Halloween 2013

It wasn't a surprise to anyone that Cooper wanted to be Mario for halloween. We already had the hat so from there we put together an outfit to fit the look. Justin was Luigi and while we thought about making Sam a mushroom, he ended up being the giraffe (from Coop's very first halloween) and I was a lion, but my mom was also a lion so we shared the mane. 

All of that fun was such a blur! 

Stow Lake - San Francisco

Monterrey!!!

Good company + good food = good times! 

The Boardwalk

San Antonio w/ Team Ruiz

College Station 2012

September in the States

Hanging out with Binks

With his other mama!

A house full of Allens

Happy Birthday, Justin! 

Mamerland

Silly Allen boys

Monterrey, CA

Papa and Ash come to town

Kamakura's Giant Buddha

Yokosuka Summer Fireworks

FujiSan

Kyoto: The Golden Pavilion

Tokyo: Shibuya Crossing

Seika observation day

Showing his "family portrait" to the class

Lunch with Mommy... Ramen, of course! 

Tokyo Disneyland Slideshow

Binks and Jay are Disneyland addicts, so we had to do Disney before they left!!

100 Yen Sushi Again...and again...and again!

Going out for sushi here can be a lot of fun. Binks loves sushi so when asked what we should have for lunch, she usually requested sushi! 

Here's how it generally works. You have a digital menu at your table. You can order from that menu or just grab whatever you see that looks good. We usually order a few bowls of Udon because Cooper always wants to eat noodles, and we (I) always try a dessert or two. Every place is different, but usually your order will be sent out on the belt and music plays when it gets to your table so that you know to grab it. We went to a not so yummy 100Y sushi place that delivered the ordered food on a mini "shinkansen" (bullet train). That part was cool (not sure why I didn't take a pic!), but the sushi bordered on being gross so we won't be back there...ever. Anyway, here are some pics!  

Pork roast! One of my faves...

He was addicted to "Binky's Mario"

One of Coop's faves

Sam was unimpressed.

"More noodles, please!"

Jay showing off his hat?

Binks helping Coop with his tamago sushi

Last trip to Uraga before they left. :(