Kids are crazy busy with school, and are out of school in just a month. Grant started baseball every Saturday and is really enjoying it. They play at 9am, so it isn't too hot and we seem to be in a shaded area which makes it much more enjoyable.
Madeline is super duper busy with school, work, dance. They are preparing for the upcoming dance recital at The Raffles Hotel and she is in 7 dances this year. In addition she must be ready to help the kids she teaches during their portion of the recital. This year there are 3 recitals in one day, and she will be in all 3--she is soo excited!!! I won't make Brian and Grant sit thru all 3, but they will come to one of them to support and cheer Maddie on. :) It seems like just yesterday she was 4 in her FIRST dance recital. Time certainly flies by. Here's an old photo of her from 2003.
Big news, as this is the first time I will be "formally" announcing it to the internet world....we are moving back home this summer. Honestly, we are quite sad, as we hoped for more time here on this amazing island of Singapore. But, Brian has completed his tasks here and now must head back to headquarters and start a new endevour. I am quite sad, but the only good part is that most of my closest friends here will be also headed back to the States this summer. There are a LOT of expats being brought back. The economy is certainly affecting the expat communities. Madeline and Grant reacted quite as we expected, sad and said they didn't want to go back. They both would love to live somewhere ELSE in the world, so we told them we hope and pray that we will have the opprotunity in another country sometime soon (crossing fingers and toes?!?!). Living overseas has changed us all as a family. We look at the world, materialistic items, and people much differently. It has been an amazing adventure that we would do again in a heartbeat.
I am looking forward to a girls weekend trip to Bangkok. This is the trip we TRIED to do last Nov. but had to cancel due to civil unrest. I am sooo excited to explore and shop shop shop. Will be sure to post photos of it after. :)
