon-chan

うちのペットというか長男？として愛想をふりまいてくれていたウサギのトンちゃん、

８月に渡米する際、当初は連れて帰る予定でしたが、ショーン君もいるので、無理に。

里子としてもらわれて行くことになりました。

トンちゃんのお別れ会にて。特製おからケーキ（笑）

新しいトンちゃんのお母さん。これからも元気でね！

温暖化GlobalWarming

今日はまだ３月の中旬なのに５月の気温。ショーン君も産まれて初めて半そで短パンで過ごしました。
It's still in the middle of March but today's tempreture was as high as May. Sean put his short sleves and pants on for the first time in his life.

YoungSingleAdults

今日はここ倉吉の教会に集う若者たち？！を招待。映画会をしました。

ちょっとBYUハワイで学生同士で集まってわいわいしていた頃が懐かしく感じられるひとときでした。

We invited some young church members in Kurayoshi over to our house and had a movie night.

It reminded me of those fun times at BYUH when I used to be able to hang out with my great friends there.

パーティーParty

　
今日は同じ町で働くALTのマークが小さなパーティーに招待してくれた。
楽しかったー

Our friend who works as an ALT in our town, Mark invited us over for a small party at his house.
It was FUN;)

雛祭り Girls' Day

日本にいるうちに～　といいながら集めていたら・・

コレクションができた！　でも男に囲まれ、祝うのは私のみ。シーンッ・・

Here in Japan, we celebrate March 3rd as the day for girls;)

Since I'm in Japan, I started collecting some old picture scrolls and little dolls for this celebration. However, I'm the only one who celebrates that in this household because I'm surrounded by guys!! sad!

ダンスDance

イアンに踊らされているショーン君
イアン曰く「早いうちから職業を決めた方がいい」とか
将来はダンサーか？

Professionals start early.
Watch for the harlem shake...yeah...
"At night, I think of yooooou"

正装FormalDress

先日私の母と妹が見つけてくれた正装の・・スタイ？！

よ～く見てください。よだれかけなのにネクタイとバラまで☆

一石二鳥いや、三鳥です。　

The other day my mom and sister found a formal...bib?!

Get closer and check it out. It's a bib with a tie and a rose! haha, nice...

伊太利亜Italy

円高の波に乗って、ちまちま貯めたお金をはたいて

イアンのお母さんの生まれ故郷、イタリアへ行ってきました。

Since the economy has gone down, Japanese "Yen" has become rather strong.
So we decided to go and visit Ian's mother's birth place--Italy.
２月２２日朝出発 倉吉-大阪なんば:バス4時間

　　　　　 大阪なんば-関空:バス1時間

　　　　　　　 関空-香港:飛行機4時間

　　　　　　　 香港-ローマ:飛行機13.5時間

　　　　　 ローマ-ホテル：電車+徒歩1.5時間

計24時間+3時間(待ち時間)＝27時間!!!　長っ!!

2/22 morning Kurayoshi-Namba(Osaka):4hrs bus

Namba(Osaka)-KIX(airport):1hr bus

KIX-HongKong:4hrs flight

HongKong-Roma:13.5hrs flight

Roma-Hotel:1.5hrs train+walk

Total 24hrs+3hrs(waiting time)=27HOURS!!!

やっと着いたイタリア最初はバチカン美術館

27時間の移動中ずーっといい子にしていたショーン君ですが、ここではもう限界？ぐずりだしました。が、さすがのイタリア人。赤ちゃん大好き。警備員の人を始めに殆ど会った人全てがショーン君に話しかけたりあやしてみたり・・正直助かりました。イタリア人ってこんなに温かい国民なんだぁ。と感動！

The first place we visited in Italy was the Vatican Museum.

Sean, who was being a good boy for the last 27hrs, seemed like he was reaching his limit, and started fussing. But in Italy, people are just obsessed with babies. Almost eveyone we saw there, even the guards at the Vatican, would come and talk to or play with Sean! It was really helpful.
We were so touched by the way they treated us.



24日はイアンのお母さんの生まれ故郷、フィレンツェへ
とても美しい街で、また感動
殆ど全てが歩いて行ける距離にあったので、小さい街が好きな私にとってはとても馴染み易い街でした

We entered Firenze on the 24th, where Ian's mother was born.

