Grandma & Aunt Diane's visit

 Grandma and Aunt Diane came to visit.  They arrived in Shanghai on August 20th.

 Day 1 

We went to The Fabric Market where mom had a coat made, then lunch at Cool Docks and we also went to the flower market

 Day 2 

We went to Hongmei Pedestrian Street for lunch and Pearl City

 Day 3 

We went to Yu Garden

 We also checked out the craft market

 and Jing An Temple

 Day 4 

We took them to see the Flower Tree

 It was also Ben's 2nd Birthday! (I can't believe he is 2 already!!)

 Then we went to the Big School for the Back to School BBQ

 Dinner at Johnny Moos for Ben's birthday

 and cupcakes to celebrate Ben's birthday!

It was a great day!

 Day 5 

We walked to the Zoo, it was VERY hot!!

 Penguins

 Panda

 Day 6

We went to the Fake Market (no pics from that day)

Day 7 

We went to Tian zi fang and also the Glasses market

 Lunch at the Kommune

 Day 8

We went to Pearl Tower

 and also Nanjing Road where we had lunch at Ajisen

 Day 9

We went to the Bund

 the Urban Planning Museum, they had a whole floor that had a miniature Shanghai in it.

We also went to the antique road to check it out.

Day 10 

We went to get Pedicures (also no pics)

Harold's Visit

 Harold had to come to Shanghai for work so he extended his stay a little so he could hang out with us.

We went to Tian zi fang, little alleyways that have shops and restaurants.  

 We also took him to the Bund to see the skyline of Shanghai

And Nanjing Road which a famous pedestrian street here in Shanghai.

We had a great time hanging out with Harold and showing him around a little, hopefully he will be able to come back for a longer visit next time.

1st Day of School

 The girls started school on August 14th.

Here is how Hannah writes her name

 All ready for Pre-K

 This is how Makenzie writes her name

 All ready for 1st Grade

 The Grimes kids all ready!

 The girls will go to SCIS again this year.  They are both at the ECE campus

 Look who's in Pre-K

 Hannah's Teacher Ms. Boramy Sun

Makenzie's teacher Ms. Stephanie Keller

It's going to be a great year!

{Goodbye} Michigan

We had an awesome summer full of lots of family, friends and fun!  

We will miss everyone and look forward to next summer!

We love you all!

{Best Buds}

Kenzie & Hannah played all summer with Jenna & Jillian!

It was a great summer filled with lots of fun!

We will miss them!

Great Grandma Marie

 Visiting with Great Grandma Marie

 Silly faces!

 Ben & Grandma

 Kenzie & Grandma

Grandma & Hannah

Bowling!

 We went bowling on August 6th with Kayla & Erika at Imperial Lanes

 Hannah showing off her cool bowling shoes!

 Hannah did really good rolling it down!

 Kenzie also did really good

 Watching it roll!

 Game 1

 Game 2

 We had a fun time!