Seriously
It's been a year since I last posted. I would say I don't believe it, but the dates on the postings don't lie. It's been a whirlwind of a year, that I'll try to hit the high points of.
In July we went on a week long trip to Taiwan. We loved it! Such an amazing experience, and I'm so glad that we got to go, and more that the kids got to see it. There are so many lessons learned in travelling that can never be learned from a textbook. We made it to the Shilin Market, Taipei Zoo, Taipei 101, the Ping Tsi Railway, took the Maokong Gondola up to a tea village, the National Palace Museum......the list is long. As much as we are tourists, we try to make sure we find ways to interact and really see the locals by hitting public parks, using public transportation, visiting public markets asking where the best places are to eat, etc. As a bonus: a friend's father lives there as well, so we got to meet with him and he took us to a few of his favorite places too!
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Fruit market down the street from our hotel.
We picked fruit up there daily. |
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| Chiang Kai-shek memorial |
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| hanging out in a small town outside Taipei |
I think personally, my favorite part of Taipei was the food. Simply amazing. As a bonus, it's a real street food city so there was a bunch of yummy eats everywhere we went! The finger food aspect made it popular with the kids as well.
Oh, if you're wondering while I'm a bit larger in that picture above, we found out I was pregnant in the beginning of May. :)
GNOSC (the organization I was Treasurer of) has kept me quite busy over the last year. Since I last posted we've run 2 highly successful Asian Bazaars and another Craft Fair to benefit the
Guam USO (have pictures of our joint events, and was just named best large USO in the Pacific for the 2nd year!) and other local charities. I've attended numerous social events, the USO Six Star Salute twice (an annual event honoring their top volunteers, and the top service member from each branch of service here on island), and learned so much both from my duties and from all the amazing members of our organization. It's time to step down though, and the volunteer for my replacement was voted in a few days ago. I have a few things left to close out before turnover, but seeing as the checks for our final fiscal year charitable distribution was done this morning, the hours are getting quite short.
Kids have been growing like weeds. The biggest is over 5 feet tall! Crazy. As I mentioned, we welcomed a new little one into our home this December. She brings us all such joy!!!
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| trip home |
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| playing on mommy's bed |
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| Easter best |
I'll continue the updates soon! love you all!