It was a BEAUTIFUL city. We were impressed.

Most of the famous places that we visited were within walking distance, so it made me feel at home because my hometown of Hiroshima is the same way.

お母さんが洗礼を受けたデュオモ前にて In front of Duomo where mother was baptized

２５日　朝のフィレンツェを散歩 Taking a morning walk in Firenze on the 25th.

待ちに待ったおじいちゃんとの初対面。おじいちゃんの奥さんがショーン君に新しい友達をプレゼントしてくれました。

Finally, we got to meet Ian's grandfather for the first time. His wife got a new "playmate" for Sean. It was so thoughtful of her. I was very touched.

左から、イアンの叔母さん、おじいさん、奥さん。レストランに連れて行ってもらい、ランチをしました。とてもよい時間を過ごさせてもらい、私たちにとって特別な時間となりました。今回の旅のクライマックスでした。

From the left, Ian's aunt (Ilaria) , Grandfather (Franco), and his wife (Joyce).They took us to a nice restaurant and had lunch with us. We will never forget the wonderful time we spent with all of them. I have to say that was the highlight of our trip.

おじいちゃんがショーン君を笑わせているところ。曾おじいちゃんとの写真なんて・・貴重な写真です。
Here is Grandpa Franco making Sean laugh. A picture with his great grandfather.. what a treaure this will be for Sean someday!

27日　シチリア島に行く予定でしたが、疲労困憊　結局最終日はローマでのんびり
On the 27th, we were planning to go to Sicily, but were too tired so we ended up staying in Rome for our last day.

コロッセオの中身　Inside of the Colloseum

フォロ・ロマーノ遺跡にて　

こんな遺跡も？！　a new Artifact?!

映画Movie

「２歳まではテレビとか映画とか見せない方がいいですよ」

と病院の先生に言われたのですが・・

ちょっとだけ～

A doctor told us "It's better for Parents to not let their children watch TV or Movie until they get two years old".

But our little one cheated a little bit..

静止Stillness

最近、ショーンを泣き止ませるもう一つの方法を発見。
We found another way of making Sean be still when he cries.

お揃いMatching Clothings

今日は教会に母子お揃いのボトムスで行きました　ふふふ

まぁ、私が勝手に喜んでいただけですけどね～

こうして見るとショーンが成長したのがよく分かる気がするのは私だけ？

Today we had Mom and Son matching bottoms for church:)

Well, I guess I was the only one who was　excited about this. haha

I think in this picture, you can easily tell that Sean got bigger... or is it only me who thinks so?

呉 Kure

今日は最近退院した呉の祖母の家を訪問
叔母と叔父も来てくれ、楽しい一時を過ごしました

呉の名物（びっくり饅頭、冷麺、フライケーキ）も食べ歩きなつかしく私と妹は楽しみました
が・・

誰かは迷惑そうでした・・四六時中不機嫌・・

We went and visited my grandma who just came back from the hospital in Kure.

My aunt and her husband also came over and had a good time.

My sister and I went out to downtown Kure and had some great food that we always get whenever we go down there.

So, we had a lot of fun...

...except someone else didn't feel the same way..

He wan't too happy for most of the day..

おもちゃ Toy

教会でお馴染みのマルチネス家より頂いた歩行器
ちょっと早いけど乗せてみよう
と、乗せてみたところ
意外と気に入った様子
でもまだ生後３ヶ月

Our good family friend, The Martins gave us a new toy for Sean.

We thought Sean might be a little bit too small for this but we had him try anyway.

It seemed like he really liked it,

but he is still only three months old ..

新しい友達 New Friend

ショーン君はお祖母ちゃんに新しい友達を購入していただきました

友達と行っても

本当はショーン君が背負うリュックのはず・・

今はまだ、横に並んで肩組まれています

My mom got a new friend for Sean.

This "new friend" was originally supposed to be his back-pack, but since Sean can't carry him now, he just sits down and puts his arm around him.

番人 A Guard

今日、居間にこたつの番人が・・

この「え？どしたん？」の表情

将来大物になりそうです　笑

We found a guard for our "kotatsu (a table with a heater attached)".

He had a "Do-you-have-a-problem?" kind of face for this picture. haha