First day of School

Yes, the first day of school was back in August, but somehow I missed these photos so I'm putting them up now. Emma started Pre-K so it was her very first day of school ever. The other kids were a bit nervous about starting a new school again, but it has proved to be a wonderful school and just what we all needed. This is also a picture of the kids and I standing in front of our house before the "bus" comes (they actually just ride in a six passenger car with 2 of our neighbors). It's very quiet where we live, it's extremely peaceful all you hear are birds chirping, roosters crowing, and the wind in the trees. We get the occassional cars that pass on our street but they are infrequent.

Thanksgiving

We had 2 Thanksgiving feasts this year. One on Thursday (the real day) with 2 other families, and then a large community potluck on Sunday afternoon. I can't find the pictures I took of our Thursday celebration (bummer), but here are photos of the Sunday afternoon feast!

Dallin didn't even sit with us for this feast, he joined a table with all the boys between grades 5-8, so we were joined by one of Marion's friends Shrishti. It was really fun, everyone mixing and mingling and eating delicious food! There were Thankful tress on each table with autumn leaves for each person to write what they were thankful for, what a clever idea. The only thing missing for me was playing card and board games after the food.

Large Bugs

One of the exciting parts of living in tropical east Asia are the ginourmous bugs! Here are 2 that Mike took pics of. The snail is about 5 inches long and 2-3 inches wide which technically isn't considered a "bug", and the scorpion is a good 8 inches long! YIKES!

Emma's First Haircut

We have reached a monumental stage in which Emma no longer wants me to brush her hair at all. And with hair this long, you can imagine how mangy and wild it was looking. So she agreed that it was time to eliminate the tangle factor by cutting it to a bob. It turned out so cute! But I miss her ringlets.