Happy Halloween

We had a great time on Halloween again this year. We had a Good Fairy, a Wicked Witch, and Dorothy! The kids started right at 6:00 and stayed out until about 7:30 -well, Sydney pooped out early, so she helped me hand out candy to hoards of kids. I ran out of candy at 7:09 and all the kids started yelling, "This house is out of candy!" I really thought I had bought enough, but I guess not. There were probably upwards of 400 kids this year - military kids and Japanese locals. Fun times.

First Day of School - 2nd Year in Okinawa

Okinawa started school on August 25th this year and the Gabriels now have kids in two different schools. Brenna has the privilege of being the first class in the new middle school! So far she is loving every minute of it! Morgan and Sydney are at Kadena Elementary school, and they love it!!! It looks like everyone is going to have a great school year.

Okuma Weekend

We had a nice weekend away with our friends, the Clarks: Keith, Lori, Laci, Landry, Courtney, and Haley, up at Okuma - the Air Force "Motel 6 on the Beach." It was a great weekend. The weather was perfect and we were all happy to be at the beach. The kids had a lot of fun with all of the water activities: jet ski, inner tubes, swimming and even diving! We adults got a chance to take turns diving and it was some of the best diving we have experienced since we started. Okuma is definitely a resort with the best activities!!

Unwanted House Guest

This HUGE Banana Spider has decided to take up residence in our backyard tree. We do not appreciate his decision and will be eliminating him from the premise in the very near future. Keep in mind all of you animal lovers, this spider has a leg span larger than my hand and the body is as big as my index finger. CREEPY!!

Our summer trip HOME to the USA

Med Group Combat Dining Out

We had a fun night of combat waterfighting at our first ever Combat Dining Out. It was a fun night - nothing like I have ever experienced before. We went with our friends Liz and John and Carrie and Steve and that made the night great. The girls and I hired an Okinawan lady to come to our house and alter the BDU's that we were wearing. She was an expert seamstress!! Great fun here on Okinawa!