Happy Mother's Day!

The boys (and me and Scott) wishing you all a Happy Mother's Day!

We Love you!

Kannonzaki

The trail to the slide...great place to come for a run or just a nice walk...

I think he likes it!

Tarzan Jared! AaaaAaaahAaaH!

A beautiful end to a beautiful day!

Odawara Castle

After Shasui Falls we drove another 20-30 minutes to

Odawara to see the castle there. This bridge spans the moat

around the castle. The boys were much more

interested in the Koi fish in the water than anything else...

imagine that!

I love the beam construction! It was beautiful as well as impressive.

This is "copper gate." The doors are plated with copper. That's a lot of pennies!

The main castle.

These are some of the suits of Samurai armor. Most of the body armor is pieced together with colorful silk chording. For all of the intricate and even beautiful detail work I'd still hate to meet with

a samurai on the battle field. They must have been pretty fierce.

The view from the roof top of the castle in various directions.

I love all my boys! So glad we get to spend so much time together!

The End...

Shasui Falls

The Shrine

(because it wouldn't be a popular Japanese destination without one!)

I think this is supposed to a wishing statue. There was a yellow coin box right by it so maybe it works kind of like a wishing well...anyone know for sure?

The creek bed below the falls.

Scott carried Christian in the belly pack all day.

Now Dad knows a little bit about how it feels to be pregnant (except he got to take the pack off at the end of the day) he couldn't bend over or climb,

or run, or tie his own shoes...I think I tied them 2 or 3 times that day.

What a 'great Scott' adventure. He looked up these falls on Google Earth,

printed out the map of driving directions, and used his GPS

and we got there and back without any problems at all!

We LOVE Dad's adventures.