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ZZZZZZZ. Snuggled with their comfort blanket and puppy, the kids are at home.

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Wildlife up high.

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Wildlife up close.

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Wildlife in the trees.

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Wildlife down low.

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Where did Hannah go? Space mountain not her favorite?

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What? Daffy isn't real?

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We visited a beach for a little vacation. Joshua remembered how to swim.

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We share the road.

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We share the road.

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We get an icecream cake that is purple... and tastes purple. The kids loved it.

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We find friends at the zoo.

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We enjoy Indian food.

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We decided Hannah's cookies looked like seeds.

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We celebrate 32 years!

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We are tired, but this photo was faked.

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We are ready to see the beasts!

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Watch out for the beasts!

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Walking shoes.

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Up to the top.

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Two pieces of furniture could not fit through the door, so our friends came over and helped us saw it up. Yes, our new furniture.

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Trying to keep in line.

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Trampoline time, the more the merrier!

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Tombs line the trail up.

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Tired? The kids lay down on lunch time stools.

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Time for a grand day out with the animals!

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This restaurant's performers sing and dance.

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This picture window makes a good picture.

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This mountian has stairs!

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This is the way to travel!

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This is really exciting!

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This is a tractor, called a "push-pull" named after its work. Nose uncovered, they are very loud on the roads.

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This is a popular way to ride here.

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This day trip took us to a very poor, but beautiful city.

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This all melted by noon.

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This adventure would never fly in the States, but here, balls inflated with air and filled with small children are let to float around the lake.

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These rolled papers covered a doorway.

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These children look out on the trash collector.

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The view from our apartment.

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The view from here.

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The trip back in the boat found four exhausted, but happy people.

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The tranquility of the forest.

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The nurse checks for hand foot and mouth disease before letting the children in.

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The kids share a snack of fried breads, filled with meats and jams.

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The kids got these great boxes to play in! And all the adults got was a washing machine.

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The kids found this play ground still accessible to them.

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The goat herd wears a rain covering made of natural needles and bark.

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The clay for a wall.

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The children pass morning exercises on their way.

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The bowling attendant brought us warm, wet towlettes. I wasn't sure what to do with them. Joshua asked the lady what they were. Hannah already had decided.

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The balloon lady.

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The artist at work. The kids had these boxed colored, painted, and covered in stickers!

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The alleys were extremely old, and only used by foot and bicycle.

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Take a walk on the moon!

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TCKs: Third Culture Kids. A mix of both cultures they have lived in. Here Joshua eats American spaghetti with chopsticks.

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Sunshine and flowers.

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Somebody come and play!

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Somebody come and play today!

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Snow is a rare sight in our city. This was the first and only time we saw it.

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Smile! It is tarzan's tree house!

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Smile!

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Sharing the back seat with out the constraint of car seats is a hands on experience.

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School was not cancelled due to the snow, so off we went!

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School time!

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Rooftops of the ancient city.

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Roadtrip sights.

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Riding around the courtyard on training wheels.

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Ready to be boiled and eaten!

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RIding around the carousel.

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Pot stickers, filled with meat and vegetables.

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Posing in the rain.

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Play ground time!

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PLAY GROUNDS! We were prepared for most play grounds to be built at an adult scale. Everybody likes to exercise during the morning.

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Our trunks bedded with us in the hotel our first nights in East Asia.

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Our hotel has bowling. One morning the kids and I tried it out.

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Our furniture arrives!

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Our friend helps us seal the dough.

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Our first photos of our time outside of the States. We have dinner during a lay over.

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Our dinner of fish.

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On to school.

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On guard!

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Ok, I will come play with you!

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Now it is time for our morning exercises!

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Noodles and rice at Disney Land.

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No, I am the real Buzz Lightyear!

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No one had scrapers or equipment for this day.

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No furniture, but we do have computers in our new apartment.

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Nature's beauty.

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Mommy squeezes in for a photo with Pan Da.

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Mommy ices the rest of the cookies.

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Mille Bornes is a familiar game.

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Meow. Hannah Kitty wears ears.

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Mail from the States! Whoopee!

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Let's swing together!

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Let's stop to play. This game on the foot massage exerciser the kids call "Hello, Goodbye" as they swivel back and forth.

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Let's play!

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Let's go!

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Let's fight Zurg like Buzz Lightyear!

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KFC! We eat some familiar food.

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Jump! Jump! Jump!

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Joshua's dead fish.

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Joshua's Jesus cookie is on the cross.

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Joshua with his class.

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Joshua walked on water.

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Joshua sets up in the TV box, with a light and a snack.

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Joshua peeks in on a napping Hannah.

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Joshua on some beautiful furniture made of tree roots turned upside down. And a huge disc of tea in the background.

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Joshua hydrates next to a skeleton display.

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Joshua has conquered the two-wheeler!

