Sunday, July 10, 2011

End of June in Shanghai

We had a busy final 10 days of June in China. Joe was studying for his master's degree and Nica was working as well as taking care of Wesley.

We also had a visit from Paul Elliott on his way back from Sichuan. He spent the weekend with us visiting some of the sites in Shanghai.

PAUL'S VISIT



Enjoying dumplings at Yu Yuan



our family at Yu Yuan



enjoying some dingcha coffee at Yu Yuan



Paul considering what type of tea to buy . . .



at tianzifang




at the bund

Nica also hosted a party for Janelle at our house



Janelle, Nicoleen, Ruoya, and Caroline with Wesley

NICA'S BIRTHDAY

For Nica's birthday, we left Wesley with Fang Ayi and went out together for the first time. We went swimming together and then ate outside on the deck at Coconut Paradise (Thai food) and finished up the evening enjoying jazz at the Hilton.




at the restaurant



together at the restaurant

Ivy also brought us dinner one day to celebrate Nica's special day.



enjoying dinner together

With Ivy's help we finally got our rocking chair after numerous delays!



Joe putting the chair together


OUR JOURNEY TO NORTH AMERICA

On June 30th we left Shanghai for Harrisburg, PA, USA



Wesley equipped with his passport for travel



Wes in his stoller



On the airplane



our family together on the plane

We praise the Lord that Wesley travelled so well - most of the time he ate or slept!