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Lot’s of visits from family and friends as of late.  Maggie’s sister, Mary, and her husband made the long drive up from North Carolina for a quick weekend visit.

My aunt Tammy came in for an overnight visit and enjoyed some laughs and made-up games with Eliot.  She’ll be back for another visit next month.

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It’s been too long since I’ve posted an update, though not for lack of activity in our lives.  In chronological order these photos show a great week-long visit from Jane who enjoyed lots of time with her grandson, the beautiful and delicious carrot cake Maggie made for Eliot’s first birthday, a lunch Lawrence’s Fisheries with [...]

After a night in San Francisco we arrived home on Thursday afternoon.  All that remains of Taiwan is the jet lag.  And the good memories.  Anne Marie and Tony are exceptionally generous hosts and we had such a good time exploring parts of their world.

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We continue to enjoy our time in Taiwan; it’s hard to believe that we begin our trip home on Wednesday.  Our friend Kate who currently lives in Hong Kong joined us for a few days.  We’ve explored, eaten a lot, and met many of Anne Marie and Tony’s friends.
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Last week Maggie and I spent a few days in Phoenix as part of our denomination’s church planters assessment center.  Basically, we were observed, questioned, poked, and prodded for 4 days to assess our ability to be church planters.  It was a long few days, though not without its good moments.  It was particularly difficult [...]

This afternoon we said goodbye to Catherine, Maggie’s youngest sister who had been visiting for the past week.  Catherine has the distinction of being our first guest in our new home in Hyde Park.  Of course, this meant she had to navigate the maze of boxes and sleep on an air mattress, all of which [...]

We’ve been in our new condo for one week and we are really enjoying our new neighborhood of Hyde Park.  There is still some unpacking to do and pictures to hang, but we’ve settled in enough to host Catherine, one of Maggie’s sisters.  I’m pretty sure that Eliot is the main attraction.
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Last night we said goodbye to Maggie’s parents (and Eliot’s proud grandparents) after a really nice visit.  John and Jane drove up from Tennessee on Friday.  On Saturday we met our real estate agent at our (hopefully) soon to be condo in Hyde Park.  Just before that we went for a stroll around the park [...]

We’ve been back for over a week, but I wanted to post a few photos from our time in California.  We had a really fun family reunion and got to spend time in some beautiful places.
For the record, Eliot is a great traveler.  More photos can be found at this web album.

This is a guest post written by Anne Marie, my sister and Eliot’s aunt.
This summer I get the privilege of visiting Eliot, David and Maggie two times at their home and then again at my parents.  We are just coming to the end of my first visit and I can’t wait to come back in [...]