Kelly Times Two

During a week of our last month in Taiwan, we took a mini vacation down to the southern point of the island and stopped for one hot, muggy day at this amusement park.  I can't remember where it even was or what it was called, but will post some pictures of our day there.  The place was practically empty and there was hardly any waiting time for the rides.  The only drawback for me was that I was just barely pregnant and didn't get to ride on ANYTHING, and was taking all kinds of pills that made me drowsy to help me STAY pregnant, and it was super sticky and moist in the air.  Most of my pictures have a humid look to them.  Regardless, it was a fun day, and our first vacation with our new daughter.  Enjoy! I'll try to get more vacation pictures posted later this week to try to catch up the months that I wasn't blogging.

Due to stupid computer issues, I'm having trouble uploading photos and therefore, have not blogged recently. That and the fact that we moved back to the "western" side of the world last month is another excuse I'll use.   I just want to say hi and that our shipment from Taiwan arrived in Texas a few days ago, including my PC, which was also messed up before the move, but now that we're in the States, my personal tech support can actually order parts for me and fix it.  In the meantime, I just want to report that Kelly and I celebrated our 25 wedding anniversary in August and that Hannah has been able to join us in the United States and has completed three weeks of school here and is adjusting really well.  Also, Christopher is so glad to be back in his old school, playing on the 8th grade football team and also playing trombone in band.  Lindsey is loving life in Rexburg, Idaho, for her sophomore year of college, majoring in elementary education.  We're al...

It's been a while since I updated my blog because my personal computer died and I've been so disappointed to have to use the laptop.  So many exciting events keep occurring, like our daughter's baptism, so I am forcing myself to keep journaling these important moments in our family.  Congratulations to Hannah on her decision to be baptized!  She was baptized on Saturday, July 23, in Zhubei, Taiwan, at 2:30 in the afternoon by her Daddy, who for the first time ever, said the baptismal prayer in Chinese.  He had rehearsed it many times in this foreign language, but had a bit of trouble remembering some words, then on about the fourth try after repeating Hannah's full name, it came back to him and the ordinance was beautiful.  The missionaries in our ward, Sister Carroll, from Utah, and Sister Choi, from Korea, helped to teach Hannah and were able to share their talents with playing the piano and leading the music for the baptism. Hannah was so excited for her b...

After weeks of neglect from our former pool guy , whom we paid for the entire year, in advance, whose negligence caused us to have to start from scratch to have our swimming pool drained and acid washed, and to rescue the poor turtle who had made a home in it, it's looking good again.  Thank you, Aqua-Logistics , one of Austin, Texas' reliable pool cleaners!  Good riddance to The Pool Police!

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