13 months

July 2009 was a big month for Evan and the Horne family. Evan and Daddy started out the month in Delaware with family, and we ended the month all together in Japan. (Yes, Evan, and more importantly Mommy and Daddy, survived the loooong flight both there and back). Good friends of ours from Phoenix live on an Air Force Base outside of Tokyo now, and Dave's good high school friend got married up at Lake Nojiri in early August. It was quite the reunion. In the middle of it all we squeezed in a few fun at-home moments. Here are a smattering of pics:

Evan's first time at the beach (in Delaware)...enjoying the sand? Or not.

Daddy filled up the pool on the back patio...Evan was unsure what to think about it

Who knew Kleenex could be so much fun? (Daddy nearly tore his hair out over that one)

Visiting Showa Park with Aunt Kristin

The happiest little sight-seer, and making new friends at the top of Tokyo tower

Our little family at the Meiji Jingu shrine, and at Roppongi Hills

Evan's favorite Japanese food...udon noodles. We were amazed that he could suck down a noodle a foot long without stopping. He became quite the spectacle for some Japanese onlookers as well.

Rain? What's rain, Daddy?

On the path down to the lake, and a family pic with the famous Lake Nojiri

Evan and Genki at Amy and Pas's wedding...a "puppy!" is all the excitement you need when you're one. Well, that, and a lemon at dinner.

And finally, Evan getting his first taste of Aunt Stella cookies...and going back for seconds