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September 19 Kaoru's mother passed awayKaoru's mum passed away on 19th at 1:30 pm in Japan time.
Her death attributed to heart failure. According to what Kaoru understood from her brother, she collapsed last week, but she did not have to admit to hospital, but she collapsed again a couple of days ago. This time was not good at all. Her heart was getting weaken rapidly. A doctor put machine to support her heart, but when it came to some stage, a doctor told them that the machine may cause other problems to other organs. So they stopped the machine, then about 10 hours later, she passed away.
Kaoru was notified about her condition 15 hours before she passed away. As we heard that they stopped the machine on the second call, we knew that we won't be able to be there for her last moment.
We did not go to Japan. Kaoru's sister and her brother told her that Kaoru did not have to go back to Japan on the phone. They concerned about her health. They called us to let us know that Kaoru's mother passed away 10 hours after she passed away. It was kind of odd to Kaoru...
Kaoru and her mother had very "special" time in Singapore, so Kaoru has nothing to regret. Her mother enjoyed going to church and reading Bible with Kaoru in Singapore. When Kaoru looked up to the Lord, He gave her amazing feeling of assurance that she is now in Jesus' hand where there is no more war, lost, tears and anger. So we are a kind of happy for her mother and her sister who finally relieved from a burden.
May the Lord comfort rest of famly member's heart and help them as they go through Japanese custom for funeral and so on...
August 15 In 2009 so far ...We had quiet New Year day with a bunch of
Japanese snacks that Mossan sent from Japan.
We enjoyed and finished eating them very fast.
January
Kaoru was hospitalised in Centennial Peaks Hospital.
It was not pleasant.
February
Test for Kaoru's intestine. There was inflamation.
March
Started to plant plants.
 April
Shed was made.
So we made a garden beside it.
 Now
 May
Changed all windows to double glass window.
So we made garden at the window side.
 June
Enjoyed robster bash in Niwot.
 July
Visited friends in Texas.
   August
Kaoru is still serching for suitable medication.
Jonathan is busy for his work.
August 14 2008What happened to us in 2008!We have fostered a sick dog from Longmont Humane Society.
His name is SPIKY!
He had to be in a room for a month to recover.
Phebe eventually became very protective over him.
He is now well and has been adopted by a nice retired couple.
before after
  Kaoru stopped volunteering in Humane Society in July.
before after
  And she started grooming buisiness at home from December.
  before after
  Both of us worked hard for landscaping.
before after
  We had visited Singapore in May.
All members of family were well!
 Kaoru had hysterectomy in October.
It was blessing that she was in a big room that has two big windows.
She enjoyed autumn view of Rocky Mountain with Phoebe.
 We started to sponser a child in El Salvador.
His name is Dodanim.
 Chiku and Benchan are well.
  Phoebe is also well.
Yes, Jonathan gained weight as well as Kaoru.
  Rocky is always there and praise the Lord with awe!
    July 30 Rocky MountainJuly 17 Kaoru became Forty t.t.t.t. TWO!Jonathan ordered a birthday cake from a neighbor who has Japanese Chin.
Kaoru liked the candle,
because the number of candles does not matter!
Kids from nextdoor neighbor sang for Kaoru. July 10 Our HOUSE in Colorado
And...
So
This is the house we've got...
front back
kitchen
Front Livingroom
Bath Room Back Livingroom
bedrooms master bedroom
There are so many things we have to get to live in this house.
Jonathan who does not enjoy handy work
found this quite stressfull.
 Kaoru is enjoying shopping
 April 03 New Family memberWe've got a dog!
Her name is Phoebe.
She first came to Canine Adoption and Rescue League about two years ago.
She was adopted by a lady, but she returned a year later
because the owner became too old to take care of her.
Then she was adopted by another lady.
But she returned a year later again,
because the family was moving away.
 Yes, we are her third owner.
We adopted her because we are moving away!
 She is still in the rescue at the moment
because our aprtment does not allow dogs to live here
but we often take her out
We are looking for a house that allow two cats and a dogs to rent in Colorado!
