Labor Day weekend check list
96 finger/toe nails clipped (Grace beat me to it and cut four of her own) one struggling plant re-planted jet lag pretty much out of systems gifts brought back from…
Braces
We added some brand spanking new bling to this smile…How did he get to be this big all of a sudden??
prayers for Stephanie Nielsen
I’m sitting here typing with my groovy new manicured hot pink fingernails with sparkle flowers adhered by Elle and Grace. Boy howdy do they ever look good. My heart’s been…
summer stragglers
Now that school’s started and we’re home from China I have to come to the stark realization that the sun has set on my summer glory days. As much as…
Rock Band
Summer goals were a hit this year. Each year we have the kids sit down at the beginning of the summer and write some goals for what they want to…
Olympics wrap-up
Ok, enough blabbing about the Olympics. I promise to be done after this. But I’ve got to write this all down before it fades since it was the trip of…
track & field
I think both Dave and I agree that the highlight of our trip was our night at track and field. It was just so cool to be there in the…
Beijing tidbits
We were so glad we already went to the Great Wall and other big Beijing tourist spots last time we were there so we didn’t have to fight the crowds….
here in Beijing
We are here and man oh man I don’t know quite how to capture this whole experience. I just don’t really have the words to describe it. We only have…