Johanna and Clara in the bath

With four kids, we take help wherever we can get it. Here you see the mportant job of keeping slipperly little sister right side up!

Erin Getting to Know Clara

Birthday Party

Levi Wilson has the distinction of having his first birthday party in Mongolia. He had lots of helpers for blowing out the candle and cake eating.

Friends Visit from Bellevue, WA

Our friends Phil and Erin Wilson came through Mongolia on a trip around the world with their two children. Caitlin and our girls had never met before. But they didn't let that get in the was of dressup and playing house.

Bunkbeds on wheels, a kid's dream

Train Travel to China

We wanted to try the train trip to China. It was a nice way to see the Gobi desert. A little of its dust payed us a visit in our room on wheels. On the way the landscape was white and the snow was flying. You never know how to dress in spring in this part of the world.

Corn on Cob Chinese Food?

Flowers Upstage Mao

The girls miss flowers in Mongolia. They're always asking which ones they can pick. "not these ones girls, I think someone planted these".

Mongolian Meeting in Tiananmen Square

Our Mongolian friends Ariuna and Boloromaa are studying chinese in Beijing. They showed us around the city a little. Nice to have someone who knows how to ask directions. So glad we didn't have to learn this language. Chinese seems impossible to learn. But these two girls are doing it...

Clara on a Clear Day

Great Wall Visit

Blossoms at the Great Wall of China