Go Forth: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Flag Football

Gideon had the opportunity to play some flag football last Saturday with some missionary guys. Most of the guys on his team are affiliated in someway with Logos. They played a team of guys from another international school and of course Gideon's team dominated with out even a little bit of practice. Any chance Gideon gets to play some football, especially here in Cambodia where American football is not a big deal, he will take it even if it means hurting himself and being sore for the next week. I went to watch so here are some pictures of the team in action.

Team Huddle

Gideon was the guy who snapped the ball every time.

Check out those lightening fast reflexes that make him a great football player!

I don't think Gideon will allow me to go watch him play again. I worry to much that he pushes himself too hard and of course can not sit out when he gets hurt because that is not manly! One guy on the team dislocated two joints in one finger, taped them together and went back in to play the next 45 minutes. At the end of the game he couldn't move that finger at all. Why? Why do men feel they can't sit out and take a break. Anyway this last picture was the best part of the evening. The beautiful sunset!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Back From our Holiday in Xiamen

We had a great time in Xiamen with our family, Gideon's sister- Anne, her husband- Keegan, our nephew- Asher who we hadn't seen since he was 3 months old now he is 18 months, and our new niece- Hannah who was born a week before we arrived. Some of our highlights included: Playing cars with Asher, holding Hannah during nap time, teaching Asher our names (He never quite learned Kristy, but he always gave me a hug before he gave Uncle Gideon a hug so I was ok with not having a name.), eating dumplings, exploring Xiamen and all it has offer: McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen and Wal-Mart :) We also got to see the Non-American sides of Xiamen. We took the ferry over to a smaller island called Gulang Yu. We walked around the european style village, walked up a huge rock to see a great view of the island, ate some good sweet and sour pork, and visited the Xiamen Acquarium. Our Christmas was opposite from traditional, but it was good to be with family. Gideon and I also got a chance to pamper ourselves and spend the night at a fancy hotsprings hotel for a night. We spent 2 hours relaxing in the several different pools the hotsprings had to offer. Gideon enjoyed the ESPN on our hotel t.v. We both enjoyed the all you can eat breakfast buffet in the morning.

We are back in Cambodia and we start back up at school tomorrow. We loved spending time with our family and loved the developed and modern feel of Xiamen but it good to be back to things we are more familiar with. Enjoy some pictures from our highlights of our trip!