A Date, Friends, and Our Bun in the Oven

It's been a while since we did something we labeled as a "going on a date", but that's what we did the other day. Yoko's mom won two tickets to Disneyland, and since she is not a big fan of the place, she gave them to us. Yeah for us! It was our first time to go to an amusement park together. It was pretty busy, so we didn't get on as many rides as we had hoped to , but we had fun nonetheless. We were really looking forward to some of the food we would be able to eat there but ended up being disappointed. It was expensive as was expected, but on top of that, the servings were small and not that tasty. After 3 items we decided to stop buying food and wait till we got out of the park to eat something. By the time we left, it was past dinner time and we were quite hungry, so we stopped at the first place that had food, 7-Eleven. We feasted on fried chicken, onigiri, and makizushi. We ended up spending just a bit more than we would have on one item at Disneyland, and the quality was much better. Whenever we get to go to Disneyland again, we will definitely take food with us.

It's not all that often that we get to play host to friends, but a couple weekends ago we had some friends from church stay with us. He is German, and she is Japanese. They have a cute little girl that kept us entertained. Yoko put together a very delicious chicken pesto lasagna that feed us well. We enjoy our time with this couple and are sad as they are moving to Kyoto in a week. However, now we all the more reason to make a trip there.

Yoko is feeling good but is beginning to experience the side effects of the growing belly. Her regular pants no longer fit; she is noticing it is harder to reach her shoes, and she seems to be eating constantly. We brought a few maternity items from Arizona before we came here not knowing what we would find, but we have found maternity clothes at several different stores that fit her well and are not all that expensive.

With 23 weeks down we are looking forward to finding out the sex soon. Hopefully it will be at our next checkup. Once we know, we will send out the word.