400th blog post!

This is my 400th blog post! 

400回目ブログした！

This blog started as a way to share my adventures in Japan. In just over 4 years, I ended up writing 400 blog posts and giving myself a fun reason to take more photos (did I really need a reason?). 

最初にこのブログは出身いる人は日本にいるのする事を見える。でも、4年ぐらいに400回に書いて、楽しい理由は最も写真を撮る。

When I look through the old posts, they're full of fun memories from my time in Japan. 

昔のブログを見ている時にたくさんいい思い出ある。

Things like my magical rock heater and having my garbage explode right before I got to the cage. 

例えばマジカル石があるストーブ、爆裂するごみ。

Fun things in class like playing junken for the first time or having my students chant my name. 

授業に楽しいのは最初じゃんけん大会、生徒は私の名前をチャントした。

Of course, living in Hokkaido so many fun memories are filled with snow. My first time snowboarding, Tomamu's ice village, and the Abashiri Drift Ice. 

もちろん、北海道に住んでいるから、たくさんいい雪に思い出ある。スノーボードを始めた、網走の流氷。

Other things were a bit more difficult. Like my car accident, and remembering a good friend. 

難しい事もあった。車の事故、親しい友達が思い出した。

Re-reading my blog makes me smile. I can't wait to see what other adventures the next year brings. 

このブログで書いた事を読んだら、喜ぶ。今年に何する？

Four Years Ago, Today

Four years ago, a drunk driver took you away, my friend since kindergarten. Since that day you've missed so much.

You were supposed to graduate with me, just a few weeks later, start school and finish it together.
Your niece that you had just heard about and were so excited for is getting so big and by the sounds of it, more and more like you every day.

C, your little sis, got married. You’d have been so proud, she was such a beautiful bride. You should have been there celebrating the day with us.

You have a nephew too, who I’m sure you’d love. I haven’t met him yet either, but all the pics C posts of him are adorable.

K joined the Navy. You would have been so proud of him, too. Had you been in the car with us, you would have had a great time with A, M and I in the car on the way back from C’s wedding when we got a flat in insane Arizona heat with him in his “whites,” unable to do anything for fear of staining them.

My sister got married without telling anyone (ok, well except maybe the judge). You would have loved getting to hear about the craziness of it just before your sister got married and how my parents reacted.
I wish you could be here to see all of the things that have happened in both of our families and with our friends. To share in the joys, laugh at the insane things and just be here.

We miss you Cara.

Cara and I before our first week at summer camp