It goes without saying, and my online friends know this, I am terrible about posting and staying in touch. Especially on MySpace and Twitter. However, I do log in every now and then to post some stuff and try to read some posts and answer other posts if I have anything worth contributing, whcih usually I do not have anything worth while to add.

One thing I have been making a point to do at MySpace is listen to music of some of my “friends” on MySpace. What I have discovered is that some of these folks really have some good followings online and some have what I feel to be real talent.

While on leave in transit to Okinawa we stopped in Indiana for about three weeks. While there, almost all our time was spent at Granny’s house. Below are some pictures of the kids and their Grandma putting together a gingerbread house for Christmas.

Today I am going to start posting some photos of our transition to Okianwa. It will basically be small posts with photos and captions so everyone can see a little into our journey we had. Once finished, we will be posting even more photos over the next three years as we travel Okinawa and the Far East.

If you have any special requests, such as a sword or cultural statue, then let us know. We will be sending gifts back periodically for family.

So lets start with the intial moving process at the house in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

So after about a month living out of suitcases, we have finally arrived in Okinawa. We made it in the evening of the 30th. We are 14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the U.S. The time change is still requiring some adjustments. I am currently typing this at 0330 and have already been up for an hour.

After leaving Indiana we took a trip through Tennessee to visit with Kim’s mom, dad and brother’s family. We spent Christmas with them and it was enjoyable. We traveled to Raleigh-Durham Airport the next day and flew out of there on the 27th, thorugh Chicago and onto Seattle that evening.