Phoebe treat our cats like qeens!
They will be alright.
Jonathan has been working for Fujistu last one year.
And he is going to work for Amgen from the end of April in Longmont CO.
Enjoy our VIDEO
January 02 Christmas in TXWe spent two nights in Fort Worth from 23rd to 25th.
Warmth of Kier family Kaoru had stayed with
20 years ago has not changed at all.
It was raining and cold in Texas, but it was still flat and big.
They showed love of Christ to Kaoru last time and this time.
Kaoru did not understand what they say last time, but this time she did.
We talked a lot as you can imagine.
We both had a great time with them.
Especially Kaoru had a fun with an angel, Ty who was not there 20 years ago.
More photos in Photos top left had side Universal StudioIt took about 30 min to get to Universal Studio.
It was raining and there were only a few people.
Jonathan does not like rollercoaster, so it was not his cup of tea.
Kaoru was excited!!
But it does not cause a problem in our marriage. No worries.
 Jonathan's licenseJonathan finally got driver license!
Pray hard for safety! December 10 Christmas TreeWe've got Christmas tree for the first time!
 Light are LED.
They use 98% less energy than normal lights. December 08 Christmas DecorationKaoru went to see her friend decorating her house for Christmas.
 Holding cable by stapler?!
Quite surprising
She did not do anything.
DONE!
 October 31 HalloweenWe don't celebrate about ghost's coming (Halloween),
but these are too cute to avoid!
Click photo for larger size. October 03 RaccoonKaoru, come!
There is a raccoon!
We went outside and saw a wild raccoon for the first time
in the garden of the flat we live.
It was so cu~~~te!
September 15 Whale WatchingWe went to watch WHALE!
Ferry left Santa Barbara at 10:00am.
 At first...
SEALIONS
 1hr later...
DOLPHINS
 A guide suspected there were 4000 of them!
 2hrs later...
Yes, a WHALE!
   IT WAS SPECTACULAR!
The whale was "humpback whale" which weigh 40ton.
  We suddenly realised that SEALIONS were there also.
 We were able to enjoy watching
whales, dolphins and sealions at the same time for 1 hr.
And we were back at harbour at 2:40pm.
 It was awesome!
Those who wants to watch video, click below.
You can enjoy for one second!
 August 19 Day Trip 2 - Santa BarbaraIt was ideal place to live after retirement.
Not too hot. Not too cold.
Kaoru had slight pain on her legs, but it did not bother her much.
12th
After 1 hour of driving from our apartment,
we went up the hill to begin with.
Mission Santa Barbara
First European who came to Santa Barbara was Portuguese.
They first built this in 1786 and it was destroyed in 1812 because of earthquack.
They rebuilt this and now many catholic like to visit.
Stearns Wharf
You can see mountains, harbor and cityscape from this pier.
There were many people who were enjoying fishing.
Coast line Cabrillo Boulevard
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
Hand painted tiles were beautiful.
State Street
This shopping street is long, fashionable and interesting.
There are more photos
in album "Santa Barbara".
Don't forget to see VIDEO!
It is the view of Santa Barbara.
We both like this city, but this is just a 'dream' to live in Santa Barbara.
You know why?
Santa Barbara was like Bevarly Hills
and there are many celebrities living even now.
Some of the big houses cost 8 million dollars!
 Well, it's free to dream, isn't it?!
Day Trip 1 - Pine MountainJonathan's project seems to end in this December.
There are so many places to see in 3 months!
5th
We went to see mountains near by.
First stop was Ojai.
It was a beautiful town.
We continued driving after lunch in Ojai.
This is the view of MOUNTAINS in California.
Yes, it was dry.
Even river disappeared.
Winding road on the mountain and straight road were
very good for Jonathan to practice driving.
There were only a few farms.
This was the most beautiful view in this trip. Thank God that our car which costed $1000 only lasted on this day.
There are more photos
in album "Pine Mountain". |
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