Spring/ Summer 2022 Update

YO! Sorry I haven't posted for a while. CoVid has China shaking in it's boots. We have been through a lot here (not as much as other places, like Shanghai) and have not been able to travel much. We are being tested AT LEAST twice a week and told not to travel outside our province... or city... or district. We follow when things are serious, but we have to explore. We didn't come here to stay in one place. This set of photos represents the last 3 months in Guangzhou. We did get out to Yangshuo over the Dragon Boat Festival, but not without drama... here we go.  

Lea had a piece of art chosen to represent our school in a gallery walk. She was/ is so proud it... we all are 

There are some really talented people at our school. 

All red everything

Majong time. We wouldn't dare play with these cutthroats. 

Birthday parties still happen. 

We were able to squeeze a volleyball tournament in. We actually got a good amount of games and ended the season 6-5.  

There is always hotpot

Making new friends and skating

Nice place for a rest. 

A page from Cora's Adventure Book. 

One of many

Lea turned 6! We had a nice little party with her friends at school. 

There was a couple of weeks of online learning in there somewhere. 

Lea & Cora finished their first year of basketball! 

I coached a middle school team that had no games...

Quite the vertical if I do say so myself

Teddy Bear Picnic Day!

A lot of rain. We even had a few days cancelled for potential flooding. No floods though...

We learned out to making Zongzi

Lin Zexu Memorial Park at the site of the Opium Dump

Tea time! 

Guangzhou Museum of Art 

A lot of landscapes

Cool stuff. Doesn't hold a candle to the Chicago AI though... 

10 years! (the photographers were struggle)

High-Speed Train to Yangshuo!

Sweetie

Exploring

Ashley had brain scrubbed

Family Photo on the 

Pretty ladies

Agility like her daddy, legs like her mommy

Village where my e-bike died

Dead e-bike. Maybe not made for big foreign butts like mine. 

Waterfall 

Swimming at the Bamboo Leaf

Stinky Butts

Cora is a horse riding machine

Lea was cautious on the pony

Chinese Cowgirls!

Of course there was an accident on the line of our train pretty far west so naturally they cancelled all the trains back to Guangzhou on Sunday. We ended up having to take a 9 hour bus ride. Not pretty. We made. 

Lea did great. 

One more year and we will be back stateside! We are going to make the most out of these last 12 months... We love and miss you all!