Nestled in the Santa Ynez Valley about 35 minutes northeast of Santa Barbara is the quaint Danish village of Solvang.

The town of Solvang has several Danish bakeries, wine tasting, cheese tasting and other souvenir shops.
There is something for everyone throughout the area. 

The valley is full of horse ranches, wineries, flower and vegetable fields. 
About 3 miles from town is the Chumash Casino for the gamblers in your group. 

The Quicksilver Ranch has the cutest miniature horses and is a must see. 

March thru June they usually have foals in their pastures. 
There is also an Ostrich Farm on the south side of town for you animal lovers. 

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Last time I wrote this blog, I was 8 month pregnant and now my baby turned 1-year old! 
Time flies so fast!

Since I came from Japan, I do not know how the 1st birthday party for a child, it was beyond my imagination... 

The number of guests for her party came out about 85! 
(Actually, this number is bigger than our wedding too!)

We have to prepare food, cake, favors, games and music players etc... 
It was very hard to put everything together, but my husband's family and many of friends help us a looooooooooooooot.

The party came out very nice and my baby had a lots of fun to meet people who came to celebrate her special day! 
We really would like to thank everybody who helped us and coming to celebrate he ...

先日サンディエゴのオールドタウンへ行ってきました。

メキシコからの開拓者により出来た町で、昔ながらの古き文化と歴史をうかがえる所でした。
クリスマスのデコレーションがされていました。

私は東海岸から来たのでクリスマスの時期はとても寒く、静まったイメージでしたが、
西海岸のクリスマスは温暖な気候のせいもあって、華やかですね。

ヨーロッパの文化を受け継いだ東海岸のオールドタウンに
メキシコや南米の文化を受け継ぐ西海岸のオールドタウン、
同じ国の中でも大陸を越えた文化や伝統が体験できるなんて。

アメリカってすごいなぁ～と思います。

Wish you a Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!

T.I.

Trick or Treat!

Can you tell who we are?

                                      Y.F.

CONGRATULATION ON YOUR BIG 60!!!

The JAL Avionet USA softball team participated in the annual JBA Softball Tournament on
September 13 at Rowley Park in Gardena. 
We played two games in relatively cool conditions.

The first one was at 8:30am on diamond #2 against Kline.
In the early innings it was a tough back and forth battle before they ultimately prevailed 12-5. 

Our second game was at 11:50am on diamond #3 against Enagic. 
We got off to a slow start and were never able to fully recover, with them prevailing 16-7. 

The good news is that no one suffered any major injuries and everyone had fun. 
Our team put on two gritty performances and represented us well. 
We fully enjoyed participating & will definitely be back to try again next year!

I visited Santa Fe, Taos, and Chimayo, New Mexico in June.
Santa Fe was the one of the places I wanted to visit for so long
because of its building style called "Adobe".

I really enjoyed the visit.
Downtown Santa Fe was exactly as I expected (or even better!)
The people were nice and the foods were great!

I would love to go back there again.                                             s.i.

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CONGRATULATION ON YOUR BIG X0!!!
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Did you ever watch the TV show Northern Exposure many years ago? 
That’s pretty much what you should expect on a visit to the state of Alaska.
 
If you divide Alaska into two equal sections each one is larger than the state of Texas! 
From gold rush history and glaciers to sled dogs, beautiful scenery and wildlife are bountiful. …
and for all you single women out there most of the towns have about 4 men to 1 woman.                     H.M.

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I went to The Police concert last Tuesday at the Hollywood Bowl. 

It was the first time to go there and my first time seeing Sting and The Police perform in concert.  It was really fun, exciting and very loud.