What's Next?: The Georges in Tokyo! Day One, er...or is it Day Two?

Wow! I don't even know where to start this post. So much to say, so afraid of boring people! So, I think I will break it down a bit and share a little at at time.

Here's the low-down:

Christina and I at the movies!

I have a friend who I've known for a couple of years. She has two boys who are four years apart like me. Our oldest boys were in preschool, t-ball and football together. She goes to the same gym as me. Our youngest boys are quite alike and consider themselves good friends. (The kind that fight a lot and never want to compromise, you know the kind!) Needless to say, we did a lot together and are good friends.

Well, her family up and decides to leave Houston and move to Tokyo, Japan. (Okay, so her husband got put on a project at work, by choice) Their family has been there since just after Christmas. I told her that we were going to come and visit. WE DID!

My Mother-in-law (Grandma Deb) was gracious enough to come with us, so off we went. We left on a Monday morning and followed the sun around the globe. Thirteen hours later, when we touched down, it was Tuesday afternoon! The boys did great on the flight, but really didn't nap more than a couple of hours, so...you guessed it REALLY messed up sleep schedules for the next few days!

Grandma Deb and Spencer, ready to cross the Pacific!

Elliott and Dad are ready, too!

How cool are WE. The Kruse's hired a car to take us from the airport to their house. SO fancy!

Well, we get to their house, put our bags in our room, take a tour of their ultra-cool three-story urban home and decide to head out to the park, why not? The kids are still not showing any signs of being tired...so okay, let's go! They live one block away from the beautiful Arisugawa Park. We just missed the cherry blossoms by a couple of weeks, but the park still had plenty of other beautiful trees and flowers in bloom: Check it out! (You can click on any image to see a bigger version!)