Foods Caleb missed

Since coming home for the summer Caleb's been enjoying these foods that he missed in Vietnam (some fresh and some not so fresh):

Macaroni and cheese, In-and-out burgers, blueberries, raspberries, Jamba juice, Jello's, puddings, frozen dinners, McDonalds, string cheese, quesadilla, Campbell's soup, and more...

 

Summer Highlights

We've been enjoying time with friends and family back home for about a month now. Some highlights so far have been time with mom and dad in Hong Kong, my cousin's wedding in June, and Caleb's first camping trip with his little cousin Franklin. Click on links to see more pictures!

Lamma Island

Wedding in San Ramon

Pitching a tent

 

 

Acts 18:10

It was a blessing to be at St. Andrew's this morning as a family singing songs and listening to the message in English!  It was wonderful to be reminded in the message of what our Father said to Paul: "...I have many in this city who are my people..."

Food to eat back home

Caleb is looking forward to being home in the US for the summer.  When I asked him for the list of foods he's looking forward to eating when he gets home, this is what he gave me:

• Macaroni-n-cheese
• Campbell's alphabet soup
• McGriddle from McDonald's

What does that say?...

Solar Eclipse

Andy posted some pictures of the May 21 solar eclipse from our front door here taken at 5:20am.  Caleb and Andy witnessed it while I enjoyed my beauty sleep the whole time...

Boggle Time

Caleb's two friends Jimmy and Kevin (yes more and more Vietnamese kids are adopting English names here) come each Saturday morning to play.  Here they are enjoying a game of Boggle for the first time and are doing well.  They are both among the top students in this city who can speak English fluently.

Some banana cake treat for the boys

Death's-head hawkmoth

We spotted this moth on our door mat this morning and Caleb quickly identified it as the Death's-head hawkmoth.  He and Dad decided to add it to Caleb's Bug Collection though I was reluctant...