Well, you may remember that I posted about a month ago about my trip to HK to apply for my work visa. It was Jan. 16 that I got my work visa and went back to GL with 30 days for the school that I work for to submit all the necessary paperwork for our […]

We took another family trip out to some areas north of us. It was going to be a 6 hour bus ride, but there are 3 days a week that have 50 minutes flights for like $20! So we booked the flight for Friday evening and planned to return on the following Wednesday flight. We […]

It’s Spring Festival time! It’s really an exciting and fun time around here. Just imagine Christmas with different decorations Everyone goes back home to be with family. The kids get off school for a whole month. Red lanterns are hung everywhere. Red paper cuttings are hung in windows. Blessings for the new year written on […]

Spring Festival is the biggest holiday of the year – it’s comparable to Christmas in that everyone goes home to be with family, share lots of food, and take a break from work and school. We had several different invitation to go back with local friends but their hometowns were just too far away. We […]

Well . . . in our 5 years here we have had frogs, tadpoles, turtles, fish, snakes, ducks, rabbits, birds and lizards. Most have been returned to the wild. The kids have always wanted a dog or cat but with our visa requiring frequent travel it didn’t seem like a good idea. Now, that we […]

We went with a friend to an amusement park not too far away – about a 2 hour bus ride. Since it’s so close to the big holiday here I wasn’t sure if it would be really crowded or uncrowded. Thankfully, it was the latter. We pretty much had the whole park to ourselves. We […]

The kids did an art camp for a week. I think Kylie is naturally gifted in this area and Colt isn’t bad either so I signed them up together. They did some great work! The last day they need a “model” to paint. Do you see the resemblance? haha.