Seamus and Smokey

This past weekend our friend Seamus came down from Osaka to see how wonderful Kumamoto is! It was a long weekend, and Erin and I packed it full of fun things to do! We ate some delicious food, went to one of the most famous onsen villages in Japan, saw Aso-san (the volcano) in the snow and even made a Costco trip to get ready for Thanksgiving!














































One of the main highlights is that my friends Matt and Shannon got the CUTEST puppy ever! They named it Smokey and I could honestly just play with it forever! (If you've seen my facebook pictures, I could basically fill up an album with just photos of the puppy!) Here are some highlights:





























In other news, this week has mostly been spent trying to get things squared away for my winter trip to Thailand! I'm going from December 19 - January 7 and I can't wait for the BEACHES!!! Tomorrow, I'm going to be celebrating Thanksgiving with some friends. Being so far away on a family-oriented holiday is difficult (they don't eat turkey here either :( ...) but being around good friends will make it a little easier!

Well I think I should be caught up for the most part. There have been fun little things here and there, but the big stuff has all been posted. Hope all is well back home and Happy Thanksgiving!