This past weekend we headed up to Nagano with a bunch of our squadron mates!
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Ryan was super excited about the rental van we got. He was great on the 4 hour drive!
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Ready to go!
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We stopped about halfway so the kiddos could run around. Ryan and his buddy Andrew discovered that if they pulled the lever on the Japanese food machine, it would beep really loud! Goobers :)
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Luckily Nathan doesn't roll in his sleep so the boys were able to share the bottom bunk! You can just barely see Nathan in the upper left corner :)
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It was beautiful seeing all the snow - this is the view from one of our windows!
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Silly boys in the morning! We always woke up and piled onto Mommy's bed for some tickles!
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Sweet brother loves :)
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Ry wasn't too sure about walking in the snow!
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We rented a sled at one of the ski parks and he had fun sliding down some hills!
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Nathan hung out in my jacket the whole time!
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Yay, McDonalds for lunch!
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Always a happy little thing!
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Littlest man and Momma at dinner :)
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Gorgeous mountains!
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We stopped at the Matsumoto Castle on the drive back - it was really neat!
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So pretty!
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Ry and Daddy in front of the castle :)
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Momma and her boys!