"Marketplace by Jason"

Hey J, thought you should know I buy my groceries at your supermarket both in Singapore and Hong Kong.

River Cruise in Hong Kong

Beautiful scenery. Hot date. Good life.

Thursday

Went to the temple on the afternoon. Shon really does need to go see it. It is beautiful and so peaceful. Then dropped our luggage at the hotel and called the kids. Saw Times Square downstairs from our hotel which took about 90 seconds. Then ramen for dinner. This isn't your typical $0.10 college meal here. It was delicious and HUGE.

Now we are waiting for the Star Ferry to take us on a one hour harbor tour at night where we can watch the laser light show over the water. We decided to count this as our anniversary present to each other. This is our first real get away since Ben was one and he stayed with Patches while I met Brian in London. It is so great to get away and do something really fun after six years! I love my husband! He is lots of fun. We forgot when we don't take the time to date each other.

Hong Kong Airport

Hey Kristie - You know how weird it is to drive under approaching planes on the interstate in Buffalo? Got another weird one for you. In the runway approach in Hong Kong the red lights showing the approach path were a bunch of buoys with lights in the ocean. Cool, huh?

I've never been to a country where I didn't speak the language solo like this. Soderborgs did all the talking for us in Thailand. Of course I've got Brian but between us we can say "what is this?" and "this is a cat" (thank you Maddie and Ben for teaching us those two very important phrases). Maybe if I speak English with a Chinese accent they will understand me.

Circle K

This one is for you big girl. Haven't seen one of those since I was a little kid. Probably before we even started going by initials at our house. I suppose than translates to mean the pre-whiteboard days of moms chore chart for us.

Rate Our Toilets

It is amazing the things you miss when you are dragging three kids, luggage, car seats and making sure you got five passports in order before you miss your flight. At four AM on a Thursday I rate your toilets "Excellent!"

Heading to Hong Kong today WITHOUT kids. Thank you Jana Hyatt for taking our kids for three days we get to explore the big city without worrying about nap time and go to the temple together.

US Embassy

Brian and I went to the US Embassy for the first time in our lives yesterday to get a document notarized. It was kind of cool. Security like at the White House or Capitol building in DC. Doors and windows like in the refinery I worked for in Houston. They were seriously hard to open. I guess that is to be expected since both places need to be explosion proof.