Nia and Her Baba

This was at Mayport. Spring 2010. Mom's last time there. Nia misses her Baba.

FIRE!!!!

The pizza gig (see below, "New Job") didn't work out. Way too boring. But now she's got it together. Fighting fires, riding fast through traffic in the big truck, sliding down the pole at the fire house. She's loving all of it.

Kiyomizudera

If you google image the title of this blog entry, you'll see many incredible photos. This is a really old temple up on the mountain side above Kyoto. An outstanding view of the city as well mind-blowing architecture in the temple itself. Another place everyone should see before they die.

New Job

Well, she got canned down at the factory (see below, "Paying the Rent") for insubordination. I should've known; she's her father's daughter. But she still owes us for all those diapers from a few years back, so now she's flipping pizzas for dough.

Check the look on her face.

Serious Business

She's been training for this. What worries me is that this could be training for something else.

Kickin It in Kyoto

Where can I get one of these for our living room?

The Rites of Summer

You can't be a kid until you've played with fire. That's Kaname with Nia. He's the son of Hiromi's good friend Aiko. He's in a bathtub elsewhere in this blog. He and Nia were born about two weeks apart in Kyoto--Kaname just before the new year, Nia just after.