Managed to finally update the Blog for our Japan trip. It was hard choosing photos for each day, as I took so many. I am going to go through them again, and pull out some theme photos, like food, trains, fire hydrants, videos, etc.
We had a good viewing of the Super blood wolf moon this weekend. It was clear and very cold.
This was around 10:00 pm CST.
This was around 11:00 pm CST.
This was with my 200mm zoom lens, unfortunately my big zoom lens was back at home.
Normally Susan and I have a quiet New Year’s Eve at home and barely make it to midnight. This year the girls had some of their friends over for the night and the place was bumping. Gillian’s friends from first year university making another blog appearance.
Dylan, Angela, Tom, Sarah, and Claudia.
Angela and Dylan toasting in the new year.
Sarah and Claudia.
Angela and Tom.
Susan and I with Claudia’s fingers.
Farriyan, Evan, and Gillian.
Dylan and Chloe.
Farriyan popping the cork on some champagne beer. Others are fearing for their safety.
We hosted our 7th Annual Family & Friends skating party. We had 27 in total this year. We had a great time. Here is Susan and Aidan.
Angela and Aidan.
Steve and Aidan.
Aidan fell asleep on Angela.
Miranda, Steve, and Aidan.
Mark.
Gaila and Julie.
Gillian and Farriyan.
Susan.
Brandon, Claudia, and Sarah.
Claudia’s squad.
Angela’s squad.
Gillian’s squad.
Family squad.
Sister squad.
The group photo.
I have finally gotten around to updating the blog. I made the switch to a new theme that is more mobile friendly. A lot has happened in 2018 that I need to update, here are but a few:
We went out to Dundas on Boxing Day for dinner. Unfortunately this year, Aunt Bev wasn’t feeling well, and her and Uncle Ken had to take a rain check. The girls were looking forward to their usual game of Rumoli. Here are some photos with Grandma and Papa before we left.
Susan with Mom and Dad.
The girls with Grandma and Papa.
It was a quiet Christmas morning, the girls slept in to a reasonable hour. Chloe and I were up early.
Gillian with her Panda shower cap.
Gillian and Angela with their curling rock ornaments.
Gillian with the Japan poster and frame her sisters got her.
Claudia with her new wireless headphones.
Our family selfie shot.
In the afternoon we headed out to Lori and Dale’s. They got a new puppy, that’s Chase next to Harley who is still a puppy.
Gillian and Harley.
Chase is a Standard Poodle.
Brad and Angela holding the puppies.
Willow.
Angela and Chase.
The chaos begins.
Grandma with her kokeshi.
and her Jizo.
Lily.
Bear.
Emi, Gillian and Alex.
G-pa.
Willow.
Bear, Gillian, and Susan.
Gillian and Chloe.
Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family!
I went to Ann Arbor, MI with Sue and Mark to visit their daughter and watch the University of Michigan Wolverines versus the University of Minnesota Gophers mens hockey game at the Yost. In downtown Ann Arbor there is an alley that has graffiti all over the place, it would have been a good place for Rick Mercer to do one of his rants.
We toured around the campus, this was one of the archways to the law quadrangle.
The law school library, it is very Harry Potterish.
Around campus they have these electric scooters, called birds. You sign up for a membership and you can take one, get to where you’re going and then just leave it. Every night, there are a bunch of people who pick them up and take them home to be charged and the next day they drop them around campus.
The hockey game was at the Yost. It was built in 1923 and converted into an ice arena in 1973.
The Gophers won 4-3.
A hockey accessories vending machine.
I’m not sure what the connection is with Charlie Brown to the University of Michigan.
A list of all of the Wolverines who have gone on to win the Stanley Cup.
Also plaques showing alumni who have played with NHL teams.
It was the girls final day in Wisconsin. They had an afternoon flight from Madison to Toronto/Ottawa via Chicago. We went into Mount Horeb and visited the Driftless Historium, it is a museum of the Mount Horeb area.
We walked around town.
Only in Mount Horeb would you see a horse tied up outside a coffeeshop.
The girls with one of the trolls. Mount Horeb is the Troll Capital of the World.
Angela still had one more item on her Wisconsin farm bucket list. She got to try the zero-turn lawn mower.
I dropped them off at the Madison airport. They had an adventure getting home with delays due to thunderstorms in Chicago, Gillian had a tight connection, but in the end everyone made it back safely. It was nice to have them all here for Thanksgiving.
