Fireworks, beer, and grilling - these are the key components to the quintessential 4th of July weekend, and we were determined to celebrate the way we were raised.
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After exploring Cambodia, we purchased our Vietnam visa appointment letters and headed for Hoi An.
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I spent most of the month of June traveling to Cambodia and Vietnam with a couple of friends. We did very little pre-planning...
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After taking in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, we took the shinkansen, or bullet train, to Misawa for the more scenic half of Grant's trip.
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At the end of May, my baby brother came to Japan for a visit. o make the most of his experience, I recommended we start the trip in Tokyo...
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It's hard to believe another year has passed, and even more amazing is how much one year can really change everything.
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I believe that you are never too old to have your invisible summer. That summer where there isn't a past or future, just the present.
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Before Mark deployed, we traveled to Thailand for a two-week getaway. We spent the first half of the vacation in Chiang Mai, and the last half in Phuket.
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On Christmas Day, Mark and I did some sightseeing at the Tokyo Tower, the Tsukiji Fish Market and the Robot Cafe.
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Mark and I were lucky to find ourselves in Tokyo over Christmas. Mark was returning home from a TDY, so I met him down there.
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In the past year, I have found myself doing things I never thought I would do in a million years. Things like coming face to face with my fears...
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At the beginning of September, my friend Maggie and I went to Bali for a week of awesomeness.
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When my parents came to visit, we took them to Osorezan, otherwise known as Fear Mountain or the Gates of Hell, one of the three most holy places in Japan.
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Hi friends. So can we talk about the BEST festival in all of Japan, possibly even the world? We can? I knew you'd feel that way.
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On Thursday, we celebrated another first birthday in our house! Happy birthday to our little mini lab, Lucy!
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Last week was Obon, one of the biggest holidays in Japan. It is a weeklong celebration in which the Japanese honor relatives who have passed on to the afterlife.
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The summer festivals have started, which tend to be much more boisterous and flashy than the others throughout the year.
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I've thought about this post a lot, probably more than I should have. So many different things to address...
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As we prepared for our nation's birthday, we also celebrated another special birthday in our house...Jackson's first.
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ll the festivals have begun, as the spring has slowly began to fade into summer. But before getting into the crazy of summer, and it is pretty crazy, I wanted to share the cherry blossoms from Hirosaki Castle.
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