Friday, September 16, 2011

Chuck the Truck Travels the World

Now that Matthew is 2 1/2 years old, he has started to understand when Daddy has to leave for a few weeks to go "fly an airplane" (aka: TDY).  This means that Ryan is away for a few days or a few weeks at a time, and Matthew sure does miss him!

About a month after Catherine was born, Ryan was scheduled to go on another TDY.  Since we had spent so much quality time as a family, we knew it was going to be harder on Matthew to see Daddy leave again.  So, we came up with the idea for Ryan to take one of Matthew's trucks with him and he could photo-journal his travels with "Chuck the Truck".  Ryan really got creative and has had lots of fun taking pictures of Chuck traveling the world, so I thought it would be neat to share them within the blogging world too.  Since we're stationed in Japan, Ryan has gotten to travel to some really neat countries, so this allows us to also keep track of where he's been.  

I think it's just as exciting for me to receive the pictures as it is for Matthew.  We both have so much fun opening the email and looking at all the fun places that Chuck and Daddy are visiting.  Hope you enjoy the photos too!

Here are pictures from Chuck the Truck's trip to Okinawa, Japan and Australia.  See if you can find Chuck in each photo!

Chuck the Truck landed safely in Okinawa, Japan

Having pizza with Daddy at Kadena AFB, Japan

Taking a nap...zzzzzzzzz

Having a fun fruity drink at Sams-by-the-Sea in Okinawa

The staff at Sam's-by-the-Sea thinks Chuck the Truck is A-Okay!

Where are we going next, Chuck?

Chuck making friends!

Chuck signed the guest book at Sams-by-the-Sea

Ready for the flight

A beautiful sunrise in Okinawa

Big Wheels vs. Little Wheels

Big Truck vs. Little Truck

Checking out the view

Charting the flight to Australia

Admiring the big clouds along the way

Sunset in Darwin, Australia

Chuck the Truck enjoys a hearty meal after a long flight. He ate Crocodile sausage and Kangaroo steak!

Flying to Sydney, Australia

Sydney at night...

Sydney at sunrise

Chuck the Truck helps the Australian police.  Can you spot Chuck?

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