fall is full of fun...

Our dear friends had a baby this week. We were able to see her as soon as they brought her out. She is so sweet and beautiful!! Most of the time we were with her she was so calm, just lying there getting adjusted to her brand new world. This picture is not a good example of that, but this was the only close up we had...I felt so bad taking a picture because of the bright flash and red light in her eyes just moments after she was born.

This past weekend we went to a city a few hours away to get away and enjoy some scenery as well as eat some Pizza Hut and buy some western food. It was such a lovely day, but boy were we worn out at the end of the day.

We climbed up this monument and looked out over the city...good exercise and of course tons of fun.

Seniors Rock 2007-we thought this kind of looked like a senior picture.

Jumping for joy. Why you ask? Because this is our first field to be able to run around in for a long time. It was a freeing experience for both of us.

Aikman is so happy to be able to be running, his knee is feeling great! He is hoping to be ready for the Olympics next summer.

Since we weren't sure about how long it would take to climb the mountain we decided to hop on a motorcsickle and go up and then walk down the mountain. Before we headed up the mountain I asked my driver to please drive slowly...he honored my request and we made it to the top feeling very safe.

This long walkway is made out of bamboo.

We thought in the future we might like to have a house built out of bamboo. The only concern we have is that as we were walking there were a few cracks because the bamboo had broken so... maybe we will stick with a log cabin??

Thought this was a fun work of art...not to sure what it is.

A picture of our city at sunset.

So the last few weeks we have had 2 very humbling and challenging experiences. Some of our friends here who teach English ask us to sing a song at one of their English competitions. Since we are approaching Thanksgiving time we thought it would be appropriate to sing "Give Thanks" as well as do the hand motions I learned in the 3rd grade.

Let's just say our performance will not receive any awards, but hope somehow it will serve a good purpose in the future.

Here we are again...this time "getting down", we assure you only north and south not east and west. Our friends at our workout place ask us to perform for their anniversary party. We put together the only 2 dance moves we know and used a song from the "Out of Eden" CD. We had some fun...or at least the crowd was entertained a bit. We are beginning to wonder why everyone asks us to perform when they know we are not talented, it must be everyone wants to laugh "with" the foreigners.

We took a few of our friends to a football game (soccer for us Americans) a few weeks back. Pretty sure Aikman is hoping his recruits will be ready next year for a real football game!