Demetria's Page (Watts Family)

November 30, 2009

milestone!

Well we are making progress because today she went to her room and fell asleep for naptime!

November 12, 2009

Halloween Crafts with Cousin KiKi

It was so much fun making ghosts and pumpkins with the girls!

They enjoyed painting themselves more than the pumpkins!

Happy Halloween! ~Little Lady Bug~

We got a Car!

Toyota Will VS 2002

1st time i seen that much money in cash! Yep baby all 100's

November 10, 2009

Misawa & Hachinoche Tours

Hey, enjoy the video! but i do want to talk about a few of the pics.

Budhist Temple: The cemetary at the budhist temple is beautiful and those large head stones/areas are for entire families! They cost over $300,000 and the red and black looking pictures all in squares is family crests, which is also very expensive, they are on the ceiling of the temple! The japanese say that if you can afford to die than you cant die! They believe that the more you spend the higher you are in heaven (or something like that). In one pic demi is standing in front of a red desk with a bowl on it, that is where you stand to pray to Budha, you give an offering $, light an insense and ring a bowl (like a drum), then you pray!

House museum: Is made of a light wood, cant remember what kind and paper! they cook in a fire pit. manicans represent the people of that time (a warrior and his wife and visitors) it was cool to learn about their different customs and what different things represent.

Nitobe Museum: Is next to the Road Side Station "Misawa", the Tonami Clan Memorial Tourism Village. it is named after a warrior, who built it to bequeath the valuable literature, materials, and agriculture machines and tools of that time to future generations. At that spot there is: go-karts, battery cars, putting golf, a petting zoo, and open fields to enjoy. we look forward to going back in the spring & summer!

Train Station: In Japan they have a bullet train, which is very fast traveling, we went there to learn how to use it. While we were there we seen different artifacts and statues and also that float, it was cool!

Shinto Shrine: Is a religious shrine, all the things with a rope hanging on them (paper hanging from rope) are sacred! There is a 400 yr old Japanese ceder tree! in the video you will see Dee, Demi and other tourists standing under a roof structure with a stone water fountain, with wooden sticks. They are at the cleansing spring fountain. You are to cleanse yourself before entering the shinto temple grounds. To do it you pick up stick/scoop with right hand and wash left, than switch hands, new water wash right hand than put water in left hand and rinse mouth/spit and than rewash left hand. they consider you sin free and cleansed to enter.

next to the orange bridge demi and i are on are the sacred holy fish, that we were able to feed. then at the temple you see demi and i standing by a table and ropes with bells. that is where you pray to the gods. again you leave an offering $ ring the bells i think three times bow and then pray! (the bells get the attention of one of the gods)

Out in front of the shrine there is a souvenir shop and we let demi pick out an english version fortune, we didnt open it though, I'm going to put it in her scrapbook and she can open it when she is old enough to undnerstand it! (usually cant find them in english) there was also little "key chains" to put in your vehicle to give good luck in your car, to expensive for what it was, i hope to find one somewhere else!

November 9, 2009

Lots of Pics to put up!

Hey I got tons of pics to put up all the way back from when we were still in MD so some will be a little out of order but I will tell you where and when on the pics, 1st i know everyone wants to see pics of Japan so I'm going to start with that! If you have facebook i have some pics already up on that! to find me its my first name, maiden name and then Watts! I hope you are all doing great and remember to leave comments so i can hear from all of you too! Its kinda boring when this is one sided!

October 30, 2009

Update about Japan!

Finally got over to the computer lab, but forgot camera! We will have our house next week and internet the week after, so you'll just have to wait until then for pics! We went on a tour of the city we stay in and one nearby city. it was great! we've had sushi a couple of times and it is so much better than any i had in the US. we went to a fish market and sampled different kinds of food, sorry didnt try the fish eggs but dee said they were good, kinda tasted like beer! I liked the squid and all the vegetables. The vegetables here have such strong flavor! like celery in US taste like water, here it is so good, i even like the radish's and mushrooms! Yes i said mushrooms (you know i dont eat fungis, but now i do) We also went to a budhist temple, which was beautiful, and it is way to expensive to die in Japan, for a family buriel site (only kind they have) costs about 320 thousand +. They believe the more you spend the better the after life! We also went to a shrine (cant remember the religion or the name of it but when i put pics up i'll let you know) it was very nice, beautiful workmanship on all the buildings and sculptures, there was also a sacred 400yr old japanese ceder tree.(we knew it was sacred because they hang a rope around it with paper hanging from the rope!)Here in japan you have to be good at shrubbery cause all the trees are just imaculate, i havent seen one overgrown bush or tree! Also they take pride in everything down to the brick side walks are like marble! and the man whole covers in the street are decorated with flowers and say the name of the city on them in beautiful writing! Cant wait to tell you more, but should get back to Dee, left him with both kids! (probably pulling his hair out) love you all and take care!

October 9, 2009

Moving!!!!

We are on our way to Japan so I won't be posting until we get settled in over there! I'll email you and let you know when we have new pics up!

September 10, 2009

Demi Loves Camping!

Demi enjoyed being up camping. she loved going for rides on the RZR, seeing the horses and all the cows! She liked playing around the fire and in all the trees. I think she will love camping just like I love it!