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We’re in the USA!!!
June 23, 2013- One of my all-time favorite color combination: RED, WHITE & BLUE!!!! Man, oh man! How I've missed being back on good ol' American soil! (literally & figuratively). Sunday was perhaps the loooooooooooooooongest day. Ever. We left our house in Tianjin at 8am, drove to Beijing, ate lunch & shopped at the Yashow…
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showtime!
June 17, 2013- Annika, Ava, Marko, Juandre and Fernanda have been working most of the afternoon preparing for a special show. Showtime is at 8pm. Tickets are 5RMB and refreshments are included! It's now Showtime! Do you have your ticket? I do! And so do Mark, Debbie and Croydon. The "theater" is the…
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a quick trip to beijing
June 20, 2013- Want to head with us to Beijing this morning? We're on a mission-critical trip – we need to go pick up Mark's passport from the US Embassy. His passport will expire in less than six months and we went about a month ago to get the renewal process started. Now it's ready…
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Ava & Annika try Scuba Diving
June 12, 2013- Here's a case where I'm glad the girls don't take after me….they both want to learn how to scuba dive!!!! (FYI: There is NO WAY you'll talk me into going diving!!!!!) Yesterday we signed them up for age-appropriate scuba instruction. Annika is going to do the Bubble-maker class and Ava will…
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Welcome to the Philippines!!!!
June 10, 2013 – We're on our way to Cebu today….we're flying from Tianjin to Seoul to Cebu. Pretty easy- all things considered. I do love Korean Airlines BUT WHY CAN'T they TURN OFF the stupid BLEEDING LIGHTS for this obviously NIGHT-TIME FLIGHT????????? Waiting in Seoul for our next flight….to Ceeeboooooo! (Cebu) Welcome…
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eighteen years…
June 10, 2013- We're celebrating our EIGHTEENTH anniversary today! Eighteen….eighteen.…EIGHTEEN!!!! Wow!!! Has it really been eighteen years????? Some days it feels like it was only yesterday that we celebrated our honeymoon near Kennicott Glacier and other days it feels like we've always been married. And I've enjoyed every single moment…what amazing things we've done…
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best friends
June 3, 2013 – Annika's first friend in China- also turned out to be her best friend is Clair. Actually, we "met" Clair before we moved to China. She and Annika were set up as pen pals through the school so that Annika could ask questions via email about her new school before we moved…
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IST Farmers’ Market & a Thank You
June 5, 2013- So…is it Farmers' Market or Farmers Market???? I can never seem to figure it out! Not exactly sure what this event has to do with farmers as there aren't any farmers associated with this event. 😉 I gave the girls 40 RMB each this morning – they can buy whatever they want…
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2013 Spring Show at IST
May 22, 2013- First up: Nursery through Grade 2…each grade level has their own little song and dance show. Grade 1 kids are supposed to be dressed in silly outfits. Their set includes: Crocodile Gal, Stand Up & Sit Down, Words of Wisdom and finally, The Show is Over. The first graders told lots of…
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turtle anybody?
May 17, 2013- Anybody want to buy a turtle???? This guy is selling one….and I'm guessing it's not meant to be a pet. 😉 It looked like the woman on the bicycle was interested in buying it. Honestly, I can't help but feel sorry for that turtle.