What a Trip

Good Morning all from Mom and Dad in Virginia -
We are now home.  Mom slept for nearly eight hours and I am at work so we should be adjusting to the 12 hour time change.  Wanted to share a couple of pictures of our wonderful journey to China.  We are grateful to Justin for being with us.

 OK, so I arrived in China three days before Mom and this is the view from my room in Shanghai

 Saturday Morning Breakfast.  We ate breakfast at this shop every day, with and without Justin.  Simple, good food. 

 Beijing Noodles!  Nuf Said?!  Well, maybe not.  This restaurant is famous for their noodles and we were not disappointed.  Perhaps mom's favorite meal.

 Have no idea who the young ladies are, there was a group of three and one took our picture.  What a great experience.

 Another picture on the wall.  The peak in the background, yes we walked from there.

 Cooking class, dumplings, YUM!

 Forbidden City. Boy is this a big place.  We were exhausted from all of the walking but would not have missed it.

Beijing Roast Duck.  No trip to Beijing is complete without enjoying Roast Duck.  This restaurant is considered one of the best, if not the absolute best in all of Beijing for Roast Duck.  Not us saying that, my Chinese colleague told us so. 

We are glad to be home but already miss the experiences.  The time with Justin, the food, the smog, the people, all great experiences. 

The Pumpkin Patch

Photo Friday

This was our playdate today with my sister in law.

Feel free to laugh

So... I broke my phone. Again. Go ahead and laugh. Ha. Ha. It fell out of my pocket while running, I picked it up and immediately dropped it again. Over the next 24 hours it slowly died to the point of not turning on ever again and not responding to my delicate attempts to charge it. Alas. Phones and I wish we were friends, but we have a freakish love/hate relationship. 

And then, last night, Patrick plugged in the charger to our computer and it proceeded to blow up. Sparks and everything. A dark room was suddenly full of light. Woohoo.... So now we have a dead computer (only waiting for the breath of life) and a dead phone for me. Refusing any and every breath of life I try to give it. How stubborn and selfish. 

So. Yeah. And today I gave myself a black eye with makeup. Freaking cool. I will post a picture on Wednesday of my scenario complete with alllll the makeup. It's gonna be sick. Don't throw up. 

Love you!!!!!

Fishing trip with Ethan

Photo Friday

I'm loving having an iPhone because it's so fun to have a camera on me all the time.  Happy photo Friday!

Vida helping Justin with oatmeal chocolate chip muffins.

Been doing freezer meals this week!  This one is a pumpkin soup.

Jaime playing with static at a restaurant last night.

Vida resisting a much needed nap after keeping us up all night with throw up.

Ouch. :/