Craig celebrated his 40th birthday this October. No cake, but PIE!!!



He also went to see the Silversun Pickups with Steve and Chris and then he went on a 4-day birthday trip that Sara and Rob planned.



Jonathan flew back from Calgary and met up with Rob and Craig for a birthday trip.

The three adventurers spent a day and night in Toronto with a visit to the oldest Irish pub in the big smoke with Sean, a tour of the Mill Street Brewery, frisbee on Front Street, wandering across town from the Distillery District to Queen Street West, and much more.

Rangers in Killarney Provincial Park confirmed that the trio registered for two nights of back-country camping, although they did not appear to park near any of the official hiking trails...

It was an excellent trip and the scenery was awesome - if wet and cold at times.

The following is a 3.5 minute multimedia show from the camping trip.

Sean, Rada, and Sydney came to visit the Nakamoto-Berry's in Ottawa this month! Everyone seemed to have a great time...

The Harvest Feast was once again a big success at Ottawa Montessori School and everyone enjoyed Monkey Rock's music show too...

Sage enjoyed a lovely 6th birthday this week. Sara made a home-made angel food cake. She was a little scared of the sparkler candle she picked out herself, but quickly recovered. Tomorrow is the big party with her friends from school.





and the big party:

The Nakamoto-Berry family attended the harvest festival in Wakefield last weekend.

Craig Nakamoto was apparently in Calgary last week. It was a whirlwind trip and it looked like he was doing as much work in Ottawa as he was in Calgary.

Still, he managed to hit a few of his favourite spots (Vue Cafe, Manuel Latruwe, the King & I) and see some of his friends. Also, he managed to go from 0 to 60 mph in only a few seconds with Scott in the new Solstice.







Check out all the photos in the album.

This is a CBC documentary looking at what is one of the most disturbing phenomenon in health today.

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/Doc_Zone/ID=1233750780

It is 45 minutes long, but it is well worth the time spent to watch. I found it perhaps overly dramatic at times, but also "deeply disturbing" (as my friend Victor put it).

Bisphenol A was developed in the 1800s. How can it be that we only now understand the possible dangers?

What does this mean for all the other chemicals in use today that were developed since then?

Do you believe that large corporations have your best interest at heart?

"Since 1976 the US Government has banned just 5 chemicals"

One of the best resources available for understanding what chemicals are in what products is the EWG (Environmental Working Group). They maintain a great list of personal care products and rate them based on how many chemicals they contain and the possible risk level. They also do some very interesting and practical research.

http://www.ewg.org/

Sage started grade one this week at the Ottawa Montessori School. She is loving it so far!

The Hobros and Nakamotos were reunited over the Labour Day weekend at Opeongo Lake in Algonquin Park.

Everyone enjoyed the beautiful sunshine, scenery, the harvest moon, smores, swimming, and some excellent camp cooking.

They spent two fun-filled nights at an awesome spot on the lake surrounded by loons, gulls, and other wildlife.

It was Gabriel and Sage's first canoe camping trip, and Gabriel's first real canoe ride. Gabriel was seen doing a header out of the canoe on day two, but he was quickly rescued by his dad as he floated by the stern of the canoe. He screamed a fair bit, but he stopped trying to crawl out of the canoe after that.

Sage and Sydney were reunited last weekend in Niagara Falls. They were both seen camping at the KOA on Lundy's Lane and wandering around the town.

Animoto now lets us add video to our slide shows. Check out this quick video I created using only photos and video from my phone. It is about 2.5 minutes and loud (as all Animoto videos tend to be):



It still amazes me that something like this takes about 30 minutes of my time (select photos and videos from my hard drive, clip the video to small bits on the Animoto web site (no software required), choose a free music track from the Animoto collection, click GO), and then maybe another 30 minutes elapsed while the video is created, and then it is mine to keep/share/enjoy! It costs me $25/year for a membership to do this as many times as I want. Thank you Animoto!

After a year in Lindenlea, the Nakamoto-Berry family finally walked down to the local swimming hole and was very impressed. The water was cool and clear and the former sand pit is very deep and clean.

From Denise:

"Fionna Lillian Brown was born August 17 at 10:32 am. She is 6 lbs 14 ounces, 19.5 inches, healthy, happy, hairy and cute. We are home now, mom is doing great, dad is doing what he is told."

Sara Berry and Craig Nakamoto celebrated their 10th anniversary this month.

Ann was in town to watch Sage and Gabriel so that Craig and Sara could sneak away for some romantic time together. Le Saint-O restaurant reported that the couple passed a leisurely Saturday evening enjoying the Quebecois cuisine and relaxed environment.

Sunday morning found the intrepid couple hiking in the Gatineaus and decompressing at the Nordik Spa in Old Chelsea, Quebec. An experience that is highly recommended to any and all in or near the Outaouais region.

A great time was had by all who attended the 2009 Nakamoto Reunion. It was sunny and beautiful and it seems that the campfire under the stars has become a new tradition.









Check out all the reunion photos in the gallery.