Beijing to Baltimore

Aircraft Carrier

2012-01-28T06:20:00.001-05:00

We attended a reception on the USS Stennis Aircraft Carrier and it really wowed both of us. The size of the ship, the number of airplanes, members of the Navy (5,000), it was incredible. In the second picture you can see the part of the ship where the reception took place.

Photographed by Diane

2012-01-22T02:35:00.000-05:00

My talented friend Diane took pictures of us in May 2011 in San Diego when Maple was just 8 months old.

Bintan, Indonesia

2012-01-17T07:28:00.000-05:00

Indonesia is less than an hour away by ferry. We took a 24 hour trip to check it out. Stuart "worked from home" (the hotel balcony) as you can see in the picture below. There was a German movie being filmed on the beach (also photographed below).

Raffles Buffet

2012-01-08T06:00:00.003-05:00

This was my Christmas present to Stuart. The food is extremely high quality, especially the Creme Brulee (went a little nuts on those).

Work Event

2012-01-08T05:42:00.001-05:00

This is the UAE National Day event. I consumed large quantities of hummus!

Family Photos

2011-12-31T01:21:00.001-05:00

Credit goes to my wonderful friend Jane who took these pictures for us. Thank you!!

Orchard+Christmas

2011-12-29T08:46:00.000-05:00

On Christmas day downtown turns into a huge block party with country line dancing and people dressed up.

2011

2011-12-26T08:35:00.001-05:00

Christmas Every Year

2011-12-26T08:29:00.000-05:00

Here are the previous 5 years we've spent Christmas together. We were also married in 2005 but that predates my blog so no digital pictures.

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Christmas/Birthday PARTY!

2011-12-25T00:20:00.001-05:00

I sent out the invites and Stuart did just about everything else to host our party (including making 4 pans of lasagna from scratch!). The party was a success.

Birthday #3

2011-12-24T09:05:00.000-05:00

Christmas Party

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Tables and chairs

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Nap

2011-12-18T01:41:00.001-05:00

Santa

2011-12-17T01:34:00.004-05:00

Birds and Fish

2011-12-15T08:38:00.003-05:00

Snow in Singapore

2011-12-08T07:11:00.001-05:00

Beachy December

2011-12-06T08:35:00.001-05:00

Hat

2011-12-01T09:06:00.001-05:00

Thanksgiving Day

2011-11-27T08:03:00.001-05:00

We spent the day at the zoo (which has a mini water park) and ate at the Navy base.

Past week

2011-11-23T19:13:00.001-05:00

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2011-11-15T08:50:00.001-05:00

I took a quick 2 day trip to Malaysia. The last two pictures you can see a terrible street fight I witnessed, otherwise it was all very pleasant!

Marina

2011-11-13T01:20:00.001-05:00

Palau Ubin

2011-11-10T07:26:00.002-05:00

We visited a small island north of Singapore and rode bikes around. From picture 3 you can see Maple was not happy after the first hour.

2011-11-05T09:05:00.002-04:00

Halloween

2011-11-01T09:01:00.003-04:00

Beach

2011-10-31T08:59:00.000-04:00

Barcelona

2011-10-30T03:25:00.000-04:00

Just kidding, this is Singapore, not Barcelona but this place really reminds me of the Guell park in Barcelona with Gaudi architecture.

Botanic Gardens

2011-10-26T05:19:00.001-04:00

Party

2011-10-23T05:15:00.000-04:00

Our Brazilian neighbors had an awesome birthday party with a magician.

My Girl

2011-10-21T09:37:00.000-04:00

Zoo

2011-10-19T06:39:00.000-04:00

Ice Cream

2011-10-16T09:17:00.001-04:00

Car

2011-10-08T21:15:00.000-04:00

The best part about having a car is getting two carts of groceries in one trip, and driving up to the base!

Kimi and Andrew visited!

2011-10-07T08:26:00.003-04:00

As you can see we ate a lot of good food!

More school

2011-09-30T19:53:00.000-04:00

Because we can't get enough of Ocean in his uniform, here are more pictures. The third pictures is him with his (girl)friends at the Vaughns.

Mom on Duty

2011-09-29T09:12:00.000-04:00

Stuart was gone for 10 days and thankfully we survived!

Apartment

2011-09-27T07:23:00.001-04:00

I previously posted pictures of Ocean's room. Here is the rest of the apartment (minus bathrooms (5) and kitchen)

Running

2011-09-18T19:40:00.002-04:00

Do you remember the last time she wore this dress?

Sunset, Work, Nex, Hiding

2011-09-17T08:28:00.000-04:00

We have lovely sunsets almost every night.

Another after work work function.

I LOVE this place, reasonably priced groceries!

b1irthday

2011-09-15T09:56:00.002-04:00

Maple appeared on the scene this time last year!

Preschool

2011-09-12T19:30:00.002-04:00

The inevitable has happened, Ocean started preschool!

Dragon and Drum

2011-09-12T07:48:00.001-04:00

Playground

2011-09-11T04:27:00.001-04:00

Sunday Lunch

2011-09-10T05:04:00.001-04:00

Thanks to Jane and Blake for inviting us over!

Night Lights

2011-09-10T04:59:00.000-04:00

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White House

2011-09-03T04:09:00.000-04:00

The White House in Singapore is called the Istana and it was open for visits last week. We checked it out and sneaked a photo inside.

