Wow, I am really behind on this thing...

Okay, I guess I'll have to dedicate this one to my father for passing on to me a remarkable power for procrastination. Haha, actually I love him too, so that's another reason. So I can't fully update you, because I think it might cause some of your computers to have heart attacks. I'll post the pictures from the youth camp and Halloween at a later date. Other than those two events, here is some of what I have been up to in October...
So yeah, I went to this with Yuko and Eri...it was cool. Lot's of good food.
The Furuyama's took me camping the first weekend in October. This is Maiko and her friend Ayaka torturing dragon flies. They are not Buddhists (the kids that is, no one thought to ask the flies)

Sun starting to set at the campsite...

The family heading down to the shore of Tokyo Bay

I met up with some of my friends for dinner in honor of Friday the 13th. Well, not really. It was simply a coincidence.
That's Eri, Yuko, and way too much frozen margarita for four girls.
A blurry John and Eri on the streets of Ginza.

So then Maiko and Reo had their sports festival on the 22nd I think it was.

Maiko and her friends...



Cheerleaders cheering...


Reo having some very deep thoughts...
This event is crazy. The kids who are riding the other three have either red or white tags on their foreheads (there are two teams). The kids on top try to grab someone else's tag before they get their own stolen. It is mass chaos.


The girl on the left is Maiko about to face off with some punk.
I didn't get any pictures from the end of the battle, but it was rough. However, in the end Maiko took that chick OUT. If I am ever in a rumble, I want her by my side, because she is totally badass.

On Monday the 24th, we made holiday wreaths with the English club. This was totally thrilling, for everyone involved. Busy work rules.
Actually, now that I look at this, Trevor seems really pumped about his wreath. I should ask him where he decided to display it at home...


And then the next day we carved pumpkins and had a birthday party - all in one day! I know, sounds exhausting, right? The girl with the birthday cake, well, it was her birthday. Everyone else helped carve the pumpkin. I got out of it by being the photographer. I am sneaky...

Okay, that's it for now... thanks to everyone who cares enough to look at my random pictures!