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We accompanied 45 NJU students to create a special day for these special students!

Rain Flower Terrace

The feed back from our unique opportunity to present homeschooling in China.

Language immersion, sort of.

Shutter Speed Experiments

A day at the park!

Sugarcane and Fish!

Inviting the Holy Spirit.

Another beautiful day in Nanjing!

Gethsemane in miniature.

Favorite Photo Friday

Our sweet (patient) friend 春艳 (Chūn yàn) came over to teach us how to make dumplings.

 紫金山, Zĭjīnshān: Purple Gold Mountain

Favorite Photo Friday

…on the plum tree and more!

Our answer to the question, “What about socialization?”

Big dreams, high expectations and an opportunity!

Getting to know Nanjing.

The “before” pictures!

Missing our “real” books & a really fun video for my fellow bibliophiles!

20+ bags and various parcels…

Planes, trains and realtors.

It feels like we’ve been here a month, without the benefit of getting our bearings about us!

Let the games begin!

Video and a recipe.

Horse hair fiddles, violas and yummy Japanese food!

Mongolian ankle bone games!

Give me the free market!

You are going to want to watch this video, I promise! ;o)

A funny from a friend, and photos from the Cultural Show.

Turtle Rock, another Monastery, a delicious Mongolian traditional meal and more photos from downtown!

Mongolia’s Museum of Natural History and Gandantegchinleng Khiid.

New use for an old saying…

The “American Store” and a new market.

Playing dress up, riding camels and ponies and learning Mongolian games!

A couple of birds and the largest equestrian statue in the world…

A download!

Family Mission Statements

Far far away, in the Gobi Desert…

Neonatal Resuscitation Training by LDS Philanthropies.

I want to live in the mission field for the rest of my life!

Sukhbaatar Square

Welcome to our new home!

…on the street where we live.

New apartment, sea-buckthorn and language lessons.

Our first adventures in UB.

Lots of sights around Seoul.

Visas, lunch, a palace and observations.

I will catch up soon, I promise!

Pie cooling off!

…and the winner is!

An announcement and a contest!

Learning Chinese through song.

Pray for China!

A summer of Gospel oriented study.

24601!

Some fun reading, books and blogs!

Navajo Trail and Queen’s Garden Trail.

Why learn History from a Textbook?

Three new temples, keeping the Sabbath Day holy and the importance of service….and so much more to come!

A little catch-up on the goings on around here!

Xuxu’s new business & a couple of performances.

Music. Writing. Math. Building.

Christmas in Hawaii!

R*io T*into published a Staff Profile in their quarterly news letter.

Today was our 4th Forever Family Day with Pie!

A trip around the world….pauses for a moment in Utah!

Creamy Cauliflower Soup!

Walking With Dinosaurs, Disney Land, California Adventure, Arturos, Pacific Ave. Palos Verdes and an annoying little alien!

Our busy summer!

A wonderful message about motherhood.

Emerald Pools for Mother’s Day Weekend!

A prediction that is coming true today!

The Forbidden City, Hot Pot & Acrobats!

An unplanned visit to the Olympic Park!

Buses, subways and babies oh my!

Hallelujah! The Lord is resurrected!

Yep! We have!

Elephant Hill, Guilin, China.

Yao Mountain and Reed Flue Cave

Star gets the opportunity of a life time!

Cormorants & Miao costumes!

A beautiful cruise and more art lessons!

A trip to Moon Hill with friends, some art and dinner!

The Yangshuo Impressions Light Show

A trip to the Terracotta Army.

“Friends don’t let friends ride in tut tuts!” ~~Bella

Custom made qipaos for the girls and an interesting bakery!

The “sickie” talks about her photos.

Starfish Foster home Baby Room.

Another bus trip and some amazing art!

And loving it!

Art Street!

The ancient Bell and Drum Towers of Xi An.

Where do we shop?

Photographic essay of our “block.”

What you’ve all been waiting for!

Trying to sleep through fireworks!

So proud of my daughter!

More Pictures, Sickness and VISA issues.

An excursion.

A day of babies, shopping and broken strings!

Touchdown.

We are in Beijing.

Da, Marmee and Xuxu get Chinese names!

We came, we saw, we LOVED!!  Can’t wait to see it again with pie one day!

Today we rode every cable car line and ate ice cream at Ghirardelli’s.

Nicoleen Peck participates in a BBC episode of The Strictest Families in the World.

National Orphan Sunday

Today I am featuring photos by Xuxu (age 13).

The King Tut exhibit presented by National Geographic.

Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39!

Today we visited the Muir Woods National Monument and Stinson Beach.

Today we took our new friend Zhang Yue out to lunch. (The photo is from Henan Province, China.)

The powerful Testimony of Elder Holland given at the October 2009 General Conference.

Amanda de Lange receives the Service to Family Award from the BYU Alumni Association.

Playing with my new camera!

Da and the girls suprise me!

We were impressed with the movie, “The Chosen.”

A speech by Elder Oaks that is pertinent to the current political climate!

An arcade, sandwiches and the Museum of Art! Also, musings on Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War.

A beautiful presentation!

My new hobby!

We are headed to an exhibit from London!

A Puzzel from Disney Land!

The list of music from the Utah Symphony Orchestra and a fun video!

A very cool fast motion video of the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st.

Happy Mid Autumn Festival!!

This evening I took the three oldest girls to see the Utah Symphony Orchestra with David Cho, conducting and Ralph Matson soloist.  The program was All Beethoven, so the girls…

A video about Charity.

Believe in Me Click on the words above to listen to a beautiful new song for Young Women!

A day trip to Navajo Lake, Utah.

Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema’s top youth orchestra.

A list of the music downloaded from the Talent Showcase.

Orchestra of Southern Utah Talent Showcase and an introduction to Jose Antonio Abreu.

America’s journey to freedom and prosperity portrayed through art and powerful music.

Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and the Betsy Ross house. (And a Philly Cheese Steak! Yum!)

A day at Mt. Vernon, the “National Treasure” tour, and then visiting Haper’s Ferry with our friends, the Martins.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand. ~~Confucius

9/11 in D.C. A very somber day!

The National Center for Constitutional Studies webinar information.

The recipe that helps my kids drink 5+ servings a greens a day!

Recipe for Ye Ye’s Chili Beans and Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake Cookies.

We’re learning Chinese characters.

New Nationwide Study Confirms Homeschool Academic Achievement

An excellent index card system to help memorize and retain scriptures.

Hopefully we have come up with a workable plan for our school year!

Photos from the girls playmakers experience.

A back stage tour, more about our trip to China and our curriculum.

Celebrating my biological daughter’s heritage!

A powerful message about Forgiveness.

Performance camp!

The Book of Mormon is the key to saving our Constitution!

If you can not articulate it, you really do not know it!

I attended a seminar by Nicholeen Peck on Teaching Self Government.

The Comedy of Errors in Cedar City, Utah.

The girls love working toward a goal, more about China and Da in school!

We heard My Declaration from the movie Inkheart at the theater in its initial release.   I knew I wanted a copy of it and so purchased the CD on the…

I have always been too intimidated to start studying the Chinese characters, until yesterday.  We were invited to come over to Ling’s house again and I grabbed the kids character…

Up!  ;o) I have had a couple of emails from people interested in the book and asking me what the actual plan is for high school and beyond.    Yes, we…

Today I finished reading Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew and I hope that every single adoptive parent out there will take the time to read this…

Each of the girls have written their grandparents separate letters, but I wanted to let everyone know how grateful we are for their kindness over the past three months! We…

I love Thankgiving, Movies and Prayer Warriors!