Aunt Cole's house

The kids stayed at Nicole's house for the week while I worked in Troy. They had lots of people to watch over them including GiGi and Jacob. No major fights over the cozy coupe this year. They had a great time going to the park, the pool, and a local church festival. Unfortunately we got rained out, but not before they had a chance for a couple rides. We ended that day at Dave and Busters. Alex loved the Nascar games.

Delphi Friends

After my work conference, there was a gathering at one of my boss's houses. Here are a few pictures of some of my coworkers from China, Australia, and India.

Pelton & Kids

I was able to meet up with the Harris's for dinner one night. See Pelton, Ryan and Rachel.

US stories

We made it to the US with only a slight delay at O'Hare. The kids did really well. The great thing about flying into Chicago....the Hot Dogs! Yes, we had them for a snack. I swear the minute I step off of the plane, I gain 15 lbs.

The kids are having a great time so far. First visit was with Ethan and Nolan. Then they went on to Aunt Nicole's house and hung out with Olivia, Buddy, Jake and GiGi.

We are now at the farm. Nothing like the clean, fresh air. Hope to have a run tomorrow morning. Will load pictures tomorrow.

Marathon Blog Session and Trip to US

Okay, Kirk has been asking me to update the blog for weeks now and I have just gotten around to it! Don't ask me what I've been doing, I can't figure out where my time goes. So I pulled a Kirk and have stayed up way too late the night before I'm flying to finish it. Hope you enjoy.

The kids and I are coming into Michigan tomorrow on Thursday. We are looking forward to the visit, but not to the flight! Hopefully the kids are more mature now and will be really good. Hopefully.......

I hope to see all of you when we are in the US. We've got a packed schedule but should be able to have time to visit everyone.

Alex Takes a Fall

The reason why I don't want to have anymore kids is that there is a 50/50 chance of a new one being a boy. I can't handle another boy. This guy doesn't know how to walk.....he runs. On this particular day, he was being chased and teased by his sister and tripped over my computer bag and fell into the corner of the wall. No stitches or hospital trip this time and I'm sure it's not his last fall either.

Elizabeth's Last Day of Pre-School

Sniff, Sniff....Elizabeth is not a preschooler anymore. This was her last day as a Ladybug. She moves on to Concordia's Kindergarten class in the fall. She had the same teacher, Mrs. Alexandra Chiu, for both years. What an amazing lady Mrs Chiu is. She has an incredible amount of patience and really loves her kids. Elizabeth just adores her and will miss her next year. But she isn't leaving Shanghai yet, so we'll see her at church and at school.

Her other teacher, Miss Alforte, also was a great teacher this year. She really taught Elizabeth a lot on how to prepare her for kindergarten.

Her buddies Clare Y and Crystal will be in kindergarten with her, but probably not in the same class.

Elizabeth & Alex Studio Pictures

I am so far behind in blogging that I am starting from the end and working my way through the past! We had the kids pictures taken at a studio in Puxi. You see that they do very professional pictures. They provide the clothes, hairdos, toys, etc.... They turned out really nice.

Sad Day, Grammy Goes Home

After what I'm sure to PopPop and Sophie seemed a life time, we let Grammy come back. She was a great help to us and the kids loved having her here for so long. It was hard on the kids for her to leave, but we were able to make one last stop to the Bund (Pudong) side and get a picture in front of her favorite view.