Fire Station

2011-08-31T11:26:00.001-04:00

Because this is a really cool country, fire stations are open to the public every Saturday for kids to come and visit.

Kids Room

2011-08-31T07:31:00.001-04:00

smile and pout

2011-08-30T00:42:00.002-04:00

Matching Shoes

2011-08-28T04:58:00.001-04:00

Ever since I became a major fan of Saltwater sandals (before I had kids) I have been waiting for the day I could share them with my baby girl.

Dots

2011-08-24T08:43:00.002-04:00

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Moon

2011-08-21T09:14:00.002-04:00

Nanny Chef

2011-08-21T09:10:00.000-04:00

Our nanny cooks amazing dinners every night!

Ship!

2011-08-20T08:08:00.002-04:00

Rain

2011-08-14T10:31:00.000-04:00

This is Ocean's idea of an umbrella.

East Coast Singapore

2011-08-10T08:35:00.000-04:00

Kids

2011-08-10T08:28:00.002-04:00

Exploring

2011-08-08T09:01:00.001-04:00

Walker

2011-08-07T08:46:00.000-04:00

Church

2011-08-05T08:52:00.000-04:00

We tried bus and taxi, but biking is by far the best way to get to church.

Four Languages

2011-08-05T08:48:00.000-04:00

The Beaches of Singapore

2011-08-03T09:34:00.000-04:00

Sightseeing Singapore

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First Visitors

2011-07-29T20:36:00.003-04:00

Megan and Neil are visiting from Botswana!

Expensive

2011-07-29T20:29:00.001-04:00

You may have heard me comment on how groceries are insanely expensive. Check out the price of ice cream, regularly $14.35, now 2 for $21.85. (The currencies are almost the same value.)

Work Group Shots

2011-07-28T00:24:00.001-04:00

The first picture was taken in DC during one of my training classes. The second is at a baby shower with my current co-workers.

Hawker Center

2011-07-23T03:44:00.000-04:00

Everything in Singapore is expensive but dinner is cheap at these outdoor hawker centers.

Botanical Gardens

2011-07-23T03:37:00.000-04:00

New Apartment

2011-07-23T03:30:00.000-04:00

We will post more pictures of the apartment after we decorate a little bit.

Long trip over

2011-07-23T03:23:00.002-04:00

It was a really really long trip over the Pacific but we made it. Our second plane was a two story aircraft with a spiral staircase.

Narita, Japan

2011-07-17T07:00:00.002-04:00

We have arrived in Singapore but don't have internet so I can't update the blog yet. I have posted some pictures on Facebook.

More Family Time

2011-07-10T07:39:00.001-04:00

We had a great vacation with Stuart's family our last week in the States. The last picture is a friend from Guangzhou, Melissa. Next stop: Tokyo then SINGAPORE!!!

4th at Iwa Jima

2011-07-10T07:32:00.000-04:00

Jon///Johanna

2011-07-10T07:27:00.000-04:00

Our friends Johanna and Jon came to visit.

2011-07-04T19:46:00.003-04:00

Virginia living

2011-07-04T19:18:00.000-04:00

Chinese Food

2011-07-04T19:14:00.000-04:00

We met some friends from the Chinese branch for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Ocean has an interesting way of eating drumsticks.

Lunch :(

2011-06-26T13:57:00.000-04:00

Maple pulled the tray off the table before we even had a bite :(.

DC time

2011-06-26T09:31:00.000-04:00

Being in DC really feels like we returned home, and we've been able to see lots of friends.

Walk through Georgetown

2011-06-26T09:29:00.000-04:00

Notre Dame flash mob

2011-06-21T20:44:00.000-04:00

We were enjoying the peaceful sunset view of the cathedral when all of the sudden there was a flash mob by thousands of people dressed in white. It was so unusal.

Paris, part 4

2011-06-20T22:39:00.000-04:00

Paris Apartment

2011-06-20T22:29:00.000-04:00

Instead of staying in a hotel we rented an apartment which we really enjoyed.

Eiffel Tour

2011-06-20T22:22:00.000-04:00

We visited several times because it's my favorite place in Paris. Sorry for my poor editing of photos, I just have to post them all (actually there are even more).

Paris, part 1

2011-06-17T18:16:00.001-04:00

London

2011-06-16T03:41:00.001-04:00

Before I have a few weeks of training in DC, we are taking a short trip to London and Paris. Ocean is home with the grandparents and Maple is along for the ride.

Maryland

2011-06-13T14:53:00.000-04:00

Getting to Maryland

2011-06-13T14:42:00.002-04:00

Again we had to drag all of our bags with us as we move on to Maryland.

Family Time

2011-06-09T01:05:00.003-04:00

We babysat my brother's kids for 4 days and it was a little craziness. I took several pictures with Maple and her cousin Austin who everyone says she looks like. The last three pictures are Ocean and Sienna as newborns and today.

Keeping Busy

2011-06-08T15:53:00.000-04:00

Maple with hair

2011-06-08T15:47:00.001-04:00

Family Photo

2011-06-02T00:21:00.002-04:00

Back to Utah

2011-06-02T00:08:00.003-04:00

San Diego!

2011-05-27T00:20:00.004-04:00

I took Maple to visit my best friend Diane. We have a long history together and she was even featured in the second blog post ever on this blog. Also here and here .

Keeping Busy

2011-05-27T00:01:00.000-04:00

Provo Canyon

2011-05-17T21:49:00.000-04:00