Wow, a new post!

It's been a couple of months since our last post but we've figured out a way, we think, to post again from home.  Hopefully this post will work and we can start posting again.

This week is a holiday week here so the office is closed all week.  This is the time of year with the best weather and today was really nice.  The past few days we took a little vacation that started in a place called Moganshan.  It is in the mountains about three hours drive from Shanghai.  We stayed at this fun bed and breakfast for two nights.  Our friends, the Breinholts, came with us and we had a great time.  I took my bike with me and met up with some other people from SH and we went for a long bike ride through the hills while Jen went for a run in the mountains.  It was awesome to be in the mountains again.  Then we drove to Hangzhou.  This was a mistake to go during the holiday as it seemed that everyone else here had the same idea!  It was a complete zoo.  Millions, literally, of people everywhere you go.  After two nights there we took the new high speed train back to Shanghai.  The train was cool - 45 minutes to cover what would take 2+ hours in a car.  fast!

Will and June are growing so fast and are super cute.  Will's English has been improving lately and he is speaking more and more every day.  Here are some recent pictures.

Here is Will in his new hat that he got for his 2nd birthday and his second hand sport coat and tie studying up.  He sits here next to the bookshelf so often that Jen got him a little chair that sits on the floor so he can relax and read.

June is sporting her bow from aunt Hilary.  We put these bows on her nearly ever time we go out so that people won't ask if she's a boy or girl.  You would think that the pink dress would be a give-a-way but nothing surprises us here anymore.

This is up at Moganshan on the mountain top where the bed and breakfast house was.  It is a quaint little place that we really like.

This is from the B&B that we stayed at.  It was an old house that has been turned into a hotel.  It really was like you were staying at a friends house as the family room, kitchen, TV room etc were all commons areas and then there were 9 bedrooms with a number on each door.  We met some really nice families that were also there on vacation from Shanghai.  It's a great way to get away from the city.

Here is June in her pink fluffy suit.  Super cute.

Here is Will proceeding to say that something is "Hao Bang!"  which means Awesome.

Will learning to make friends...

June is focusing on growing bigger cheeks, this is her new favorite thing to do. 

Me and Jen going out for street food for breakfast this morning.  Steamed pork buns and hot soy milk.  yummy.  

This is Gus and me before last week's race.  I had my first top ten finish of the season and was our team's highest overall finisher for the 3rd straight race. Gus and I rode together this week at Moganshan, he is a super-fit triathlete from Australia that is training to win the Ironman in Taiwan next month.