Up on a mountain(ish) top…

 Earlier this morning I met up with the Ushikubos (whom we have seen before here) and the Kubotas. Takeshi, an Ushikubo, and Nao, a Kubota but former Ushikubo, are siblings. Takeshi and his family live here and Nao and her family are from Japan. But, no matter how you dice it they are all family.

Anyway, we got together and traipsed up what is at least quite a steep hill, I carried a couch (YES… a couch. Takeshi WAS nice enough to help me bring it back down) and we had a blast! The babies were almost on meltdown after about a half hour, but thankfully I was a photo NINJA and had already completed the session by then. Without further adieu, enjoy the sneak peek!

And now for my personal favorite: