Napoleon Dynamite

The weather hit upper 60's here this weekend. My condolescences to all the Michigan people out there. But our warm weather won't stick. It cools off again mid-week.....probably down to the 40-50s. :P

We had a great weekend with friends, including a visit to a great local, Chinese garden/park called Guilin Park. The kids really enjoyed it and we'll try to get photos to upload soon, but tonight, the system is slow or erring out. So, I've just got a few pics.

What does it take to have a whole bunch of the neighbor kids come over for a couple hours? Pop in Napoleon Dynamite. The majority of these guys have the movie memorized. One even did his own rendition of Napoleon's dance performance after Pedro's speech. A lot of fun. Rachel did not see all of the movie for a variety of reasons.

And below, we've got a couple of pictures of our 1st floor, with all the decorations up. Things have settled in pretty well.

We actually bought this painting from the artist in a popular art shopping street. The shops are often run by the artists themselves. We bought this tulip picture from the artist and even had him tweak the colors to better match our Holland home (during our first China go round). But we never hung them for lack of space. So, they've made the return back to China and have a great place to hang out. You must come and see it in person for the full effect though!!!
Here's the living room with lots of seating. It's been fun to be able to host larger groups of people. With the extra space, lit backyard, and the freshly assembled grill, we are ready to start hosting shindigs. Should be fun. We could use as much community/fellowship as we can get in this big city. Having a close knit group of friends makes China life all the better.

More pics from the weekend to be posted soon!!! Thanks for checking in. Also thanks for the prayers and kind words on Aimee's previous post.