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Our Year in Review 2017

January 7, 2018January 8, 2018

2 Weeks Family Australia Trip (Part V: Sydney MUST DOs)

September 27, 2018

2 Weeks Family Australia Trip (Part IV: Great Barrier Reef)

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018

2 Weeks Family Australia Trip (Part III: Whitehaven Beach, Most Beautiful Beach In The World!)

September 20, 2018September 20, 2018

2 Weeks Family Australia Trip (Part II: Activities in Brisbane)

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

2 Weeks Family Australia Trip (Part I: Food in Brisbane)

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018

What’s Life Like Back Home?

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018

Favorite Activities in Hoi An, Vietnam

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

Bridgette’s 11th Birthday

April 27, 2018

Fun Family Activities in Chiang Mai

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018

Our First Mother-Daughter Trip to Copenhagen, Denmark

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

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This week, we’re in Beijing for our annual girls’ trip where my sis and I get to spend uninterrupted quality time with our daughters! We’re starting the week off in a more rural area of Beijing, by the Great Wall, and had quite a workout exploring all the nearby villages by bike today. Although my weather app warned us of extremely bad air quality when we arrived to Beijing airport, being further from the city helped, and we loved spending the afternoon outdoors biking around and watching the autumn leaves fall. This is probably one of the best times of the year to visit Beijing!
My daddy officially turns 80 today! We are so grateful to have been able to celebrate with him twice...once on our Europe trip last month, and again in Hong Kong today. Nothing beats having the whole fam bam together in one place! ~ My dad has always been the uplifting, happy go lucky person in our family and I inherited my calm, optimistic nature from him. One of my favorite memories of him from when I was a child is the way he’d tuck my sister and I in every night. He would affectionately tell us he loves us as he tucked us in, but then always end with a playful warning that we must keep our legs straight while sleeping or we won’t grow any taller. 😂 To this day, I still find myself stretching my legs out when in bed! ~ It’s hard to believe he is 80. When we are so busy with our lives, we forget that our parents are aging as quickly as our kids are growing up. My sis and I are always trying to coordinate more opportunities for our entire family to be together more often, and while it sometimes requires immense efforts on our schedules, we know it is well worth it. Our one and only wish for our dad on this milestone birthday is that he will feel how much he is loved...by his friends and family, but most importantly, by Jesus. ~ Happy birthday daddy!!! ❤️
As I mentioned previously, I really dread travel days. Our traveling woes this time from Tokyo to Hong Kong: the minute we boarded the plane, Alan realized he lost his iPhone somewhere in Narita airport, but it was too late to deplane at that point. He spent the 4.5 hours on the plane worrying about the fate of his phone. On the other side of me, the air pressure on the plane caused Bridgette so much discomfort and pain due to a congested nose. We took her to the hospital in Hong Kong and they put her on antibiotics for 2 weeks for a bad case of sinusitis. But...praise God for his mercy! Bridgette got immediate relief from the meds and someone turned in Alan’s phone to the lost and found at Narita airport. 🤗 Feeling incredibly grateful for doctor wisdom and righteous strangers today.
Farewell, Tokyo! This is the longest that we’ve stayed in Tokyo (9 days) without any side trips, and it still didn’t feel long enough! There’s just sooooo much to see, to eat, and to experience in this amazing city. It’s the one place that we find ourselves going back to over and over again and still feel as excited as our very first visit. ❤️
Bridgette had a list of about 8 character cafes she wanted to visit in Tokyo but alas, we only had time for one, and it was the Pompompurin Cafe in Harajuku. Even though we were only there for a mid day snack, we had to order the fluffy omelette rice because it was way too cute to pass up! 😂
Bridgette LOVES Harajuku because you can treat it as Halloween year round. Only here can you be dressed as a bunny and blend right into the crowd. 😂

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