Mom's Birthday

Mom was born on May 23rd...a long long long long long long long long long long long time ago. Since she is going to Las Vegas for her Birthday, we celebrated it early.

We cooked up some ribs in our La Caja China Roasting Box

and headed out for a boat ride.

We made it back to shore and had one of Amy's famous cakes:

It was made with Orange Jello....I wait while you try and comprehend what that might taste like. This is one of the few times that Dad and I did not eat the cake. Usually they taste much much better than they look. Not so much this time. Even the kids stayed away which tells you something. Amy claims that women really like it. I will have to just trust her on that one.

Here are some more pictures: Mom's Birthday Pics

Mother's Day

We went to Ryan's which of course is the absolute best place to pig out! Here are some pictures.

Mother's Day Pictures

My Grandmom still has a bit of an issue with Digital Cameras....She does not seem to realize that she has to be ready for a picture every instant of the day :P

FairTax

Rieko and I joined several thousand people in Columbia for the FairTax Rally coinciding with the Republican Debate. Here are some pictures from the coliseum. The basic concept is eliminating the IRS and all hidden taxes and replace it with a national consumption tax. Very cool Idea. To find out more visit: www.FairTax.org

Here are some Pictures: FairTax Rally

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Kodomo Nohi 2007

For the last three years we have hosted a "Children's Day Party (Kodomo Nohi)" It is a chance for us all to get together for some good food and good fellowship. We invite any and all Japanese we know personally or happen to run into during the course of the year. This year was Fantastic as we had lots of new Families join us. We hold the party each year at my parents and Rieko is an amazing Hostess.

Here are the links for the past couple of years: 2005 and 2006

2007 Party!

This Year we decided to try out our new Pig Roaster

We worked Really Hard on cooking this Pig...no really..here is the proof!

Check out More of the Pig Roast Action

We also took a boat ride looking for Dolphins. Believe it or not there were 37 people on Board the old Pontoon Boat. Best thing was we Found the Dolphins!

We had a fantastic time and hope that everyone that came did as well. Everyone is welcome and if by chance you did not get the word or hesitated coming because we did not directly invite you, please, please come next year.

Okinawa Trip

(I took this picture at Kariba Bay)

Rieko and the kids spent 45 days in Okinawa visiting family in 2006. I joined them for the last

15 or so days. We had a wonderful time. If you ever have the chance...check it out!

Okinawa 2006

The plants and natural things we saw were amazing.

Yuria at one of the amazing Beaches

Here is Rieko's Family. Back Row from the Right is: Kyoko 3rd Brother's Wife; Sanekazu, Rieko's 3rd Brother; Kumiko, Rieko's Sister; Sanemori, Rieko's Oldest Brother; Sanehiro, Rieko's 4th Brother; Me; Rieko; Mama-san, Rieko's Mother.

There is an amazing Aquarium in Okinawa. Huge and absolutly beautiful. I have never seen any American Aquarium come close to matching it. Here are a couple shots of it.

Check out the Website

I am going to skip ahead since the pictures are already posted on our other site.
Family Website We hope that you take some time and visit the pictures there.

I am skipping ahead because I have some new Pictures that I really want to get posted.

Sammy's 4th BDay

I think Sammy might be a little pooped after having a Great time!! Sammy's 4th BDay

PC Homecoming

I graduated Presbyterian College in 1994. We went to Homecoming in 2004.

PC Homecoming

Day at the Beach

Kenneth's 7th Birthday Party

Kenneth's 7th BDay Party

Rieko used to take an ESL class since she is from Japan and thinks that she can not speak English. Here are some pictures from one of their parites. ESL Party

Saying Goodbye to a Friend

One of Kenneth's Classmates is having to move because of his Dad's Job. We had a little party for them to say good bye.




We also Celebrated Mom's Birthday around the same time. My Sister, Amy (on the left), is in charge of making cakes for Family events. We get some of the best laughs because of her efforts. Some don't laugh as much :P

May 2004

Having Some Fun

Here are some more shots of us just having some fun. The Red Scarf if one of Mom's during her Chemo days.

Havin Some Fun

Easter 2004

Easter Time!!!

Easter Egg Hunt with the Grandparents

Easter Egg Hunt With Kenneth's 1st Grade Class

Summer Fun 2004

Here is a Picture from Mother's Day in 2004. My mom, Anita, was undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer at the time. We are all very grateful that she is doing excellent. My Grandmother (in her mid 80's) is to the far right and she is a Breast Cancer survivor as well. My Sister is the one in the Hat.

Summer Fun in 2004

Christmas 2003

Christmas 2003

Here are some pictures from Yuria's first Birthday. Yuria's First Birthday I know this picture has nothing to do with her B-Day...I just think its a great shot!

BTW...why do we not have pictures of Sammy and Kenneth at Yuria's age? Well truth be told we did not have digital cameras then and what we did have is in the hardcopy photo albums and I am WAY to lazy to scan all of them in. Bottem line is I guess I do not love them as much...yeah right.

OK...I am getting tired of reposting all of my pictures to Picasa and then putting them up here. For a couple of year we have been running our own site and posting pictures there so I will be linking the pictures from there until we get to some of the newer ones that we do not have on the site yet.

If I decide to post all the pics to picasa I will change the links but for now the main picture site will be: Sloane Family Picture site (Old Version)

Time with the Grand parents

We spend a lot of time with my parents since we live so close and I work with my mother at Sloane Realty. Here are some picture of us just hanging out and enjoying each others company.

January Hanging Out & More Hanging out

Christmas Day

Christmas Morning. At the time we were still living next door to my parents. This is 2002 so Sammy is two and Kenneth would be 5...Yuria would be...asleep :)

Rieko is going to kill me for putting this picture up of her..oh well.

Christmas Morning

Christmas Dinner

The picture to the right has Kenneth riding on Grandpa Sloane's shoulders and Sammy riding on Uncle Richard's.

I know...I know...lots of pictures of Yuria...give us a break...new kid plus first girl= lots of pictures :P

Christmas Eve & Kenneth's School Christmas Show (back when that was allowed)

You gotta love Babies! Here are some more pictures of Yuria.

Pictures of Yuria

Christmas Time back in 2002

Here are some picture from Christmas 2002. I think that Rieko was trying to get a good shot of the kids for our Christmas Card that year! Christmas Card Kids

Ok..here we go :)

Here are some pictures of Yuria, our youngest at the hospital within a few hours of her birth.

You can find more pictures by clicking the link below. http://picasaweb.google.com/Warren.Sloane/YuriaInHospital

Hello All! We are going to try out this blog thingie and see if we can more effectly share our pictures and thoughts. We hope that you enjoy them as much as we do!