From Kadena with Love: A new love

It is the long awaited return to blogging! Our Adventures slowed down a little. First I'll give you a recap of what's gone on since my last post.

Wow! I just looked to see how long it's been... almost 2 months! Well, Daniel has been gone on 2 TDYs ( mini deployments), I turned 27 (getting too close to 30), and Aiden turned 3!! We've made new friends and reconnected with some old friends. We've had an earthquake and a tropical depression, the weather is going to be "fun". Aiden and I have been to the beach on every sunny day and we are soo tan! My jewelry business with my has taken off, we had a huge success at an open house that a customer hosted and we are now working on getting our items in a local gift shop!! I never thought anyone would like my "craft" so much! I am shopping around for preschool to get Aiden enrolled in this fall. O and I'll be getting my tonsils out next month. I think that pretty much sums up the everyday things.

Ok, so last Saturday our friends invited Aiden and I (Daniel was out of the country) to go paddle boarding. I've wanted to try this out since we've arrive on island! We packed a lunch, tent, and life jacket and hit the road. We ended up driving about an hour and a half north. Aiden did pretty good on the drive up. It was a beautiful drive too! Once we got about 3/4 of the way we went down some super survey roads. There's this spot in the road where they have a musical note sign. I'm you've heard of this... it's a musical road! Highlight of the drive. You slow down to 40km and make sure you put your windows down so you can hear it better. I have no idea what the song was, because it was probably some Japanese song, but it definitely sounded like a tuba. Really fun, I just wish I would have recorded it on my phone. Guess we'll just have to make the trip again!

Now we've come to the coast line. We're just trying to find a spot now. Our friends want to find somewhere not too choppy and rocky. Here's a spot with an entrance... I say entrance lightly. There's a dirt path that look pretty clear. So, we pull over to the side of the road to what looks like a dirt parking lot and make a mini trek down to the sand and water.

Beautiful ocean, but not another person Japanese or American in sight. We set up "shop". Aiden's ready to go! Mom, I want my jacket please. Ok let me get my camera!!!

Ok needless to say Aiden had a blast! He called the board his boat. He didn't want to get off, went out with our friend C 4 times!! This didn't give C and J much time to go out without a toddler. They were so patient with him and he was such a good listener! We've made some great friends that don't have children and yet they don't mind when Aiden tags along.

So I got a turn... I love the water! For some reason I was nervous out on the board. I don't know why. Either because I've never paddle boarded before or because we were in the middle of nowhere and who knows how many dangerous things were in there... probably both! I tried, and I want to do it again. I am determined to stand up on that board. I just want to try it somewhere a little closer to civilization.