Nana and Grandpa

Devin's Parent's Nana and Grandpa came to Singapore to spend a week with us. It was so fun, and as you can see from this post, we went everywhere and did everything!

Nana and Grandpa brought over Christmas presents. . . and who doesn't like presents, I know our kids do!

all girl things for Marianne, tutu, boa, necklace, purse.
Race track loop!

Sunday afternoon we went over to the Chinese Gardens, they are beautiful and very close to our house.

They were all decorated for Chinese New Year



They have some really neat Pagod's there we walked to the top, 210 steps
We decided to go into JB for one afternoon, it is honestly just a dirty border city like Tijuana, but still fun to say you have been to Malaysia
Cool looking Temple
Hey it is a Wendel Sign for the wendels in our life.
Having lunch with the Colonel

Look at this great shot that Nana captured of the Marina Bay Sands

Everyday that Nana was here her and Marianne put on Lipstick together.

Checking out the Louis Vuitton store
We took a tour on the tour bus one day
Went to Little India for a bit, saw the cool fabric and neat temple, Spencer fell asleep
Looking at all the name brands on Orchard Road
Stop for some gelato
Walking on the Board walk, do you think Marianne has these two wrapped around her finger-oh yea.
Deivn's Building

We celebrated the night of chinese New Year at China Town, what a cool experience. It is the year of the dragon so there are dragon decorations everywhere. And Marianne kept saying "No Hiding Dragon" she litteraly said it about 200 times in a row.


We went and saw Devin's office and also got to go and see him Sworn in to be an attorney at the embassy. No camera's allowed there though.

We went and saw Devin's office

The painting on the Left is one that Devin's brother Jerrin painted, it looks awesome in his room!
His cute mom commented that "His building is the most important building in Singapore" do you think his parents are proud, yep.




There is a cool thing that they do in singapore called Spa Fish where you stick your feet in a large tub of water that have these special fish that come and eat all the dead skin off of your feet. So awesome. You can do it at Sentosa for like $40 or you can catch the free shuttle from our mrt and do it for $10.00 for a half an hour, such a fun Singpaorian experience that we couldn't pass it up. We also brought home some pet fish - Names: Rainbow, KittyCat (because secretly we really want a cat or a dog) and Apple Pie, great names huh? :)
And the best part is that the kids can try catching fish at the little ponds while we spa it out,
Did I mention it kind of tickles!
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Cool huh, Mommy caught 8 fish, Daddy and Grandpa had a harder time (0) :)


We celebrated Marianne's Birthday a few weeks early, now one minds an extra day of cupcakes! Marianne got some new cute clothes and some wooden animals from Nana and Grandpa
It was just soooo fun to have them here and we hope they come again soon!

Family Home Evening

For Family Home Evening one night we had a lesson on the Tree of Life which is a story in the book of Mormon. It talks about holding onto the Iron Rod which is the gospel of Jesus Christ so that you can partake of the Fruit of the tree, which symbolizes the Love of God.

So we held onto our Iron Rod aka pink yarn and followed it to the Tree of life aka bunk bed with hanging plastic fruit.

It was a good lesson.

And here is a random photo of Spencer in a green Mask . . . we must have been doing an art project. . .

Our Little Lady

Marianne is growing up she will be two in two weeks, I can hardly believe my baby is almost two! She is getting to be quite the talker and is saying short sentences "I wuve you", I want apple Juice, Spencer push Marianne, Etc,.. she can communicate really well these days.

She loves her animals and Dolls and is a very devoted mother to both of them.
We were at the playground today and she walked over to this little boy sat down and said "Hello Baby" he didn't talk back but acknowledged her presence at least.

She got some new clothes for Chritmas and we had to try them on. we had to go to the store with our purse and hat of course.
"I only where this old thing when I don't care how I look"- It's a Wonderful Life


Doing her blocks, her hand-eye coordination is incredible she has opened 3 bottles of child proof Ibuprofen and spilled it all over my floor.
Dragon Dance that we learned at preschool for chinese new year.

Cultures week

It is Chinese New year Season, like the whole month of January, specifically next monday and tuesday. So our RS group went on a tour around china town to celebrate. It is so interesting, everything is red and gold and symbolizes wealth, prosperity, etc

here are the sasauges that they only sell at chinese new year yum. .
It was so hot but the kids did a good job riding everything has the chinese lanterns etc. .
Eating on the Floor at an Egyptian Restaurant with some friends
We did a baby shower for our friend Nicole. It was great
Here is our wishing tree- the newest thing on Pinterest for baby showers- :) you make a wish for the baby. There is Jane and Sara in the background!

Bollywood farms

Last Saturday we went to the Farmland area of Singapore- it is not very big :) but it fun and nice to go out for some fresh air. Bollywood is full of all organic plants unique and tropical to Singapore, and then they also have restaurant there that everything is made with the local food. It was fun and just a bus ride away.

SO I guess you can make a lot of Money Owning a Goat Farm, cause look what you get to drive? :) Devin is considering switching jobs.
Visiting the goat farm for a few minutes.
Hey Look, It's a Banna Tree, really cool huh? I mean you don't get to see a Banana Tree in American

Enjoying Bollywood together!
Playing at the Park together.

The other night we had some of Flor's Friends over for dinner and a swim.

New Years Eve

Our friend Flor Babysat the kids, thanks Flor! So Devin and I went downtown had dinner, watched a movie, adn then joined our friends for a game night until Midnight, which at that point we went up to their 20th floor where we had a spectacular view of the Marina Bay Sands Fireworks! So fun!