August went by entirely too fast.

We traveled to Yichang, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong Kong. But my favorite summer days were at home.

I loved having all the kids at home too. As much as Schäfer loves preschool, I miss him terribly. It was wonderful to have him home with us in August.

We found a good rhythm

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At the end of July, we suddenly decided to visit Yichang. It had been 18 months since the kids and I had been back. I guess 18 months isn’t a long period of time, but it’s enough time to gestate a baby and return with a 7 month old!

We weren’t really planning on going that

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Bright and early Wednesday morning, we took the speed train down to Nanchang.

The kids were excited to play with friends. Meanwhile, Hubs had nothing but work on the brain.

Here’s my hair the day after the haircut. It’s not bad – especially when my sunglasses double as a headband.

Selah sleeps so easily on the train. What

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The American students had a few spare days so I (Shorel) led them on a mountain retreat. I also took the opportunity to let Schäfer make his first ascent.

For the most part Schäfer did quite well, happily climbing up the stairs with his unlimited energy.

He looks ready to tackle anything in his caravan hat and

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We got home from Hong Kong and had one night of sleep in our own beds before heading back to Nanchang. Gary, from Hubs university host family, was coming to Nanchang to visit us for the evening. What an incredible surprise!

We arrived a couple of hours earlier than necessary so the kids could check out

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It was an unusually cool day in Hong Kong. There was a typhoon warning, but we decided to go ahead and let the kids run around at Disneyland before we hop on the night train back to JiuJiang.

At the gate, the Disney employees warned us that it was suppose to rain so many of the

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