"I can't wait until I'm 8 for then I'll be baptized you see." On November 21st, Trent was baptized. It was done at a club house swimming pool and he had three other friends baptized that same day. Trent along with the other three sang for us in the program and Trent had asked Brother Carl Curtis, a geologist in our branch that Trent is really taken with, to speak at the baptism. It was such a great day and it was really sweet to see Mike and Trent all dressed in white heading into the water. We are so proud of you Trent and we love you forever.

More picture s from Joan and Kirk's visit

This is on the old Xi'an city wall
Mutianyu Great Wall
Joan and Kirk went to church with us. We meet in a high rise office building- 4th floor.
Trent riding Grandma around on our Tuk Tuk. She loved it!

We took them over to the village near our home and you can tell by Kirk's face how much he liked the smell. IT STINKS!!!! But so does most of China.

Joan and Kirk in China

Mike's parents came for a visit in November. We ran them ragged but had a great time. We went to Xi'an to see the Terricotta Warriors. It is AMAZING!!!

To get to Xi'an we took the night train. Each tiny compartment has four small beds. You board the train, go to sleep and when you wake up you are there (give or take an hour). The kids had a great time on the train and we will definitely travel this way again.
We also went and saw a Kong Fu show. Afterwords we had our picture taken with the cast.
We took Joan and Kirk to a few different parts of the great wall so that they could see some of the renovated wall and some of the original crumbling wall.

Pres. Obama's visit to Beijing

In November, Presidnt Obama came to China and our family was there to see him. Mike got put in charge of Air Force One so he was extremely busy the entire month. He spent almost 3 weeks in Shanghai preparing. They would not let Mike get all the way on Air Force One but they did let him hang out at the top of the stairs and he spent many cold hours out under the wings. He brought us all home Air Force One M&M's and presidential matches. Pretty cool! When Pres. Obama came to Beijing the embassy had a little party so we could see him. The kids got to take a group photo woth him and I got to say hello and shake his hand (which is more than most got to do.) It was way cool to see him and an unimaginable amount of work for Mike. I don't care weather you are republican, democrat, pro-Obama or not, he is the most powerful man in the world and this was a great experience. One we will never forget!