First day of school

School is here once again. They donned thier uniforms, got thier backpacks ready with thier list of school supplies, packed thier lunches and off they went. It was so easy this yr to get everyone inot routine, what a blessing.

The banner they have hanging on the school is based on 2 John 1:1-6. This is there school theme! What a blessing we have in the ability to teach our children God's Word, at school, in S.E. Asia! God is so good.

Cate and I have missed them throughout the day, but we are relishing the quiet time we have together, for they are now numbered!

I didn't even get teary at seeing the little ones (mostly Ethan) going off to school. That is, until I took him to the bus when Steve had to go in to work early one morning. Seeing Ethan board the bus, blow kisses out the window and waving feverishly at me for fear I might miss him, it broke my heart! It was so precious to see, these days are gone in an instant, may it serve as a reminder that I need to cherish each moment I have with my precious children and never to take advantage of the time we have.

Underwater World

While John and Jake were here we took them to Sentosa Island and visited the aquarium. It's pretty cool there's a "touch tank" where you can litterally touch the stingrays and other fish. Aaron, as you can inagine, is loving this! After the aquarium, we headed to the Dolphin Lagoon for a dolphin show.

P.S. John, I am working on getting your pics on the cd and out to you, really I am! Sorry, I have been a bit distracted lately, can you blame me?

Daddy's little girl

He came, He saw, He conquered

SINGAPORE 360

Jacob was super excited to see a knee boearding place to try on his visit to S.E. Asia, so each morning we assessed the days possible activities along with the weather, trying to determine the best day to go. Alas, the day finally came and he was so excited, although Jake is somewhat reserved in nature so it's kindof hard to tell what eh's thinking. ;-)

He watched pensively for a while and decided to take the plunge. Literally. The boys were so proud of thier cousin being able to do such a cool thing, and all wanted to try. You only have to be 7, so the bargaining began, on how and when we should come back so they could give it a try. Ethan was fine with not being old enough, he's a bit more cautious than the older two.

After many attempts and observing others, Jake made it the whole 360 degrees!

Way To Go Jake!

Okay, so if she weren't biting her fingernails, this would be a great shot! I guess it's a mom thing, I love all the pics of Cate!

Special Time with Uncle John

Steve's brother John and his son Jacob have come to Singapore to visit. We love having family here, showing them life in Singapore is so fun! The boys just love having an Uncle to do all sorts of fun stuff with, they especially love snuggling down for a good book, or even "2o winks", which is the Wilson word for a NAP!

Cate tries to play twister

3 Things

There are 3 things in life I have always proclaimed as being aweful. 1.Mornings 2.Running 3.Cockroaches I can't believe I am saying this, but I actually prefer to get up early in the morning now. My health is better than it has been in 15yrs or more, I sleep wonderfully and wake without pain! I actually have so much more time in the day to accomplish things, and taking a midafternoon nap is still okay because I have already been awake for so long! Now, Cate has been up since 4am the last 2 days due to good ol' jetlag, but I think this is a bit excessive. The sun won't rise for another 3 hrs. I now view being greeted by the morning sun as a pleasant way to rise! And running. Slow torturue I would call it. There was no worse way to "exercise", between being totally out of breathe, killing my knees and hips, and not to mention it's incredibly boring. Again, I can't believe I am saying this, but, I am running now! No big distances yet, but I am running about 2 miles every other day, or at last that's my goal now that we are back home. I would like to join a 10k race in the end of August, but we shall see. Oh, Cockroaches. Well, I still think they are among the most grotesque things on earth! We have encountered 2 very large ones since being home. I am normally quite against chemicals such as insect sprays and the like, but for cockroaches, I must do whatever necassary to get them out of my house!

Two Peas in a Pod

Happy Birthday Steve!

We celebrated Steve's 40th b'day the week we arrived in NY. To surprise him, I had his siblings in to visit, which is very special to him! We did some silly games and just hung out. We also went to a fun park where we did rock climbing, bumber boats and the reverse bungee! Steve even outdid everyone and did a forward and backard flip on the bungee. Hopefully he had lots of fun and realized turning 40 isn't the end of the world, or the end of fun either!

Singapore Air Rocks!

Okay, so some of these newer posts are going to be out of order in the sequence of events. But, hey, at lest I am getting them up in a reasonable amount of time.

So, these pictures are of the amazing new plane by Singapore Air. This plane only flies busines class, and let me tell you, it is worth every penny when you are flying that long with children! The service is amazing, the food is identifiable and totally edible, the movies are endless and the seats are huge, and, they lay completely flat! I was even more blessed to have an empty seat nearby, so Cate could have her own when it came time to sleep. Only thing is when you train a child to go to sleep by themselves (or the child is just realy nosey), it's quite difficult to get them to sleep on a busy plane. So, she slept for a grand total of 6 hrs on our 18 hr flight. At least she was pleasant, for the most part. As you can tell, the boys made themselves right at home, and the only time we heard from them is when thier movie was over, and they asked "Can we watch it again?" At which point it's always "YES!"

I love Singapore Air

Snowball Fight!

At one of our favorite playgrounds by gramma Wilson's house there is also an ice rink. The boys love to go there not because of the cool playground, but because they dump the ice right outside into a big heap. This means one thing...SNOWBALL FIGHT!

This was Cate's first experience with snow, and she didn't hesitate a bit. She wanted a piece of the action, it didn't take her long to learn to throw snowballs at the boys. Watch out Cate, they show no mercy!

Adventures with the Lloyds

The other day we had some more adventures with the Lloyds. First we went to Firt Stanwix and learned all about the Indian tribes in Ny and the trials they faced and the customs that are different from the way we live. It was an eye opening experience for the boys, but I think the most fun they has was when they got to hold the wooden muskats and learn the different commands! Ryan and Gramma thought this toy looked like an old time transformer.

Then we went to Fort Rickey Game Farm, and had a blast feeding the deer, and holding snakes and baby goats! Caitlyn was in Heaven with all the animals around. She loved watching, and petting, she just ran from one place to the other laughing and babbling about what she saw.

Actually, we went to Fort Rickey first and Frot Stanix last, but I loaded the pics in the wrong order. Details, details, oh well :-)

Little Mommy

We went to visit some close friends of ours the other day, they have a new baby boy who we just couldn't wait to meet. Baby Jeremiah is a sweet little one, and Caityln couldn't agree more! The whole time we were there she played very little with toys, but instead tended to little Jeremiah, giving him hugs and cuddles and putting his blanket on just so. If he wiggled even the slightest bit she would have to reposition the blanket. How precious it was watching her nurture another little being.

Just because it's naptime and she played super hard all morning, and she's quiet in the backseat, you can never assume she is sleeping!