Leafe's BDay Dinner

Happy bday to Leafe... Having Tex-Mex-Beijing meal for his party. Not Chuy's, but good enough.

Hope Foster Home

Yvette & Lauren at Hope foster home in early December. "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

I want one of these!

And I also want want of these!

Lauren's friend Kelly

Lauren holding a precious child

Orange Fanta Soda

What do you think of when you ask for orange juice at a nice party? Fresh squeezed from an orange, right? In China it is orange Fanta soda!

It's A Smog Day

Look straight at the sun.

Ming Tombs & Sacred Way

We were still on Christmas break and went to visit the Ming Tombs on Friday. Can't figure out why no one was there, we had the place to ourselves. The temperature was only -8C. I told the kids to get their heavy coats and warm shoes... Take a look at the pics and tell me who listened (hint: someone is wearing crocs).

Money offerings are common around here.





Tortoise with stone tablet on back



Leafe made it to the first statue before getting to cold



Sacred way is a path of stone animals leading to 13 tombs