End of the School year!

Oh, how I cannot believe the end of my first year of teaching is coming to an end. Oh man, what a year it has been as well!  I am so glad I ended up teaching third grade. My students have kept me smiling this year. This past Monday, we had our 3rd grade Talent Show. We decided to do a talent show to wrap up our last unit on how artists express themselves using a variety of media.  Each class came up with a number to perform, and students from all the classes were able to perform their talents as well. It was a big success and we all had fun!  For the talent show, I decided to teach my class, "De Colores".  Sometimes I think I teach the students things to make myself laugh. This was probably one of those things.  I did not have a chance to record the actual performance from the talent show, but did have my students do it again for me today! I hope this makes you smile as much as it makes me! P.S. in the actual performance, I had the kids translate the song!

I just cannot believe Friday is my last day with these little guys! Time sure does fly.

About two weeks after Qingdao, I went to Hong Kong with some friends for the weekend! It was a great trip! Let's see as soon as we got off the plane, we rushed over to the temple, but it was close.  We still were able to spend some time on temple grounds and it was well needed!

 Hong Kong is beautiful, and has a tropical feel to it!  It is also very international and was nice to not stand out so much!

 While in Hong Kong, we went to visit the largest Buda!

 We also enjoyed some night markets!

The trip was short, and I know it is a place I would love to visit again!

Hello Family and Friends,

I realize it has been months since I have last posted anything, and believe me it is not because there is nothing to post. I have just been so busy! Life in Beijing never seems to be dull.  Let's see, the first weekend in April I went to Qingdao with my good friend Karin.  Qingdao is located in the eastern part of China in the Shandong province.  This city is right off the coast, and has a very German influence feel to it. It was such a wonderful trip.

 We did some great hiking and saw amazing views. The pictures do not do any justice!

 Aww beautiful Karin! She is getting married July 7th!

 Yup, here are some model pics!

 Below is the hotel we stayed in. The top is a rotating restaurant! We went twice and it was delicious! We feasted!

Let's see two weeks after Qingdao, I went with some friends to Hong Kong for the weekend!