ここまで、大丈夫です。
下に日本語の大要を書きました。 Hey there. Maybe you think I dropped off the face of the earth. No, just went back to my home country a few weeks ago and haven't had the opportunity to use the internet to post here. Have spent a lot of good times with friends and family. Let's see, right now we're in St. Louis, Missouri, but let's go back to mid-June to when Monica and Jonah left Tokyo, and just the two of them flew to Washington, D.C. to visit some school chums who moved there last year from Japan. The kids had a great time, Jonah seeing many interesting historical sites and national monuments, and Monica, shopping with her girlfriend. That was such a wonderful opportunity for them, a golden week to treasure forever.
During that time, Martin was already in the US working, and I was back
in Tokyo preparing for the long homeleave, such as taking Toby to Kusacchi's, taking the turtles to Justin's, cleaning out the fridge, etc. Soon, I flew to Detroit, where we all four met up. The first big fun event was a baseball game at Coamerica Park between Jonah's Cardinals and the Detroit Tigers. We met Shin and his family and had a great time, but the Cardinals lost with a walk-off walk in the 10th inning.
Then we went to visit my family in 
Michigan for a few days. We did lots of interesting things, Martin had a little time to relax, but he also worked quite a bit while we were there. One day, the whole extended family got together for a potluck, and my Mom had us play a game of Egg Toss. It was hilarious, and my Dad and Larry won. I always enjoy going back to my family home, where I can walk in the forest and enjoy my childhood scenery.
We left Michigan via ferry boat across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin and 
then via car down to our friend's home on a lake north of Chicago. The kids always have a good time with these friends who we've known since they used to live in Tokyo. We enjoyed the boat and jet-ski together, and twice went to McDonalds on the boat for breakfast. The highlight was watching the 4th of July Fireworks from the boat. What a cool experience. The last day, some of us took a roadtrip to Notre Dame University, for a tour of that impressive school, and then enjoyed amazing pizza at Rocko's.
Next was a very short stay in the 
city of Chicago, where we met my older two sons, Jay and Steve and their friends, who each traveled there from their homes in Iowa and Nebraska. Even though it was a short visit, we enjoyed the Field Museum of Natural History, some good meals together, and frisbee on the beach. Martin was even able to make it back from Detroit where he'd been working in time to see them before we had to be back on the road, this time to St. Louis.
We are enjoying our visit with Martin's family. Together, we toured the Anheiser-Busch Brewery, among several other interesting activities. Tonight we will watch the Cardinals vs the Padres at Busch Stadium. Jonah is really looking forward to this game, the tickets are a birthday gift from his Uncle Chris.
最近まさどんと話しながら、“so far, so good”と言いました。彼は意味が聞いたので、ええと、ここまでは大丈夫と思います。アメリカの旅行はここまで大丈夫です。3週間以上前に、モニカとジョナは二人で飛行機でワシントンディシに行きました。その所で友達の家族に遊びに会いました。その友達は前に日本に住んだが、 去年あそこに引っ越しました。モニカとジョナは殆ど一週間DCに泊まったはとても楽しかっただと言いました。色々有名な史跡にみました。例えばアメリカのナショナルの保管所とか、飛行と宇宙の博物館とか、ジェファソン史跡を行ったので、
遠いからホワイトハウスも見ました。でも、一番の気に入る部分は友達達と時を過ごしたと言いました。
次ぐにデトロイトに行きました。マーティンはあそこに働いたので、私は東京から直接に行って、空港に会いました。次ぐの日にデトロイトで野球の試合に見に行きました。（Tigers 対 Cardinals）勿論、ジョナの気に入
るのチームはCardinalsがTigers も好きです。ところで、タイゲルスはイニング１０回で勝ちました。 試合は面白かったです。
次ぐに、私の生まれ故郷の町はミシガン州であるので、家族に訪問しました。
一週間ぐらいであそこに泊まったので、フェリーボートでシカゴに来ました。暴風からその船の旅行は荒天をついたけど、よかったです。
次ぐにチカゴの近くの友達の家族の家に泊まりました。
この友達も日本に会ってので、三年間夏で、チカゴで遊びました。家はお水の近くだので、子供達はたくさん楽しかったです。次ぐ後で、チカゴの町中に行って、二人大人息子に会いました。久しぶりでした。良かった。短い時間があったけど、一緒に自然博物館行って、食事を食べて、浜でフリスビーを投げました。
今、セントルイスにいるので、主人の家族とあります。色々面白いしたことをしたので、Budweiserの醸造所のツアーができました。今夜も野球の試合に行って、Cardinals 対 Padres)である。楽しみにしています。
（この日本語での部分は短いので、大要だけです。それから、上の英語の書きことを訳したら、面白いと思います。）
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