We had some friends come visit from KY! It was a lot of fun to show them around, and they were both such great sports and a pleasure to host! All of these pictures were taken by them, but I thought they were great!

While Colt was on his class trip, we were invited to visit a friend’s place in the mountains about 2 hours away. It was a lot of fun. We did some hiking and exploring. We also did some rock climbing, and we even had an outdoor evening dinner by candlelight. It was so much fun! […]

This trip was to various destinations for a total of 5 night away! That’s kind of like camp, huh? They went to some museums and famous places in the southern part of the country, riding various forms of transportation on the way (high speed rail and metro). The kids were also responsible for buying food […]

I think we made almost 300 cooks with friends this year! It was a lot of fun though My original sugar cookie recipe called for 3 cups of flour and 2 cups of sugar. . . but knowing the locals don’t like sweet sweet things, I cut it back to 1/4 cup of sugar! It […]

I try to consistently have girl time with Kylie, but it usually only happens once a month. I just started a new book called Eight Great Mom and Daughter Dates by Dannah Gresh, founder of Secret Keeper Girl – now True Girl. I am far from perfect and am always trying to learn and be […]

We ran (along with about 10,000 other people) our first family 5K in this city. . . it will definitely become a tradition. It was a lot of fun, and the kids did awesome! We couldn’t even keep up with Caden!

Colt got to go on an overnight field trip to the highest point in GX province. This is a cool story. . . actually, this place is a protected nature reserve that they don’t allow foreigners into without going through an approval process which we didn’t know about in time. “Guanxi” (relationship) is a powerful […]

They never cease to amaze me. . . I love to see them working with their hands. Hopefully, they can use this talent to bless others!

Some type of fungus/mushroom family. . . I have eaten it and it’s pretty good, but I have no idea how to cook it (yet)! Super excited about this shop that just opened and makes coconut milk and treats from the pure, whole coconut! The best spicy noodles in town! Snail soup noodles. . . […]