Cruising

Elijah speeding along a river near our home. He was doing about 40 km/hr at this moment. ; )

New past time

The kids invented "sock wars" on the tramp today. So refined....

Bloomed

Rachel makes flowers seem so much more beautiful.

(hey Lisa, yesterday's park was Century Park - it's very close to our home and big enough that we can find some space to ourselves)

Motley crüe

At the park with friends, plus the Meyer kiddos. We are a walking attraction

Pools Open

Samuel 3.5, Elijah 7, Rachel 4.5, Anna 9.5

Diving Board installation is next week.

Fishy

This was our reward lunch at work today for some new business contracts. Nice.

New Pizza Hut flavor

Yes, now offering Pepperoni. That should tell you something about the 'standard' fare.

Bowman Christmas 2011

Hey-

Finally have made time to get some pictures uploaded. Sorry for the lack of sharing. We intend to do better in the future, but you've heard that before. : )

Aimee has been awfully crafty lately. She crocheted several scarves as gifts and Elijah bagged this one!!

Elijah spotted this sheepskin in Ikea several weeks ago and it showed up on his Christmas list. He now pretends he's a hunter and/or Native American plus he sleeps with it. Nice.

Anna and Elijah closeup.

Anna and Elijah zoom out.

Sammy Bammy showing off a new Cars shirt.

More Lightning, pardon the storage bin (we are preparing for a move cross town.)

This Kodak moment materialized quickly while Sammy was taking care of other business. Have I mentioned that he goes #2 on the toilet now?

Aimee bought this bracelet kit right under Anna's nose in Hobby Lobby, USA. Anna was shocked.

Rachel and Sammy both opened tons of new play food, pots, pans, tea sets, and dinnerware. Aimee crafted much of the food herself....see cupcake in lower left.

More of Aimee's craftiness, check out my new blanket. She crocheted this with locally bought yarn. She's found a great yarn market here in West Shanghai.

Samuel is growing up so fast. He turned 3 in November.

The homemade (literally) food that was gifted to Rachel.

Aimee and Rachel.

We missed all of you this Christmas!! We would love to hear from you. Drop us a line here on the blog or via Facebook. Hope to post again soon.

Able to post again

Hey y'all,

A rare trip to HongKong is enabling an update. We use a VPN to work around the China firewall (not including HK) and it's been working poorly. We are going to try a different service for improved results. But find below the pics I could scrape together from my limited supply on the phone and iPad. We are doing well but missing home, as always.

Rachel makes even the mundane look so pretty.


Rachel and Sammy at Lake Michigan, South Haven this summer.

Elijah speeding during vacation earlier this year in southern China. His goggles got plenty of use.

Anna would at least pull the goggles up off the face.

Sammy checking out a large statue at the Radisson hotel in People's Square, Shanghai.

A poor picture of Rachel but one that I had in the phone.

Elijah is currently missing 3 front teeth. A real once-in-a-lifetime experience we keep telling him.

That's Elijah on the left with me. A friend, Andrew, is on the right. And yes, Krispy Kreme is in Shanghai.

Again, hope all is well. We think of you often!!!

Anybody out there?

Long time, no blog. Really, we just need to find an improved VPN service to work around China's Great Firewall (no blogging allowed here).

A trip to HongKong has reminded me how beautiful effortless surfing is.

Hope to get some pictures up soon. Maybe in the next 48 before I leave Internet Bliss.

Ryan