Last couple days on U.S. soil with friend and neighbor Nolan.
one last chance to hang upside-down at Ye ye & Nai nai's
After quite a long trip, all are so happy to be home!
This little munchkin has blown us all away with her reading and writing skills in the last couple weeks!
Cade glad to see no one messed with his legos while he was away!
We were not glad to see the rain messed with our window ;p. Josh ended up tearing out all the moldy wood as we dusted, scrubbed and unpacked our 12+ suitcases. We had to wait quite a few days for workers to come and fix our window. In the mean time we were all praying it wouldn't rain; you could literally stick your hand out from the bottom and it was outside. Our living room flooded about 10 times while we were away due to a leak at the top of the window and lots of rain during the rainy season. Well, it didn't rain the entire time our living room was exposed, and since we had it fixed, it has been raining every day! Everyday and in every circumstance there is a way to give glory to God!
Si si (the 4th kid in the picture) is 4 already! We remember so clearly when he was adopted around age 1 by our good friends Xiao Li and Ah xin. So fun to see him again!
Our Own Ninja Warriors
Where did they go?
Mid-air Meeting
Apart from the lack of good directions, we love our Magic School Bus Kits!
This one was from the Volcano Box and it contains almost everything you need for multiple experiments...
... you supply the friends!
1-2 weeks after our return it was really, really hot and so our little kiddy pool solved that problem!
Girls Night! Viv's turn for a couple un-interrupted hours with mom!
This looks gross but it tasted awesome. I haven't made Chicken Patties for 5 months and was eager to try them again. Yum!
Our sweet Ballerina Oivet all better!
We are all so blessed by Oivet's speedy recovery (after the Tonsillectomy) and her quick return to dancing and singing everywhere and always.
Every little girls needs a pink tutu!
dancing every day
Olivet doesn't mind an audience!
Happy Birthday Josh!
Seems Josh has stomach problems every birthday and doesn't find a correlation with his annual "stinky tofu" consumption...
Maybe birthday cake will solve the problem!
Flash back of my high school Math teacher
We decided to start a "ticket" system... kids get tickets for things like sleeping through the night in their own bed. Lily decorated the jars nicely and all are anticipating a pile of tickets to "buy" a reward from the bowl.
Trying to make it outside when we can when it's not raining!
Brody would not take off his helmet all afternoon. He just kept banging on it :).
scootin' around
Neighborhood views a little different then the previous 5 months!
all a bit tipsy
big sisters are awesome
We decided on a once a week craft. I would prefer to do one everyday :) but there's just not enough time with 4 kiddos trying to finish their school!
Here is Hadassah's Ostrich.
Lily's Red Bird
Olivet's Parrot
My Turkey :) (He looks even funnier as his eyeballs spin around :)
Flying to the end of September with Caedmon's Yellow Bird!
