tck's are the best

miss addy only has about 5 words that are understandable and half of them are chinese.

no matter how many times i explain to w that he is an american and we speak english, he either tells people we are chinese or english.

gotta love the world they live in.

thankful

so very thankful!

the plymouth feast

we had so much fun last year reenacting the 1st thanksgiving that we decided to go for another round. w and i studied squanto and how he taught the early settlers about the 3 sisters (corn, beans, and squash),  and did various activities to go with them (i.e. making corn necklaces and pottery). we listened to the thanksgiving c.d. aunt nancy sent last year at least 5 times, per w's request.

we made use of last year's feather duster, but changed it up a bit and used the feathers for head-dresses.

and then we invited friends to join us

for bean-soup, cornbread, and popcorn. tried to keep it as authentic as i could. fun stuff. i get way too excited about these things:).

gobble gobble

weston in front of his turkey. this year he told me he was thankful for: addy, mommy and daddy, nana and papa, God, grandpa, mimi and boppy, the Bible, amelia, and the Holy Spirit. seriously, without my help. when i asked him why he is thankful for the Holy Spirit, he said; "because He's with us!" awww...made my heart melt. been busy today preparing for our 2nd annual plymouth thanksgiving. this year we invited some friends to join us. pictures to come. happy t-day week!

look who's reading

toasts, polar bears, and other random things

it's been a few weeks since i entered blog-world. busy, good, full weeks. thought i'd post some pics and share some of the latest charm our monkeys have graced us with.

yesterday we went out for lunch with a group of friends. fyi; toasting is a big part of the culture here. we are all sitting around a round table and weston lifts his coke cup and announces: "i would like to have a toast." when we asked him what he wanted to toast to, he was a little unsure at first and then decided to toast to the tiger picture a friend drew for him earlier in the day. awesome.

                                                  
piled a van full of other foreign folks a couple weeks ago and ventured to "polar ocean world". our city's version of sea world. nothing like sea world really, but you get the gist. addy liked the seals and was terrified of the walruses. weston was in animal heaven. i think he would be happy living at polar ocean world.

kev took a trip to our new digs. check out the blue skies!

addy is so fun right now. her favorites: peanut butter, ye ye (the grandpa downstairs), playing in the garbage, coloring (yes, already!...weston did not voluntarily color until age 4), and goodnight moon. she is a very cute little hand-full.

let it be said of me

have had a couple weeks of wrestling, of fretting, of failing, of cleaving, of being held by Hands that never fail and never fret. clinging to the hope that this is the woman, God, in His grace, is making me.