Lydia's 3rd Birthday

While Liz's sister's family was here we got to celebrate Lydia's third birthday. It was a great time together as a family and Lydia still brags that Connor and Katie got to come to her birthday party. Lydia is really into princesses and Meg helped me make Lydia a special princess birthday cake - such fun!

Cousins come visit!!

We were so blessed to have Liz's sister and her family come and visit us in September. Their oldest Connor is Lydia's age and their second child, Katie, is Julia's age. The kids had so much fun playing together and it was the first time we got to meet Katie. Meg was also pregnant at that time expecting their third. What fun times together!!

New Discoveries!

I recently was able to found "Mountain Dew" here- actually it's a little different and the translated name is "Turbulent Wave"- however it's only on the east coast so I've been ordering it online and having it shipped here. Pretty cool stuff- the bottle rocks.

Also- Lay's has a new flavor of potato chip- "Lemon Iced Tea"- it's really pretty good and it might knock off my previous favorite flavor- Blueberry.

Cool Welcome Sign!!!

When anyone arrives in our airport- these are the cool signs that greet male travelers in front of the urinals. So whenever any of you want to come and visit us, you will be welcomed by the friendly Panda saying "Please Aim Carefully". Pretty cool huh?

Elephant Fun

Children's day

It was recently "children's day" here which is a big holiday. At Jacob and Lydia's school- they had a big food fair where each class got to make some fun and interesting food, then each kid received 5 pieces of money to buy 5 different food items from the classes. Then they brought it home to eat. They had a blast making food and enjoyed sharing it with mom and dad. :)

Jacob and his Legos

Recently Jacob has been making some very creative things with his legos. Last week, each day was a new creation- a space shuttle, airplane, swords, and laser guns. He is quite a "boy" in all ways!