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4 Years Since we Lost Our Little Girl

Time really does fly, whether you are having fun or not...

Rosie passed away on August 20th, 2004.

I think she is looking over the 5 of us, keeping us on track.

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BLOG MOVE!!!

I have had problems with the blog for a while, so MOVED it.
However, since I was unable to log in to this page, I could not put an update. Apologies, and here is the new address:

GBB

HUGE HUGE thanks to Dirk for sorting out the broken database and fixing this so I could log in again. Cheers Dirk

Moving House can be FUN!!!

More Twins Modelling

Winter clothes in the middle of August! Thus is the life of artistes...

Angelie Before and After

Megumi butchered Angelie's hair for her birthday!!!

BEFORE

AFTER

(apologies for the quality of the photography - why do little kids love phones and cameras so much???)

House Picture

This is actually before we purchased the place. Megumi has decorated with a few plants since then.

As you can see, this being the Tokyo suburbs, we are surrounded by other houses. That's par for the course here. It's a small cul-de-sac, so Megumi is hoping to make friends with others on the street. Bit like Brookside...

3 Years Since We Lost Our Angel

Megumi and I went to Tokushima last weekend to visit Rosie's grave. We took all 3 girls for the first time. It was, as ever, very emotional to be there, thinking about Rosie and her brave fight 3 years ago. We talk to the girls about their big sister, and as they get older, we will teach them about what happened and about how they all got their names.
(Angelie is easy to understand, but the 'AN' sound in the Japanese pronumciation of Lilian and Vivien also represents angel.)

Life Sentence or what did I do to deserve this???

Some of you may know this, others may not, but Megumi and I made a fairly large decision recently. We decided to purchase property here in Japan (Saitama, to be more specific).

By association, we are basically commiting our future to Japan (we have a mortgage for a few years now!). The decision was made more out of a necessity for more living space than any 'grand plan'. 2007 has turned out to be a big year of changes for us, with my change of job in April followed by a move to our own place just last week. Personally, I blame the twins!

Getting a loan from a Japanese bank without permanent residence is quite a challenge, as is preparing to move with three small children. Anyway, we are in the new place now, and may even get rid of all the boxes in the next few weeks. Megumi is holding out, insisting that we won't be able to clear up properly without going to IKEA and doing large amounts of damage with the credit card. So, an unappealing visit to an overrated furniture shop with huge queues just to get in the car-park awaits! Joy oh joy.

If you are nearby, come and say hello, if not, wait for some pictures some time soon...

The freedom a car gives...

A picture of our hot and sticky family at a barbecue.

We could never have gone by public transport; the car is coming in handy!

Dolls

We often get told that Lili and Vivi look like dolls. Here is the former surrounded by Angelie's babies. Resemblance?

Twins Debut

Megumi got a call from a magazine asking her to take the twins to model. Couple of pictures from the shoot:

Must have been warm in those suits!

Buggy/Rickshaw?

To conclude this uncharacteristic burst of blogging (!), here are our 3 girls at a nearby park. One of the things I am looking forward to now we have a car is spending time outside with the girls. This park is very difficult to get to by train, but a fairly easy 20-minute drive away.

We are going to a couple of barbecues in the next few weeks. Let's hope the weather is good...