Nature in the City

Adam and I just got back from a long walk around the city.  It's a gorgeous and warm day! Jet lag sucks and I really hope we can make it to midnight tonight (since it's new years eve here).   Adam seems to be enjoying Hong Kong so far, although all the smells and noises are a bit overwhelming at first. 

We made it!

Airport coffee

Prayer Rooms at the Taipei Airport

Adam setting up the playstation

We are here!  It was a LONG day of traveling, but actually way better than either of us were expecting- we both passed out right away then woke up when there was only 3 hours left of our 14 hour flight!  It's great to be "home" and I'm SO HAPPY Adam is here!  We just got home from the grocery store (Adam was in heaven) and we're trying to stay up as late as we can!  Tomorrow is new years eve and it's going to be a challenge to stay up until midnight!

Leaving Washington

Well the weather turned in Olympia and I'm looking forward to getting back to sunny Hong Kong!  (It's a high of 70 degrees over there right now).  Our flight leaves tonight at 1:00 in the morning, which we're not really excited about our "middle seats" for 14 hours, but hopefully we'll sleep through most of it.  Gearing up for some bad movies and airplane food! 
I'm just so happy that Adam is flying back with me- I'll be sure to post all about our adventures together.

Christmas

We hosted this Christmas and had 9 people total.  We made ham, bacon and date brussle sprouts, challah, onion and cheese casserole.  It was a great Christmas, good food and good company.  The house has been so cozy with the wood fires that Adam has been very good at maintaining! 

Hanukkah

We celebrated Hanukkah on Christmas Eve with potato latkes.  (Again, I ate really good while I was home)

Olympia!

I love this town!  I can't wait to get back this summer. 

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

It was really nice to get outside while I was home- even though it's pretty cold here in Washington, the weather was mostly great.  Lots of sunny days until today (the day we are leaving).  We saw lots of birds and enjoyed the long boardwalk at Nisqually last week.

Cooking (enjoying having an oven)

Man it was nice to have an oven for a week!  We cooked and baked up a storm this Christmas! 

Seeing Friends

I had such a great time being home and got to see a lot of friends

Flying into Japan

I took these when I landed in Tokyo on the way home from Christmas.   That flight was only 8 hours.... Adam and I are gearing up for our 14 hour flight tonight!