http://thebellsite.com/blog HAPPY (Lunar) NEW YEAR ! ! ! . Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:41:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://thebellsite.com/blog/2010/02/21/back-to-business/ The February East Asian Peoples Update is now available. Click HERE to read all about it! http://thebellsite.com/blog/2010/02/09/1374/ 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 ... http://thebellsite.com/blog/2010/02/06/1367/ Happy Birthday to our special little girl!!! Paige http://thebellsite.com/blog/2010/01/14/happy-birthday-2/ Just now realizing that I  haven't made the obligatory happy new year post. From our house to yours - HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! http://thebellsite.com/blog/2010/01/03/happy-new-year-4/ 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. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3EdX8-heAc&feature=related http://thebellsite.com/blog/2009/12/30/the-glorious-impossible/ 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 ... http://thebellsite.com/blog/2009/12/28/joy-to-the-world/ 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 ... http://thebellsite.com/blog/2009/12/22/sending-off-rachel/ Tonight at around 9pm we had to put the movie we were watching on hold and go stand in a doorway. The apartment was shaking so bad, and it did it for so long, we weren't sure if it would remain standing. It was pretty scary. the AP said: A large ... http://thebellsite.com/blog/2009/12/19/shakin-all-over/ Below you'll find a link to an article that says some good things. "Dr. James Dobson's influential conservative Christian organization, Focus on the Family, is promoting StandforChristmas.com, a Web site that helps shoppers rank "Christmas-friendly" retailers (most friendly: Bass Pro Shops; least friendly: American Eagle Outfitters). The site reminds visitors that ... http://thebellsite.com/blog/2009/12/15/christians-to-blame-parentdish/