Thanksgiving

 So I'm about a month behind on blogging now, and here's proof. 

１ヶ月前のブログだね。

This is from Thanksgiving, celebrated just shortly before American Thanksgiving. 

これはアメリカのよう感謝際。

While waiting for dinner we played Killer Uno. Tons of fun, especially since I had all the cards. (I is his first initial, not me). 

夕食を待っている時にCrazyUnoをした。とても楽しかった。特別にIは全部のカードがあったから。ww

Some fun friends, hanging out and chatting. 

話中に。

A group shot the next morning. Unfortunately my Italian cousin was missing. 

朝に皆の写真を撮った。残念の事は私のイタリア人いとこはいなくなった。 

Rusutsu, Part 2

Because we were cold from our adventures at the amusement park, we were sad to see that the first  few courses were cold.

遊園地からちょっと寒くなったから、残念の事は最初のコースは涼しいの。

Veggies with delicious sauce.

野菜と美味しいソース。

Quiche (it was warm!), veggies and scallops.

キシュ（暖かった！）と野菜とホタテ。

Fish and risotto.

魚とリゾット。

Meat and veggies.

肉と野菜。

Tomato ice cream.

トマトアイス。

Haskap jelly.

ハスカップゼーリ。

After dinner A and I went to the onsen.

夕食の後にAと温泉へ行った。

When we came back, this is what we found.

帰ったにこれが見つけた。

The cake!

ケーキ！

We forgot the candles before we cut it.

切るの前に蝋燭が忘れちゃった。

Make a wish!

ろうそくを吹き消している。

The cake was delicious!

ケーキが美味しかった。

A’s new T-shirt.

Aの新しいTシャツ。

Then, of course we had to play some killer Uno before we went to bed.

寝るの前にもちろん、CrazyUnoをした。

Surprise Party!

On Friday, it was my friend, Aya’s birthday. On Saturday, We had a surprise birthday party for her.

金曜日にあやの誕生日。　だから、土曜日にサプライズのパティをした。

A small group of us went out to the cottages near the lake and prepared.

３人は準備をした。

This is Tomo.

とも！

This is Ami.

あみ！

Preparing. They decided that her birthday should have a graduation-like ceremony. Ami is making a list of the things that are going to happen during the ceremony.

卒業式見たい式した。

Here is the finished product, complete with all participants’ faces.

卒業式のリスト。皆の顔をかいた。

Here’s the “stage.” Complete with the paper flowers that are always used to decorate all Japanese graduation ceremonies.

これはスーテジ。日本の卒業式は紙の花いつもある。

After everything was ready, we had to take a few pictures.

準備の後写真を撮った。

Then Ami left to go get Aya. So we waited some more. (I had the camera set for time lapse so it could capture the whole of the ceremony, unfortunately I started it WAAAY to early).

あみはあやの家に行った。私たち待った。　（駒落した。はやすぎた。）

Then the ceremony began. Miyauchi-sensei gave a speech and a paper for Aya. I handed her the flowers that are in my hands in this shot. Apparently graduation ceremonies move quick enough that I should have had it shooting more than 4times per minute.

式ははじめた。　みやうちー先生はスピーチした。私は花をあげた。

Tomo gave a tear-filled speech. Actually, it was laughter filled, but faking tears made it less obvious she was crying.

とももスピーチした。

Be quiet Aya! Quit laughing! (Tomo was very strict)

しずかあや！笑わない！（ともはとてもきびしかった！）

The group shot.

皆の写真。

Birthday girl!

誕生日の女！

Apparently, 29 is the meat birthday. It’s a play on words, because 2 is read “ni” and 9 “ku.” Meat is “niku.” 29, isn’t read that way, but the two numbers separately are. This was dinner.

２９さいの誕生日は肉の誕生日。びっくり！

Aya with her birthday presents.

あやのプレゼンツ。

Round 2 for the meat birthday.

たくさん肉があった。

Aya and her cake.

あやの誕生日のケーキ。

The cake! It had blueberries.

ケーキ！

In the end, we stayed up until 4am playing cards. I taught them “Killer Uno,” but re-named it to “Crazy Uno” because I figured that’d be easier to remember (And how do you translate "killer" as a game name??). It was a lot of fun.

４時までUnoをした。私は「Crazy Uno」を教えた。とても楽しかった！