blast from the past | Hakone

Sorry guys, practically every post has been about life in Japan. Well, I wasn’t blogging then and I don’t want to forget the details. I am really missing my friends from Japan right now. It’s been over a year since leaving. I have so many so dear to my heart. Some haven’t gotten any face time on this blog because well, I guess I just didn’t take enough pictures. Some I still talk to weekly, some every once in awhile, but you know what? I think of them everyday. CRAZY. I have to post about Hakone, but I promise next week won’t be Japan related.


{Our view on the way there}


{rest stop}


{ rest stop snowman}





This must have been one colllllld winter because I prefer cooler weather however, my last post (same year) I mentioned being cold, and this I would have to say is the most miserable cold I have ever been. I was in the car staying warm. That is not like me. Explains the glare on the above shots. I took them from the drivers seat. I’m going to blame it on the fact I just had a baby and my hormones were out of whack, oh and because it was snowing!!!


{Keegan embraced the cooler weather}





{Hakone Aquarium}
I’m sorry but after you go to the Okinawa Aquarium none other can measure up. I’m now an aquarium snob


{Keegan at lunch}
Ain’t he cute? See, it was so cold we didn’t even bother taking our hats off inside.


{No words}
This is me after a baby. The only picture out of the whole trip decent enough to post.


{waiting}
Tate waited cheerfully to board the pirate ship


I cannot tell you how excited they were to hop aboard.


{The man of the hour}


Day two had to be my favorite part. We walked around this little town. We ate lunch, the sun had come out so things were more manageable temperature wise i.e. I didn’t spend the whole day dressing and undressing each child with hats and mittens, and I went into some little shops.





The we stopped off at the Odawara Castle. Super cool and beautiful too.






Even with a few reservation issues, too many kids in one hotel room to get any sleep, car sickness. This was a fun trip,  I am so glad we had this time as a family.