Shillig 4 Family

 The kids adore Teddy's Mom.  The week before she arrived I heard the girls talking and they said she was going to be at our house soon so they needed to practice their Chinese because they didn't think she spoke English. While in Shanghai we stayed with Teddy's family.  Teddy is Jake's Chinese friend from law school (they even have a class together this semester).  On Sunday Teddy and his mother came over and had breakfast with us then went to church with Jake and the older kids.  I stayed behind with Solomon since it was Stake Conference and he was whiny already that morning.  After church they came back with the missionaries and we had lunch.  I made steaks, potatoes, salad, and chocolate covered strawberries.  It was a fantastic day.  Then before the missionaries left they shared a message with us.  This is where it turned beautiful.  One of the Elders (Elder Huber) shared how he grew up just as my children are,...

 Jake ran ahead with the girls to ride EVEREST and we stopped to see Mickey and Minnie because there wasn't a wait at all.  The girls got Malachi excited about SIGNATURES from the characters.  We then headed over to our favorite part of the park, THE SAFARI!  Once again we didn't wait, the line moved in such a way that we just kept walking til we got on.  The kids get so excited and Solomon made sure he said, "HI!" to all the animals we passed.  Crocodiles!  These might as well be Texas long horns with head gear like that!  I love listening to the kids talk on video when we watch home movies.  I wish I video taped more and I hope the movies I have made will be enough some day.  They loved the flamingos!  Malachi saw them first and told the girls (the girls had been asking about them most of the ride).  Above our seats are charts listing the animals to watch for.  A...