Monthly Archives: November 2016

Every year the Embassy Marines here in Manila (and around the world) host a big ball in honor of the Marine’s birthday.  This year was the 241st birthday, which is pretty crazy when you stop to think that the United States is only 240 years old.  Good old Wikipedia filled in the gap for me.Continue reading “Happy 241 Birthday Marines!”

Ever since we moved to Asia, whenever Randy asks me where I want to go my answer has been the Great Wall. For the longest time either tickets were expensive or fight times were terrible or we had not enough days off to go. But this time all the stars were aligned and we madeContinue reading “The Great Wall That Almost Wasn't”

Guess who bundled up in their warmest clothes and toured all around Beijing. That’s right us! It is official, we are all tropical babies and were not prepared for the cold in Beijing. We bundled up though and headed out though since there was loads to see. It was pretty cute watching these two inContinue reading “Bundled up in Beijing”

One of the places I have always wanted to go is to see the Great Wall. Beijing was just where it happened to be. I was pretty surprised when I got to Beijing and loved it.   There are so many things I loved about Beijing. The obvious ones like the Wall and the ForbiddenContinue reading “Best of Beijing”

Every year the boys’ school has UN day. Everyone dresses up and represents a country and brings food in from that country. This year we even danced the Mexican Hat Dance, the Hula and the Samba! Adam represented Greece and Malcolm represented Egypt.  We couldn’t get Malcolm in costume but Adam loved dressing up likeContinue reading “United Nations of Amerikids”