Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Minnesota Trip



The kids and I along with Bumpa and Gigi, took the S.S. Badger from Ludington across Lake Michigan to Manitowoc, WI. From there, we made a 6 or so hour drive to Ramsey, MN to see Steve, Kim, and Nathan. We had a lot of fun on the trip. We went to a zoo, the Mall of America, and even a Minnesota Twins game where the Dufon's got to watch their Allendale neighbor pitch for the White Sox. Sarah and Elizabeth had a ball playing dress up. Too bad I didn't get pictures of them with the sparkles in their hair!

Friday, August 11, 2006

Sold the house


It's official. We have sold our house on 4401 Brighton. It's been a great house to us and I think it will be going to a nice family. I can't believe we lived her for 8 years. We close on August 20 (Josh's bday!) and then we'll move out starting September 18. Things are starting to move along. We'll leave for China around Sept 25th. More entries will come at that time.

We started Mandarin lessons. It is a difficult language to learn. I think we'll know enough to get us through daily life. Probably will do a lot of sign language.

I'm almost done working. My replacement starts Sept 1. I'll work some hours until the 15th to help the transition. I think I'll be sleeping a lot when I get to China at first!