Dance Recital

Since I haven’t been in the area for the past two years and have missed dance so much, I decided to go to the Mulford dance recital last weekend. Not only have I missed dancing, but I have missed my friends from dance class. This year my friend Lori got her 20th year trophy. So cool, huh? I stopped at 19 years because I went to Okinawa. It was great to catch up with the girls.
先週の土曜日に　ダンスの　リサイタルに　行きました。19年　Ｍｕｌｆｏｒｄの　ダンスの学校に　ダンスを　べんきょうしました。この　しゃしんで　私の　ともだち　Ｌｏｒｉは　しょうを　いただきました。20年　おわりましたね。すごい　ですよ!　ダンスのじゅぎょうが　こいしいです!　:(

Sunset

While on the train from Wilmington to BWI, I saw a gorgeous sunset over some calm waters of the Chesapeake.
今日は　ＮＪから　Ｍａｒｙｌａｎｄまで　でんしゃの中に居るの時　きれい　な　ゆうやけを　見ました。　リラックス　できます。

Long Time No See / お久しぶり

After a year and a half, I finally caught up with Christy and Christine (and Dylan, of course). Here we are getting some grub at PJ Whelihans over the weekend. It was nice to see each other after such a long time. Christy has since got married and is currently getting ready to leave for a two year PeaceCorp duty on some island (this bit of info is still unknown) in the South Pacific. I am very excited for her, she’s going to have a great experience. After applying to a competitive nursing program this past spring, Christine is getting ready to start classes for what will be a 2 year nursing school. I guess she will be finishing up just around the same time Christy returns from the PeaceCorp. Christine’s son, Dylan turned 4 in April is quite an intelligent little guy! I can’t believe he has another year before Kindergarten, he’s going to be the smartest kid in his class, for sure! It was great catching up!
お久しぶり　です！土曜日に　おさななじみに　会いました。Christy とChristine と「Christineの息子は Dylanです」。一年半から　会わなかった。去年に　Christyは　けっこんしました。そして　今年　九月に　しゅうじんと　　みなみたいへいように　すみに　行きます。　へいわの　ためにの　だんたいに　はたらきます。2年。すごいですね。Christineも　今年から　かんごふに　なること　が　べんきょうします。むずかしい　しけんを　受けた！　ごくじょうのだけね！40人だけ。３００人は　このしけんを　とりました。よかったです！私の　じまん　です。　Dylanも　あたまがいい　です！　まだ　ようちえんに　行くのが　はじまりませんでした。わかすぎています。びっくりした！　らいねんに　はじまります。かれの　ママに　にて居るでしょう。

"Hawaii"Birthday Cake

Here is a birthday cake that Dave’s mom made. The theme was “Hawaii”, not too shabby, huh? So cool!
Davidの母は　この　ケーキを　つくりました。「ハワイ」スタイルです。ぜんぶを　食べられました！上手でしょう?

Hometown Hero

Friday I attended a funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery down in DC. SSgt. Joseph Weiglein, from Audubon (my hometown) was killed in Iraq on May 29th. I am impressed with the town’s reaction to the awful news. An American flag was put in front of every house in the borough and tons of people showed up to support the family and pay their respects to Joe. On Wednesday students stood out in front of the schools in silence as the funeral procession passed by. The Friday service at Arlington was extremely emotional yet very appropriate. As I read about SSgt. Weiglein’s accomplishments in the paper, there is no doubt in my mind that our town will do all that it can to make sure that he and the sacrifice he made will never be forgotten.
とても　ちさい　な　町に　せいちょうしました。先週　Audubonから　ぐんじんは　イラクで　死にました。Audubonは　しんみつな　町です。おのおのの家の　にわ　に　はたを　置きました。　そうぎが　学校に　とおりすぎる時に　せいとは　むくち　でした。これは　アメリカで　めずらしいです。かんどうてき　でした。金曜日に　この　ぐんじんは　Arlington 「Washington DC」に　ほうむりまして　たくさん　町「Ａｕｄｕｂｏｎ」人　来ました。　私も　行きました。

Our Rabbit Friend

Because we now have a large yard right next to the woods, we often get to see Maryland’s wildlife up close and personal. We have an owl, some bats, deer, beavers, squirrels, tons of birds, chipmunks and recently we have been seeing a lot of our new little bunny friend. Around the same time everyday inevitably this little bunny circles the house teasing Molly. Molly must jumps from window to window to see the bunny, the whines and barking last about an hour and then all is forgotten, until the next night that is.
さいきんは　にわに　ウサギが　あります！　毎日の夕方に　この　ウサギは　森から　来ます！Mollyは　まどに　行って　にわに　ちゅうもく　します。ウサギは　家を　せんさいしまて　どのまどに　Mollyが　ウサギを　見つめます。Mollyは　おいかけたいから　こうふんします。