MAY 25, 2015 -- FABRIC MARKET

FABRIC MARKET TRIP
MAY 25, 2015

Today Dad and I left as soon as the kids did to go to the fabric market to figure out duvet covers and tablecloths.  We stopped by the bank on the way and I saw the funniest thing!  There was an armored truck outside the bank and people were standing around waiting for the "money drop" to finish so that they could go in.  There by the back of the truck stands a young man with a huge machine gun.  Next to him are 2 older ladies and an older man.  The one lady, in a red shirt, was talking to the security man and was hitting him on the arm and laughing, etc.  It was crazy!  She was teasing or something his young man with the huge machine gun!  Not what I expected to see!

Dad and I decided on 3 duvet covers.  This green stripe and floral is one.  The second is with a Chinese fabric and the third is the picture with the eggplant and vanilla white.  I am super excited!

After the market, we made a stop by the noodle shop to get some chow mien and a new rice/beef dish that we tried last time.  Yummy!!!

May 2015 -- CLAWSON FAMILY PICTURES

CLAWSON FAMILY PICTURES
MAY 2015

Emily and Abigail

Coloring Easter Eggs

EMILY

BEAUTIFUL ABIGAIL

MAY 18-24, 2015 -- A DOES OF DAILY LIFE

A DOSE OF DAILY LIFE
MAY 18-24, 2015

Mason has lost his 2 front teeth!

Melissa was excited to have jaozi for lunch

Joseph and Daniel made us lunch

Daniel makes his lunch look fancy

a missionary picture of Joseph

SUZHOU BRANCH TALENT SHOW

YW recite the YW Theme in Chinese

David goes to town on the ribs

a new pet -- "Ye ye" the cricket.  He is a lucky one!

MAY 1-17, 2015 -- A DOSE OF DAILY LIFE

A DOSE OF DAILY LIFE
MAY 1-17, 2015

Mom was asked to make this for our branch

Dad visited Primary as "Moroni"

Rebecca is the top girl athlete for the middle school 

Dad and Mom on a picnic date

Mason lost his first top front tooth

Rebecca is student of the month for April

"Happy Mother's Day" Call to Alison on SKYPE

Beautiful roses at our neighbor's house

MAY 9, 2015 -- FUN RUN AT THE SCHOOL

FUN RUN AND BBQ AT THE SCHOOL
MAY 9, 2015

 ·         This week we spent quite a bit of time preparing for a big BBQ at the school.  Last Sunday, Principal Martin Leigh sent me an email and asked if we would help put on a BBQ or the Fun Run event which was held on Saturday.  We thought that would be fun so we started pricing food and did some test run on Pork burgers and off we went!  On Friday, we made 102 pork patties and froze them.  We also made lots of cole slaw, cut carrot, cucumber and bell pepper wedges, cooked 50 ears of corn and cut in half for 100 servings, and cut up 15 pineapples to grill.  Saturday morning we started early to make sure the coal would heat and be ready – good thing we started early!!!  It took forever to get that coal going!  2 ½ hour later, we had enough heat to put the big baking sheets directly on the coals to cook hamburgers.  Dad was a hero and he had gone home to start cooking hamburgers there.  Ms. Maloney was a hero for thinking of the idea to put the pans right on the coals!  The coals were hot enough to heat the corn and grill the pineapple.  In the end, the food tasted delicious and the people ate it all up!  It was a beautiful day!  The kids all ran in the “fun run” and then the also did a “race” on the 4 km course and Richard won with Benjamin in second place!    I told Richard if he would win, I’d buy him 2 ice cream bars!  I kept my deal and he had two zebra bars that night!  It was a good day and was lots of fun.

Coal -- does not light and heat as fast as charcoal

Shopping for the BBQ

100 pork patties for the BBQ

Ready for grilled pineapple

Preparing to make Cole Slaw