They eat funny things in East Asia

During a recent visit to the SE part of our area I encountered lots of funny food items sitting outside of restaurants- very fresh! It made me realize that cultures are different! Profound isn't it? As I am having the waitress take my picture in front of the fish heads, I realize for these guys- this is the way it is... just normal stuff... like french fries or a hamburger. :)

Jacob's Daytrip- cultural experience :)

Jacob had the interesting and kind of random opportunity to go to a nearby mountain to see the a big stone buddha with our neighbors (it's a tourist site). They mainly went to see some friends and they invited jacob to tag a long. They all had a great time!

Happy Valley

We have a new amusement park in our city which Jason and the kids really enjoy. The kids have lots of fun on the ferris wheel and the carousal.

Lydia's many hairstyles

Lydia's hair has gotten so long and beautiful and mommy loves to fix it (although Lydia doesn't like it very much). But some mornings Lydia wakes up and she looks like she has a rats nest on the back of her head - I have no idea how she manages to do that!

Smiling Julia

Sorry it has been so long since we have posted anything on our blog. Here are a couple pictures of our cute little Julia. She is such a happy sweet baby! She is also developing quite a personality. She loves to move and bounce in her little bouncy seat. We can't leave here alone too long or else she will scoot herself and get stuck somewhere. At first we thought she was going to be a quiet baby but recently she has proved us wrong, she loves to talk, blow raspberries, click her tongue, spit, yell, or make any other noise she knows how.

Lydia's Birthday Party

Lydia was able to invite a couple friends over to join us in celebrating her birthday. One friend is a local friend that she often plays with outside. The other friend and her family just moved here from Texas. The kids had a great time playing and then we had pizza, dumplings and M&M cookie cake - yummy!

Lydia's Birthday

September 17th we celebrated Lydia's second birthday. We had a fun day as a family! We opened presents, rode a bus to the city center where we ate at McDs and played in the city square. It is hard to believe that Lydia is growing up so fast!