Nagoya Castle Festival

These pictures are from the same festival as the video of Luke and Sterling dancing that we went to last weekend. The first picture is Luke and Sterling next to a Samurai warrior. At first Sterling didn't know what to think of them, but eventually he started to think they were really awesome and didn't want to leave them.

This is Sterling and I in front of the Nagoya Castle. It was destroyed in World War II, but was rebuilt to look like the original.

The Samurai's had a parade through the area where everyone was eating. I'm not sure what the flags meant that they were carrying.

There was a drum show, but we missed the majority of it, unfortunately.

Sterling and I walking through the crowds. They give everyone walking in fans because it is SOOO hot out!

There is an old moat around the castle that doesn't have water in it anymore, but instead it has reindeer! Sterling loved that and it was really cool to look at.

Luke and Sterling were playing one day and got all of his "farm equipment" lined up like this on the floor- if you can't tell, the one structure made from blocks is a barn for him to store his tractors in.

This was from Andy's birthday. I made him cupcakes, which were actually just blueberry muffins with icing on them, but the guys all thought they were great which is what counted!