Watch, Read, Listen
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Ava’s After School Horse Riding Lessons
September 9, 2013- The girls' school offers an interesting array of after school activities for the students. One activity that Ava has been keen on trying since we first saw it as an option (now, that was when we first got here and she was in kindergarten): horse riding lessons. This girl has been nearly…
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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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Last Day in Cebu
June 14, 2013- It's the middle of the night…and Annika just threw up. Several times. Poor Annika! She's obviously not feeling well. :-( Ugh! And she keeps throwing up more and more. Thank goodness housekeeping is great at responding to requests in the middle of the night! (we just asked for another blanket for Annika). …
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Whale Sharks!!!!
June 13, 2013- *beep* *beep* *beep* Ugh! It's 4am! Oh, and I think I just heard a knock on our door- that must be our breakfast being delivered to our room. It is! That means it's time to get up. Yes, I do know it's our vacation and generally speaking we don't like to get…
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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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The Beach at Shangri-La Resort on Mactan Island
June 11, 2013- GOODNESSS!!!! Have you looked out the window???????? Oh, by the way, Good Morning! :-) Anyway….have you looked out the window and seen where we've managed to land this time????? WOWZERS! This place is GORGEOUS!!!!! Not a bad view, eh? How much longer do I have to wait until I can jump…
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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…