Monday February 1st, 2010
We’ve had our first big snow in Haruna!
We were so excited to see the big snow flakes falling. And after a few hours of falling it started to stick and accumulate on the ground. Soon we had almost 2 inches of snow. It was really beautiful, and it finally felt like winter.
Tuesday February 2nd, 2010
We woke up to the beautiful snow still on the ground. But by 10:00am most of it was melting off. Maybe next time we will have enough to find a big hill and go sledding. That evening we
had some special visitors. We invited Mie-san, Hana-chan, and Megu-chan over to make cookies. The youth group at Northside church of Christ sent us the biggest box of cookies cutters I had ever seen. So I had to use them. And I thought the girls would enjoy making a mess with me and Paul. 
The girls had a blast. It was really cute watching them be creative with the sprinkles and icing. Paul watched them for awhile and he just had to join in. He started making his cookies and soon they all were in a contest to who 
could put more frosting and sprinkles on one cookie. We all had fun and the girls took most of their cookies home to give to their friends.
Saturday February 13th, 2010
For Christmas Paul gave me tickets to see the Wizard of Oz musical. Today was the day we would get to see the play. We were excited to see how it would be done in Japanese. We invited the Carrells to join us. They took the train from Matsudo to Takasaki and then we all drove together to the music hall in Maebashi. We arrived about 10 minutes before curtains. When we walked into the auditorium we saw so many children. We looked at each other and laughed. We didn’t even think about this being a children’s play. Oh well, we wanted to see it.
How could we miss the opportunity to see the story that made our home state famous! At one point in the play the actors came down through the audience on their way to the Wicked Witch's castle. When the cowardly lion got too scared he actually sat on our friends Steve Carrell’s lap. Dorothy had to pull him off to the continue the journey. It was so funny. During intermission and after the show we talked with a few of the kids and their parents. They really enjoyed it when we told them we were from Kansas just like Dorothy. One little girls mom asked if we would take a picture with her daughter. She was so cute. 
After the show we went back to our house and shared a nice meal of rice meatballs, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls and Twinkie cake for dessert. It was nice having the Carrells in our house. We enjoyed showing them around the neighborhood and around the church too.
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