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Joshua gets assistance from his friends.

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Joshua finds a playmate in the sand box.

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Joshua explores a painted forest.

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Joshua enjoys his birthday presents.

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Joshua does some excavating.

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Joshua cools off with a strawberry drink in the afternoon.

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Joshua comes up with new uses for the shoulder rotation exerciser, a rocket ship!

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Joshua at work at his desk.

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Joshua and his masterpieces.

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Joshua and Hannah share a ride.

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Jet lag catches up with the kids after dinner at a neighbor's house.

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I smell a cooking show!

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How high can you swing?

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Home within our home.

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Home Depot apron is an important accessory.

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Heavy load, divided by two.

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Happy Birthday, Joshua!

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Hannah's pet fish.

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Hannah's icing ended up in her mouth.

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Hannah wears a ski mask in the hopes that it will deter her thumb sucking.

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Hannah watches her little ball leave the nest.

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Hannah sang and danced with the performers!

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Hannah refills her bucket for the sand box.

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Hannah plays ball in a house.

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Hannah loved the water.

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Hannah looks on.

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Hannah in a house.

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Hannah hugs Jessie from Toy Story, then quickly runs away.

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Hannah hitches yet another ride.

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Hannah hitches another ride.

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Hannah hitches a ride.

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Hannah helps me cook in the kitchen. She is as handy as an appliance on my counter.

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Hannah has quite a few cookies to ice.

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Hannah dozes in her window seat with her babies by her side.

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Hannah decorating Easter eggs.

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Hannah could not hide her lack of appreciation for the sea food.

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Hannah can't resist petting.

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Hannah bolts, but one child takes this very seriously.

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Hannah awaits her breakfast with classmates.

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Hannah and Mommy steer in circles, a ride Mommy rode as a child.

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Good morning, Hannah!

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Get 'em, Hannah!

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For a Mommy's birthday celebration we eat Indian food.

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Family vacation to Disney land!

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Family time!

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Family stops to rest.

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Excuse me, do you have your license?

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Enjoying the sunshine.

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Easter is finally here! Sunrise from the roof top.

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Easter cookies rolled out with a dumpling roller.

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Easter cards and decorations.

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During long bus rides, Hannah often ends up in a kind stranger's lap.

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Double decker buses! What a ride!

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David was entertained by the fish heads.

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David chows some yummy KFC icecream.

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Daddy sandwich.

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Daddy climbs Tarzan's rope.

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Daddy and Joshua tackle a lego project on the rug.

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Cycling tandum.

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Buzz! We've seen all your movies!

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Breakfast? It is rice tortillas with shredded potatoes and greens inside.

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Breakfast in bed for Daddy's birthday!

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Breakfast in bed doesn't work as well in a loft, so we have "Breakfast on Daddy" instead.

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Beautiful tile roofs.

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Beautiful girl.

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Beautiful girl.

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Beautiful city from afar.

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Beat Daddy!

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Balloons for sale.

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Another appliance, another box to decorate with a friend.

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An old city gate, mostly made of glass, catches our attention.

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An inviting path leads us down the mountain.

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An exhausted girl.

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An elegant temple emerges from the landscape.

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Almost there.

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All of his favorite foods for dinner!

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A woman with a basket back pack goes through trash.

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A whole group of people exercise to music in the morning.

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A teacup built for two!

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A special treat: Lotus Root. Starchy like a potato and grows underwater.

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A nearby park is a lovely place to visit.

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A more modern street. These green 3 wheeled vehicles were the town's "taxis".

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A man carries his caged bird cages fashioned after a design hundreds of years old, past drying grain.

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A lakeside walk.

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A herd passes by on our descent.

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A detail of the gate.

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A climbing wall in a nearby play area.

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A beautiful entrance greets us for a day hike.

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A beautiful city from afar.

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A beautiful bridge.

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Sleeping beauty awakes from her nap in her bay window above the parking lot.

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The view from Joshua's loft bed.

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Lego central in Joshua' room.

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The flowers make their plea.

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The children on a boat full of flowers.

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Joshua gets a kite flying lesson from a grandparent.

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Jumping on an inflatable climbing wall is fun for all!

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Hannah seeks an escape.

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First day of school, here we come! I dressed myself!

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First day of school, here I come!

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More pictures of scenery.

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This farming community is found in the countryside.

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Beautiful countryside.

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Hannah makes a new friend at a theme park.

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Hannah makes another new friend.

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The clouds dance across the sky.

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Hannah and I on a school field trip.

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We take a ride around the park.

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All of these dinosaurs were found in the surrounding area.

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Hannah tames a wild dinosaur beast.

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Pickles are hard to find, but making our own is lovely.

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Hannah helps them pickle by hammering on the lid with markers.

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Time to dance!

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Lego maniac.

