I hope that everyone had a Happy Halloween!
I can't believe that it is November already. The time here in China has flown by. We are starting to plan our trips and we feel like we have no time here in Weifang. We still have 6 weeks but it doesn't feel like very much time. Life here is so simple. It is harder in many ways but much easier in some. One thing that we do miss is living conveniently with our cars, and dishwasher, washer, dryers, and many things. Life in America is all about convenience and coming to China has helped Adam and I appreciate all the wonderful things we are blessed with. These last few weeks we have been to QIngdao for Church and shopping. This year we have been taking an early train on Sunday and then get a bus to church but we plan on going on Saturdays now so we can shop, shop, shop, and then we spend the night at Qindgao University and go to church with them! We love being able to hang out with our BYU friends. Adam and I miss the other part of our BYU China Family so very much. We knew it wouldn't be the same without them but I don't think we realized how sad it is to come to QIngdao and not have them here. :( Luckily a few of the BYU teachers stayed from last year and have been wonderful to us. We love them. The Qingdao branch is so wonderful and the spirit is so strong. The kids are so cute! We have been busy teaching and hanging out. We celebrated Adams cousin Thomas's birthday at Pizza Hut, we have been to the tailor a few times, we eat at our soup place at least twice a week, and we watch too many movies! For Halloween we were the special quests for a Halloween party at McDonalds. Our invitations were hand delivered by the manager. We didn't realize that we were the "hosts" until we got there. We were surprised but it was so much fun. Everyone had masks on and we introduced a little about Halloween, we played some games, carved pumpkins, and then they gave us free food. It was delicious! Most of the kids got to make their own food but because we got Big Macs we couldn't because they were too hard to make! Adam and I played a game against two girls. The games had flour and 2 ping pong balls. Adam and I sat across from each other with three small bowls in between us. 2 were filled with flour with a ping pong ball on top while the middle bowl was empty. The point of the game was to blow the four until you got your ball into the empty bowl. I got mine in first try and after a few times and my getting flour all over me Adam got his ball in the bowl and we won! We got Chinese coca cola mugs. It was really fun! Then the next for on Halloween it was pouring rain all day. We went out for lunch and to get some groceries and we got soaked. I am not ready for the cold weather to set in. Thomas, Katie, and Kayte came over and we made our shrimp dinner with fries. It is so good and we end up eating way too much. I tried to make donuts but they ended up tasting like peanut oil. Haha Then we watched Hocus Pocus. Today we made it our "American" day! We did not have any Chinese food at all! Adam made me French toast for breakfast, and then for lunch we had steamed cabbage, parmesan pasta, and tomatoes, and cucumbers with olive oil. Then for dinner we had mashed potatoes with gravy, a salad with ranch, and fried chicken. It was a great day! Thank you, Mom and Kacie for sending us packages, they have been life savers! Before we came to China last year people would always comment of the possibility of us losing "so" much weight because of all the "fresh" vegetables in China. The thing about china is that most everything is dipped in oil. All those "fresh" vegetable are fried! So to have a fresh salad is heaven. We have also noticed that we smack our mouths when we eat, we talk with our mouths open, and we slurp our noodles! Great things you pick from China! I love that it is part of their culture to bring your bowl up to your mouth and shovel food in. Adam and I said that we will never tell our kids to eat everything on your plate; there are starving kids in China. Even though I am sure there is a large amount of hungry children in China, the Chinese waste a disgusting amount of food, and they also eat a disgusting amount of food! When we eat with our students we are always surprised of how much they can put down!
I am trying a new way to add pictures on to my blog! We will see if it works. ***Thanks so much Jess for updating my blog!!
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