Saturday, May 26, 2012

Kurashiki

   Kurashiki!!  This was by far my most favorite day in Japan. This place was so amazing. There were tons and tons of little Japanese shops. It was so fun to go through all of them and get little gifts for the family :) I enjoyed being here. There was a river that flowed through the street by the shops. You could take a boat ride if you wanted. Also every hour they would perform a traditional wedding. As you can see in these pictures, the girl is wearing a traditional white kimono with the hat. They would go down the river with a funky song and a man playing a flute. It was exciting to watch. By the river there would be people who made their own jewelery and sell it in their own little stands. Also, Tanner took a picture with the boy who was born out of a peach. He had little friends :) The dog, parrot and monkey. That story is pretty interesting. We also had many yummy snow cones! They were so big and so good. This place was beyond amazing. It was fun to get to go here with my husband.










     This was a temple located in Kurashiki. It was amazing to see one of these. There was a place where you could put your prayer on a paper, and then place it under your year of your birthday. Also my most favorite trees were around this temple. It was fun to listen to Tanner tell me the history behind this temple. It seemed unreal.



Castle in Okayama




Sunday, April 29, 2012

     This was so much fun to watch :) These girls performed at the street mall. It was called "The Holland Festival" There were many people watching. It was so cute. It is a lot different from dance in America, but it was so cool to see!




       I LOVE knowing that we live by the ocean! It was such a beautiful sunny day here in Japan. The water was still too cold to swim in :) I was just glad to be able to see something familiar haha. I loved being able to be with my husband at the ocean... for our first time. I love water!! We got to see millions of hermet crabs BIG ones to tiny tiny ones. They were all over the  place. Japan has a pretty ocean AND it is SO SO SO green everywhere. It looks just like a jungle. It took us a while to even get to the ocean, but the ride was so pretty it was worth it. 
 And the photogenic award goes 2.... UH?? haha :)

 I am so blinded by the sun. Great pic ;)

 He was having so much fun at the ocean!!
 Tanner fighting the crab with his pen... Typical Tanner moment everyone. :)
 Sand ART!
 Just in case you didn't know... Tanner + Jenika = <3
    One thing I love about being here in Japan is that I get to be with my husband 24/7. Even while he travels for work and goes to conventions. All the women like to tell me how lucky I am because I get to go to work with Tanner. I guess I feel a bit lucky haha It is a ton better than staying home... This was the Grand Opening for DOTERRA!! It was beyond amazing :) Besides the fact that we got to have a full on performance from David Osmond, but we got to have the CEOs of DOTERRA speak. It was inspirational and uplifting. We are apart of an amazing company with great CEOs.I could not feel more blessed! Thank you DOTERRA!

 We had to wait in line forever!
 This is not even the half of the room! It was completely full! It was CRAZY!



 The big guy of the company :) He is amazing!!
 Awards for some of the rankings in DOTERRA!
 4 of the founders in Japan... Amazing!
 David Osmond is BEYOND amazing!! It was so awesome to get to listen to him :) I teared up!
We got many lovely presents for going to the Grand Opening!

Sunday, April 8, 2012

             We went into Okayama and Hiroshima for a couple days for meetings.  We stayed in a nice hotel with a cool high-tech bed.  We took some time for sightseeing as well.  We went to the Hiroshima peace park with friends to see the cherry blossoms and museum.  We also took a little boat tour up the river while we were there.  it was a fun couple days.   The origami cranes were on our bed when we checked into the room.  Jenika had fun playing dress up with the robes they left us.  The pictures below are of the Genbaku(atomic bomb) dome.  a couple hundred meters above this building was the hypocenter where the A-bomb went off.    It was a fun couple days.