Looks like we are rescheduled to go to China in June, hopefully the week after school is out (the week of June 15). We'll keep you posted as we know more.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Spring Break
We had a great Spring Break being vacationers around the Portland area! Here is a photo album of some of our fun activities. Click on the album cover to see all the pictures in our Picasa Web album.
Now if it would only stop raining!!
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Now if it would only stop raining!!
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Silver Lining....
Every cloud has a silver lining.....The benefits to being delayed in our trip to China....
10) We had a relaxing Christmas and lots of fun in the snow.
9) We had a fun 2 weeks at Disneyworld...Did you know that we plan to see all of the Disney parks before the kids are off to college (or sooner!)?
8) Our paperwork and stuff is even more organized than we could hope for.
7) We have donated loads of stuff and furniture that we no longer need.
6) Our bathroom will soon be painted a sunny yellow.
5) We don't have to bring all our winter clothes on the airplane - they can go in the air shipment.
4) Kiana got to play basketball one more year and both kids will get to play flag football before we leave.
3) We have more time to learn Chinese (we need it).
2) We've had more time to spend with our favorite yellow lab, Chimay.
1) Debi had a mini family reunion with her family. Dad, Mom, Debi and sisters, Laurie and Katie, spent the weekend in their hometown, Ukiah. They also visited with Debi's Grandmother, Aunt Katie and brother-in-law, Ron. Lots of fun and laughter!
Maybe we'll have another 10 benefits before we leave. The latest news is that it will probably be early summer.....but nothing definite yet....
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10) We had a relaxing Christmas and lots of fun in the snow.
9) We had a fun 2 weeks at Disneyworld...Did you know that we plan to see all of the Disney parks before the kids are off to college (or sooner!)?
8) Our paperwork and stuff is even more organized than we could hope for.
7) We have donated loads of stuff and furniture that we no longer need.
6) Our bathroom will soon be painted a sunny yellow.
5) We don't have to bring all our winter clothes on the airplane - they can go in the air shipment.
4) Kiana got to play basketball one more year and both kids will get to play flag football before we leave.
3) We have more time to learn Chinese (we need it).
2) We've had more time to spend with our favorite yellow lab, Chimay.
1) Debi had a mini family reunion with her family. Dad, Mom, Debi and sisters, Laurie and Katie, spent the weekend in their hometown, Ukiah. They also visited with Debi's Grandmother, Aunt Katie and brother-in-law, Ron. Lots of fun and laughter!
Maybe we'll have another 10 benefits before we leave. The latest news is that it will probably be early summer.....but nothing definite yet....
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Disneyworld
We had fun at Disneyworld - a big variety in weather to warm and sunny, rain and COLD! We definitely needed 2 weeks to see all of the parks.
It still seems that mid-June will be our move date to China. We'll keep you updated.
It still seems that mid-June will be our move date to China. We'll keep you updated.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
What are you going to do now???
Debi and the kids made a quick video to show how we are coping with our delayed plans for moving to China....the house is ready to go, we are ready to go, but we are still in the US....
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Learning Chinese
Everyone has been asking if we know how to speak Chinese. Our answer........ not yet!!!
We are using Rosetta Stone to learn at home. It uses pictures to teach easy common words. We are also using the Lonely Planet Phrase Book for common phrases.
We also watch fun You Tube videos like this one:
There are also good websites like these that are helping us:
Mistakes-when-learning-chinese
Sinosplice.com
Master-the-tones
We are using Rosetta Stone to learn at home. It uses pictures to teach easy common words. We are also using the Lonely Planet Phrase Book for common phrases.
We also watch fun You Tube videos like this one:
There are also good websites like these that are helping us:
Mistakes-when-learning-chinese
Sinosplice.com
Master-the-tones
Zai Jian (good-bye)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Snow Conditions on Audrey Mountain
The Ski Report:
Snow conditions on the slope of Audrey Mountain are awesome! A 4" base with 2" of fresh powder this morning.
Kiana got in quite a few gnarly runs on a friend's snowboard and perfected the mini halfpipe. It's too bad the lift was broken (non existent), although later in the day we did spot someone using their mom's minivan as a lift.
That's our house at the top of the hill....we are enjoying an unusual 11 days and 8 inches of snow, with more on the way. A white Christmas - hooray!
When we were so disappointed that our China trip was delayed, I told the kids that often something good will come out of waiting. Well, we can count being able to fully enjoy these 11 days of snow as good - no worries about preparing to move, just lots of time to enjoy the snow together!
That's our house at the top of the hill....we are enjoying an unusual 11 days and 8 inches of snow, with more on the way. A white Christmas - hooray!
When we were so disappointed that our China trip was delayed, I told the kids that often something good will come out of waiting. Well, we can count being able to fully enjoy these 11 days of snow as good - no worries about preparing to move, just lots of time to enjoy the snow together!
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