Bill left on Sunday, Nov 8th for a trip to Tokyo and Beijing. Yeah, lucky guy! (I was thrilled for him, to say the least.)
While he flew in this...
C-17
with this view...
had 2 mid air re-fuelings
Partook a little of this...
... and plenty of this...
Bill LOVES sushi. Fortunately he found some other guys that did too. They were brave and ate at a few restaurants where english was non-existent.
See this...
Meiji Jingu Shrine
(Japanese Shinto shrine)
Moat around the Imperial Palace
U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
Witnessed this...
traditional Japanese wedding.
And after 5 days of that, he saw this...
And did this...
Yes, he actually got to stand post on the Great Wall of China!
And went here...
Tianamen Square, Beijing, China
And here...
The Forbidden City
We did this...
Took Annie to Aaron's class for show and tell.
Tues. 11/10: Took Olivia in for her chemotherapy and a week of steroids.
(Thankfully, a rather uneventful week, as far as the steroids go.)
Had a Thanksgiving party at our friends' house on Veterans Day(11/11).
Had our first experience with the tooth-fairy.
(The tooth came loose eating a sandwich on Oct. 26th and
came out on the first bite of our "Thanksgiving lunch".)
That night I got a sitter for the kids, one night and went to the temple with our ward
and then to U-Swirl afterwards.
Friday 11/13: Met up with our friends the Chipmans from Summerlin
and had a great evening at Chuck E. Cheese's.
Brea spent the night. She and Livi were just having too much fun.
Aaron and Annie helped eachother make it through Dad's absence.
Annie discovered a love of mud.
And we discovered that Daddy is the only one who loves this...
(We've been doing a Thanksgiving countdown. Today, 11/17, we were thankful for food. and tried something new. I already had my opinion of the stuff, but the kids formed their own.)
I discovered a great ability to do Olivia's hair!
And last but not least... what a fabulous treat to have Uncle Adam visit.
The kids loved Adam's new car!
5 comments:
All I can say is WOW on Bill's trip pics!!!! I am blown away! What an experience! Amazing! THE GREAT WALL!!! Holy toledo!!!
Again, thank you Rachel for sharing the pictures! Wonderful experience for Bill and how lucky he is to have you holding down the fort! You amaze me! :) Great job mom!
Wow - that's quite a week that both of you had there. Glad that no one besides Bill had to eat the MRE :) I have always wanted to go to see the Great Wall so I am very jealous.
The look on Aaron's face is priceless. You can tell that he misses Daddy. Great job on the treatment Liv - you amaze me each day.
And lastly Rachel - I don't know how you do it. You still manage to keep up the blog (that I love so much) with everything else going on in your lives.
Can't wait to see you all in a couple of weeks.
Yep, the pics of Bill's are amazing. It was a fun party for t-day. Did you see the pics on my blog? We need another playdate. Pammie has really missed her friendship girls.
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