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Lego maniac maniac.

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Hannah's school staff stops by for a visit to check on her when she gets hurt at school.

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Hannah took a trip to the hospital when her ear was cut at school.

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Lego maniac maniac maniac.

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Traditional clothes dress up our Third Culture Kids.

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More lego mania.

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The first tooth lost since he was a year and a half in an accident.

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Let's celebrate a lost tooth with icecream all around.

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Yes, Hannah dressed herself this morning.

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Rice harvesting is a hands on job.

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Harvested stalks are bundled together.

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Harvested rice is raked out to dry.

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Rice bundles are kept for pig bedding.

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This farmer peacefully looked out over his land.

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The red clay stands in sharp contrast to the blue sky.

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Landscape.

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Tile roofs up close.

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These hundred-year-old windows now covered in modern class.

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Joshua does some drawing in the light of the window.

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A wall made from clay.

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A hundred year old doorway.

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This door is decorated for the new year.

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This man becons people to come eat tasty noodles.

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Silk making up close. Tiny worms are stripped of their coccoons which are stretched across this arc form to dry.

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The boiled silk worms.

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We came across a Deaf girl in her parent's shop.

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A clean stream makes for a refrigerator.

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Joshua explores a stone mosaic.

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These poles used for hanging up corn to dry make a nice climb.

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Daddy takes Hannah up a corn drying pole.

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This man wears ancient clothes for visitors.

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Family photo up close.

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Family photo from afar. This was the way homes used to look hundreds of years ago.

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A garden caught my eye.

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The homes surrounding the garden.

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Stone steps on a pathway on the way to the garden.

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Does that flower smell good?

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These performers showed off instruments on a walking bridge.

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Hannah finds a comfortable seat beside some dancers taking a break.

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We make pot stickers (called Joudza) by hand.

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The kids help out stuffing dough with meat and vegetables to boil for lunch.

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The roof over the home where we stayed.

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Peeking in on a neighbor's wedding.

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A dream come true. Riding atop a horse, clothed in fur, holding a gun!

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Smile!

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This hat was photoworthy.

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We climbed this 5 story pagoda for a view of the ancient city.

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At the foot of the pagoda.

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Beautiful carving, beautiful girl.

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Peek a boo!

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The view from the top of the pagoda.

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Let's climb back down now.

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Hannah plops in the center of harmony.

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The girls try on some national outfits.

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To we look authentic?

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Daddy and Hannah look great!

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Joshua poses on a hike down to a famous river.

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The descent to the river has stairs

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The view of the river was worth the hike.

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Daddy and his children!

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The view downstream.

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This waterfall on the side of the mountain didn't get us too wet.

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What a view!

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Water comes, water goes.

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Time to go back up.

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This breathtaking view was captured on the walk back up.

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David made it all the way down to the river's edge.

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What a handsome guy.

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Hannah's school takes another field trip. We loaded up for a whole day out.

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Cool shades!

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We found some cornfields ready to be harvested by hand.

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There were steps cut in the dirt so parents and children could ascend to the apple orchard.

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Hannah the harvester.

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How about this one?

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Mother daughter date.

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Tasty lunch: rice, eggs, meat and vetetables, and vegetable soup to wash it down.

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Hannah finds some friends to dance with during lunch.

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We won second place in the apple carving contest.

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Joshua, our soccer hero.

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Funny, yet an antimidating foe.

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What ball, where?

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Joshua takes on the intimidating purple goo at a fair.

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Hannah, takes on a wall of balloons.

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Are you comfortable handing that girl a dart?

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Joshua's turn.

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Now Hannah takes on the purple goo.

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Lego time.

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Joshua celebrates his heart birthday. He became a Christian on this day and we went to Pizza Hut to celebrate.

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We celebrated with him!

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We took a trip to a nearby city for a day out.

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Hannah takes a walk through the park.

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Yes, another outfit of Hannah's own making.

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Joshua and Daddy on a new Lego adventure.

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This park had a beautiful lake to walk beside.

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Uncle Daniel came to town and took loads of photos.

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Here, Daniel and Joshua pose in front of two enourmous rocks.

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Joshua considers all the rocks a climbing paradise.

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We all had fun trying on these costumes.

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Exploring the rocks was an adventure for Joshua.

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A photograph of the photographer.

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Joshua was fascinated by these dancer's instruments and they let him try them out.

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These dancers took a break from their routine.

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Lots of beautiful places to take photos.

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David helps prepare Thanksgiving dinner.

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What a spread!

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The kids make a gingerbread house with Uncle Daniel, as is their tradition.

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Hannah, what is that on your nose?

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Joshua, what is that on your head?

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Sweet hug...

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Sticky hug!

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Snuggle time.

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Face painting with markers.

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Scarey panther!

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Face decorating!

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Even daddy gets his face decorated!