Today (Sunday) will be the last day of the week-long lunar new year celebration across China, Taiwan, and much of Asia. Everyone will return to work tomorrow. We have also enjoyed a much slower week than normal and it felt good! In case you missed it, 2010 is the year of the Tiger.
The Chinese zodiac is a 12 year cycle.
To view an awesome photo collection of the new year’s celebration and events click HERE
Sorry for the silence on the blog lately. I’ve just found other things taking priority.
We went for a lengthy bike ride last weekend when the weather was unusually nice. I’ve uploaded a few of the pictures we took that day. Click the link to go see them. There is an icon in the top left corner that makes the pictures larger – they look better that way 
Bike Ride around town
Happy Birthday to our special little girl!!!
- Paige
Just now realizing that I haven’t made the obligatory happy new year post.
From our house to yours – HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
One more before Christmas is a memory.
Sorry. I’m a little late to the party. I don’t think I’d ever heard this one before today.
While looking for something else I stumbled across this video.
Take 5, and let this one wash over you.
Before we completely turn our back on Christmas and head off into the new year I thought I’d post the lyrics to my favorite Christmas song. When I looked it up I found out that it wasn’t originally intended to be a Christmas song but rather it was a hymn that pointed to Christ’s return. It is based on Psalm 98.
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven and nature sing,
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the Earth! the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Wonders of His love indeed
Weekend before last, our Sunday night Bible Study group went on an outing. It was the last gathering that Rachel would be able to attend before moving back to the US. We decided to have dinner together then send off a lantern into the heavens – sort of symbolic of sending off Rachel. There is a suburb named PingXi that is famous for the sky lanterns – especially during lantern festival. That was where we went. It was fun! See the pictures HERE.
