Howdy There!

Yes.  I know its been a while.

Yes. We are still alive.

Yes. It is the same excuse as always as to why I haven't written.

But I'm writing now!! 

A lot has been going on here, but nothing fun and exciting.  It has all been work related stuff--so I won't bore you with the details.

Hopefully, we will be able to get out and do some more exploring in Xiamen in the next weekend or so. 
Here is a list of things we want to do:

1. Have clothes made. (and yes I will share that process with you, hopefully).
2. Eat lunch or breakfast with monks (a friend wants to take us, so why not!).
3. Ride a chair lift (just when you thought Xiamen couldn't offer you any more excitement, it does.  We found a chair lift and we are going to ride it!  No there is no skiing involved).
4. Hang out at our new favorite place, 18 bar.

For those of you who actually want to know what we've been up to, I've added some pictures to the right of the page.  It will take you to our online photo storage.  You can click on the slideshow option to get a quicker view.  I tried to upload a slideshow directly to the site, but as you may have guessed, I couldn't get it to work and gave up.  So you are stuck with going to the site.

I have some more photos to add/edit (including Halloween).  No promises on when I'll get those to you.  But I will leave you with a Halloween photo:

And for a fun contest to see if anyone actually reads this thing:  The first person who can correctly guess who I am, I'll send you a 'fun' but good package!  No prize for guessing Ed's costume.  His costume is too easy.

And on a final note, I'd like to leave a message for my brother.  I've updated, so call.