I pinned these back at the beginning of time (or at least when Pinterest began) and I've been meaning to make them ever since. They were so delish and easy and (the true test) Aaron loved them. I will definitely be making them again!

(find the recipe here)

One of my favorite things about living in Japan are the beautiful temples and gardens. And this one is my favorite. I probably should know the real name of it, but I just call it "The Big Buddha" (as do all the Americans here). This is my favorite place. And please don't mind my new baby bump. I look at these pictures and try not to see fat. Everyone says pregnant girls are cute but I sure don't feel it!

Early in the summer I darkened my hair and added blue, but eventually I got bored with that and wanted my ombre hair back. I loved it, I'll be honest. But since I have yet to find a fantastic hair stylist in Japan I decided to just do it myself. At least if I screwed it up I had no one to be mad at except me, right? That was my logic. Plus I've been doing my own hair for years so I figured I could handle it. I found really easy instructions here and just set to it. Jess helped me when I needed an extra set of hands or eyes. I'm pretty sure I could have done it alone but it would have taken me longer. Anyway- long story short, I'm quite happy with the results. What do you think?

I've tried several times in the past few weeks to sit down at my computer and write a semi-coherent blog post. Obviously that has not happened. But to me blogging has always been about following what's in my heart and if I have nothing to share then I have to accept that and move on. My original blogging break was completely unplanned. Our pregnancy was not a planned one (but we're very excited!) and it snuck up on me pretty quickly. One day I was completely fine and the next I couldn't even move from the floor next to the toilet. It was a huge adjustment for me since I'm someone who likes to be constantly on the move and active. I had to learn to listen to my body and when it said STOP I had to do that. It's not an easy thing though! But no matter what my body has to go through to create this little miracle, I am so grateful for the baby growing inside me. I never realized how much I was looking forward to being a mom until it was right there in front of me. I've been trying to keep things updated on a baby blog I started for my family but even that has been a challenge. For some reason pregnant Sue does not like looking at a computer screen very long. It makes me so sick so quickly! But I'm trying. And that's all I can really do. 

Two weeks ago my bff Jess came to Japan to visit so I was actually forced to leave the house and act like a human. I think I did okay even if I got tired after only a short time. I took lots of fun pictures though and we did some great projects so I'm going to (try to) share them in the next few weeks. For now I'll just show off one of my favorite beaches in Japan so everyone can wish they were here too. Please don't be jealous of my insanely hot hair in the second picture. Most days I don't even have the energy to blow dry!