No place to go but up!

This is what a typical shopping day looks like for me. Shanghai is so large you can't lay stores out over acres of land...you build them up! This is a picture of my shopping cart on a straight escelator. The first floor is small shops, the second floor is home goods and the third floor is groceries. So if you are on the 3rd floor and finished with you shopping but suddenly realize you forgot the lightbulbs, you have to go back down to level 2 to get them; then return back up to level 3 to check out! I don't make these mistakes anymore, my shopping has never been more organized!

Life Goes on.....

It's been two months since my last post which says alot about life here....busy. I have done what I said I wouldn't do...OVER COMMIT! I have come to realize that this is just me. I like being out; doing, living, experiencing, and socializing! Why change just because I am in China.

Trent is getting really busy with work and really understanding why employer's are sometimes smart in allowing people to work from home.....because they never stop working! Overall he is really loving life here and really enjoying his schedule. He is traveling on average 1 or 2 days a week which is much better than being gone for two weeks at a time like when we were in the states.

Tenley is loving first grade and making tons of friends! The time elapsed has finally caught up to her and she has mentioned she is really missing her close friends. Just the other day she pulled a shirt from her drawer (a long sleeved one). It was the time she has pulled out her winter clothes. She said it smelled like Ashley's (Monjaras) house. (maybe we washed it at mandy's house when I was staying the night or something) I think it was a little nostalgic for her.

Tayton is growing like a weed! Even my friends here are noticing how fast he has shot up! He is really slimmed up (not my chunky boy anymore). He is going to be built just like Trent I think.

He loves school and has made lot's of friends! This past week, school was closed because Hand, Foot, Mouth disease was going around like candy. He really missed school and looks forward to it reopening on Monday.