Okinawa Dragon fruit

Cape Zanpa Lighthouse

In September we visited Zanpa Lighthouse. It was a beautiful day! The kids and I climbed up to the top of the lighthouse and watched the cliff fishermen cast their lines.

Kinser Legends

Kyle and Jacob's first baseball game was today. They are on the same team, The Kinser Legends. They had a lot of fun even though it was HOT!

Torii Beach

A couple of weeks ago we went to Torii Beach. It was a beautiful day!
The kids love Torii beach because it has a waterslide. Kyle found and caught a lot of sea cucumbers. I think by the time we left they had 8 sea cucumbers in a bucket. They were all safely returned to the sea.

Tucker at 6 months old

Bugs, Big Bugs

Summer is here in Okinawa, and so are the bugs.  For some reason I am enjoying taking pictures of the big bugs.  The kids love finding the bugs for me.  Here are some of our finds.

Cicadas

You know the summer is here when the Cicadas wake you up in the morning with their loud noise.  It's all you can hear when you walk out our front door.  They are LOUD.  Also be careful because if you get to close to their tree they will dive bomb you.  The smaller picture is when they shed off their skin to grow bigger. The kids like to collect these and hang them on my sunflower plant. 

 

Metallic green beetle

I found him on my plant outside.   

This little guy was hungry.  It ate holes in my sunflower leaves.

Longhorned Japanese beetle

I love the black and white design of this one.

This crab Mike found one night after a downpour.  We think it crawled up from the ocean.  

We have LOTS of little snails crawling everywhere.  They like to live on our outside walls and windows.  This one was crawling down our slider.

Introducing Tucker

Tucker is the newest member to our family.  He is a 2 month old Oki mix (Okinawa mutt).  He is the sweetest puppy around.  The kids have so much fun playing with him, but they tucker Tucker out.