Christmas Parade

Since moving to Okinawa, Alyssa has joined Girl Scouts and is a brownie this year. She is really enjoying it and can't wait to go camping! On December 3rd, the base we live on had a Christmas parade, Alyssa and the rest of the Girl Scouts from our end of the island walked in the parade. There were floats and the girls threw candy to the people watching.....it all ended at the exchange where they lit the Christmas tree--it was a great evening and it was actually cool that night so it really felt like Christmas!

Our little Brownie

Santa arrived on a fire truck!

The Christmas Tree

It is huge!!

Ryukyu Mura

I have been terrible about updating this blog but I promise to get better! Okinawa has been keeping us busy and there are so many things to see and do....We decided to go Ryukyu Mura on one of the holiday weekends that we have had recently and I have to say that even though we haven't made a dent in what there is to do here, I love this place!!! They have dismantled several homes from around the island that are all over 100 years old and brought them to Ryukyu Mura, there are performances and in one of the houses you can purchase a brown sugar donut and enjoy a cup of hot tea while sitting at a traditional Japanese table. You can't help but fall in love with Okinawa after spending a day learning about and experiencing so much of the culture.....

She is over 90 years old and was the cutest thing!

(Yes, she is balancing a bottle on her head)

You FEEL the sound of these Eisa drums all the way to your stomach

Just Beautiful!
Alyssa was selected from the crowd to play "catch" with the Shisa dog