May

What our family is experiencing this month...

Finished a wonderful visit with Jenna, Andrew and girls

Scott completed his many week project in Jakarta

Good-bye lunches and picnics for friends leaving Shanghai for good- bittersweet

End of the year concerts

Preparing for prom~ getting a suit made, figuring out what to do after, etc

Rearranged the living room with a friend's help

Flowers on front steps overflowing their pots

Helping to find summer homes for Baobei babies whose families are traveling

Beautiful Shanghai weather... precursor to HOT and HUMID summer

Studying for finals

Scott's 42nd birthday

Baobei 3rd anniversary brunch

Looking at houses in NC online with my sister for her upcoming move

Caleb getting braces off! Scott has another half a year...

Taking walks in the morning with my friend Carol, discussing the many issues of parenting

Thinking about which colleges to visit this summer

Two boys filling out preference sheets for fall high school interim trips

Seth's preparations for South Africa missions trip in June

Counting how many days of school are left

Blooming honeysuckle makes our whole compound smell delicious!

Seth and Madelyn performing in Concordia Idol

Middle school basketball tournaments for Seth and Madelyn, with Caleb coaching

Studying Revelations with our small group

Playing Words With Friends

Reading~ Grapes of Wrath, Joy Luck Club, The Things They Carried, Maximum Ride

Day trip to pottery town with girlfriends

Looking forward to being in the US this summer

Signing leases... for us to live here and for someone else to live in our Chicago house


There's probably a lot more happening this month, but that's what I come up with for now. I seem to be out of ideas for real writing these days... but I can make lists! LOL. Maybe I am tired of blogging, or finding it less important than I used to.

We are grateful to have a year left in Shanghai, but it is certainly seeming by now like we have been here a long while. We are "one of those" families who have stayed past the standard three years. Definite veterans. We wonder what it will be like to live in the US again. We love our life here. There is a lot of "daily-ness" but also a fair amount of pretty cool stuff too. :-)

That's all I've got for now, besides hundreds of photos from Jen and Andrew's visit that I hope to sort and post more of sometime soon!