The Grimes Family

Saturday, April 6, 2013

More fun with Linnea

The flower tree...near where we live

Nanjing Road...a pedestrian street

At Ajisen...one of our favorite places to eat

Easter Brunch at The Hilton Hongqiao

They had a lot of the kids to do and plenty of sweets for them too.

they had a little petting farm with chicks and bunnies

At Pearl Tower

They now have a space theme at the top of the Pearl Tower...Kenzie really liked the girls outfits so she wanted her picture with them

you have to wear booties over your shoes

at the top!

They have mirrors in the ceiling every couple feet, as we were walking Hannah kept stopping to make faces so Linnea joined in on the fun!

on top of the city

at the bottom of the Pearl Tower

Lunch at New York Pizza in Tianzifang

Tianzifang...alleyways that have shops and restaurants

At the Shanghai Zoo

Seeing the Panda

Hannah showing off JC Penney to the elephant

baby gorilla

Kenzie asked "Mom why does the gorilla look so mad?" So I told her wouldn't you be mad if you had to sit behind glass all day with people knocking on the glass.

Linnea and I took an overnight trip to Beijing

Linnea learning what it's like to be a foreigner in China, this girl came and asked to have a picture with her.

Forbidden City

Imperial Garden inside the Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square

We took a long subway ride to see the Bird's Nest and Water Cube...from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

We also took a hike on the Great Wall

It was so pretty up there

At this point on the wall there are 102 really steep steps...we made halfway up when we decided to turn around!

We had a great time in Beijing!

We went to Suzhou...a small water town about an hour from Shanghai. The Chinese people call it "Heaven on Earth" it has a lot of gardens and water.

We went to one of the gardens

Pretending to eat at this table in one of the buildings in the garden

We also went to one of the pagodas in town

Our two Ox's (Hannah and Gary's Chinese zodiac animal)

Linnea...a Chinese celebrity

Posing!

Crossing this stone walkway...luckily there was no water or Hannah would have fallen in.

The pagoda

Hannah & Kenzie with a buddha

Posing like the Chinese!

We have been having so much fun with Linnea!

Friday, March 29, 2013

Sightseeing with Linnea

We went to the grocery store first so I could show her what that is like and all the smells and interesting food they have there, nothing like throwing her right into it!!

The we went to Yu Garden to see some traditional Chinese architecture.

We also went to the craft market...she was a little scared!

Day 2 we went to Jing'An Temple to see the Buddha statues...the girls went with us today because they didn't have school.

The girls wanted to "pray"

Making a call

On The Bund

Linnea got to experience what happens to us when we go places...there were a couple Chinese people taking their picture too!

We had lunch on the Bund in a restaurant that looks like a lighthouse

Playing games after we got back!

The kids just love Linnea and are having a blast with her!!

Our 1st Visitor!

After a long flight Linnea finally arrived!

The girls made this sign to welcome Linnea to China!

Happy to be here!

We can't wait to show her around!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Daddy/Daughter Dance

The Girl Scouts held our annual Daddy/Daughter Dance on Saturday, March 16th, our theme was Under the Sea.

Kenzie all ready for the Daddy/Daughter Dance (the pose was all her!)

Her hair turned out really good!

Kenzie & Daddy

Our Daisy Girl Scouts with their dads

Our Girls...they all looked so cute!

Dancing with Daddy

Conga line!

The girls and dads had so much fun!! It was really cute to see them all dressed up and having fun with their dads!

So cute!

Monday, March 11, 2013

Wo men de xin jia! Our New home!

Our new home here in China.

We decided to move to be closer to the girls school and Gary's work, also because we no longer live in a high rise! It has been great so far! The girls have so many friends that live here too.