Leyna Cam

Leyna's been getting some good use out of one of her birthday gifts - a digital camera made especially for kids. No longer does she have to frame her face with her lil hands as a pretend one. We finally uploaded her photos to see the results of her clicking away at it. Blurry, crooked, random, and photos of things unrecognizable were of course expected. Or better yet, there were no real expectations for what kind of photos a 2 year old would take. It's been entertaining to see her LOVE using it...clicking away at everything and anything, and be her subjects as she yells "cheeese!" from behind the camera. Fun to see the world from a 2 year old's eyes for a change!
Here's her first photos taken, along with some of her other randoms...
She's quickly getting the hang of it and seems more intentional on what she shoots. Beware, she can capture you when you don't expect it. I didn't realize she got me picking at my leg while waiting at the traffic light. haha.
The other night we grabbed pizza at the Sunabe Seawall, our closest boardwalk along the ocean. Ever since the nasty typhoon passed, the weather has been nice and sunny with gorgeous sunsets everyday, so we made an effort to get out of the house right when Danno came home from work. Leyna and I took our cameras along. I got some shots of Daddy n Leyna enjoying the view.
Our lil photographer taking pics. We were quite impressed with her results!
Cheeeese mommy & daddy!
Here's some last photos from the night as we enjoyed our pizza with a view.

...and Muifa keeps goin and goin

This video was taken last night on our front porch. 2 minutes was about as long as I could handle getting drenched out there and trying to maintain my balance! Muifa keeps going strong...we're on day 3 of the storm and as of 6:30am, already 34.7 inches of rain has fallen and 50-80mph winds continue to pound the island. According to the radar, it's passing through but at a whopping 6mph...so uh, at that rate it's practically standing still on top of the island. This link shows you real time radar of what's hitting us.

We remain safe indoors and getting quite a show out our sliding doors and windows. Thank God our place is built well and we've had no power or leaking problems like we know others are experiencing in other areas. Our day looks as exciting as more movies, books, munchies, internet, scrabble, and our little typhoon Leyna to keeping us occupied!

Typhoon Muifa

Nothing like another typhoon our way. My cousin Ana Lisa is here in Okinawa for her 2nd visit and just in time for our 2nd typhoon experience. We're all safe and sound in our sturdy concrete building, watching and hearing Muifa roar its way through our lil island. We're enduring sustained winds of about 86mph and gusts up to 104mph, which are scheduled to diminish by tonight. And of course to experience its strength in person is much worse than how it all appears when we try to get it on video. But here's a little taste of what it's lookin like out here. This is before the storms peak performance.