LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN: Bethany

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Friday, May 22, 2015

FEBRUARY 22, 2015 -- FEBRUARY FLIGHT DAY #28

BEIJING DAY #2
FEBRUARY 22, 2015

We got to go to church in Beijing today. We were sad to leave Richard behind but we had no choice. We rode the subway and found church and enjoyed all meetings there. It was a fun surprise to see friends from Fayetteville, AR -- the Sallings family. We also met a young lady who was in Hyrum's district in Taiwan. She is home now and teaching English in Nanjing and is in our district. It was fun to hear stories from her!

A missionary from Hyrum's mission

After church, we headed back to our hostel but made a stop off at the Llama Temple. The Llama Temple is a large Tibetan Buddhist Temple.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

JANUARY 22, 2015 -- HOUSE COMPETITION

"FAIRY TALE THEATER" HOUSE COMPETITION
January 22, 2015

The kids this week were busy with their regular school stuff but they also had extra practices for their “Drama House Competition” that was on Friday. Dad and I went to the school and really enjoyed the competition. Each house was assigned a Fairy Tale and then the students in the house had to write a script and retell the story. There were some interesting interpretations AND some really great creativity in script changes, costumes and scenery. Each of our kids did a great job with their parts. Richard says he doesn’t like drama, but he did a great job as the laoshi (teacher) in the script that he and Benjamin helped to write. Rebecca was the mother in Jack and the Beanstalk and memorized a lot of lines. Bethany was the old woman that tied the story together and did a lot to help lead their play. Rachel was a fairy in Sleeping Beauty and also had memorized lines. Daniel was an old man in the same play and helped to defeat the dragon. Benjamin, Richard and David were all in “Cinderella.” Benjamin wore his scout shirt and beret and was the “duke” who delivered the message about the ball and then searches for the foot to fit the glass slipper. David was the prince! I will try to send pictures this week. The school has provided a lot of great experiences for our kids.

DECEMBER 30, 2014 -- A DOSE OF DAILY LIFE

A DOSE OF DAILY LIFE

December 30, 2014

The family together at church in Suzhou, China

Family Calendar

Joseph, Melissa and Stephanie leave to go back to the USA.

Mason tries German Pancakes

Hello Mr. Taobao Man!

Trying the Alligator Jerky that Melissa brought for the family!

A sketch of our home in Arkansas

Grandma Beach sent Christmas cards to us all.

DECEMBER 25, 2014 -- CHRISTMAS EVENING AT THE MALL

CHRISTMAS EVENING AT THE MALL

DECEMBER 25, 2014

The night of Christmas Day, Dad took all the kiddos to the AEON mall to hang out and go to the arcade. It was a nice change to a big day.

DECEMBER 25, 2014 -- SKYPING ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON

SKYPING ELDER HYRUM RICHARDSON

December 25, 2014

We were all so, so excited to talk to Elder Hyrum Richardson on SKYPE on Christmas Day!!! We introduced him to Richard and they talked in Chinese. We sang "I Am A Child of God" to him in Chinese and he said we sounded like "Main-landers." We have a "main land accent" according to Hyrum. Pretty funny. Melissa had the wonderful idea for us to have a family prayer together which was so cool. We love you Hyrum and are so proud of you!

DECEMBER 25, 2014 -- CHRISTMAS DAY

CHRISTMAS DAY

December 25, 2014

A day of celebration and a gift giving.

Everyone is ready for the Christmas races!!! We are all gathered in Dad and Mom's room and are clarifying the rules for the race and the path that everyone will run. Ready to race!

Here we go to see what Santa has brought! We always line up youngest to oldest! Can you tell me how David got in front of Mason?????

Bethany likes to be the one to pass out presents. Everyone gets 1 present to open and then we go around and see what everyone received. It spreads out the fun and lets us all see what is going on.