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Dear jie jie 小小 Kaelyn 嘉葳

Last year’s today

we celebrated your 9th birthday in Taipei

We had lunch at Robin's Teppanyaki

Nainai and the lovely birthday girl in the morning of 7/9/2023

Summer of 2023 you experienced quite a few different acivities in Taiwan

TYPA summer camp

TYPA basketball camp

Swimming lessons at ACC

Mother and daughters having fun at ACC pool

Kickboxing at 武甲

Wushu class at Cloud Gate and this wushu class was most loved by you and meimei

Both of you decided to continue this class this summer

Your martial arts moves were really good and you showed it to uncle Teddy

Uncle Francis took you to shrimp-fishing, first time experience

7/17/2023 We took high speed rail to Zuo-ying 左營

Yeye rented a SUV and drove to Kenting

You and meimei had so much fun with mom in the pool of Caesar Park Hotels & Resorts

We vistied National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

Beautiful jellyfish and our pretty grand-daugher

Eluanbi Cape, 鵝鑾鼻 the most southern point of Taiwan

Paradise Of Deer in Hengchun 恆春

A local Museum of Arts, exhibition of two Japanese artists.

On our way from Kenting to Kaohsiung, we stopped by a soap factory

These pretty blue soaps were made by four of us!!!! you, meimei, mom and nainai 

In Kaohsiung, we stayed at Tai Urban Resort

You and meimei love their swimming pool

We visited Kaohsiung Music Center

Nainai discovered your true talent!!!!!

小小 you're amazingly good on performance! 

Don't waste your talent

In Taipei, you experienced much more

In front of the magnificent of Grand Hotel 圓山飯店

Enjoy a great performance at Huashan 1914 Creative Park

Love shopping at NET

Shampoo at a beauty salon

Helped grand-aunt Rosa to prepare food

Cute xi-er 喜兒 looks very comfortable in your arms

Tai-a-po太阿婆 always so happy to see her great-grand-children

First experience~ studio portrait

Our beautiful 小小

Yeye and nainai were so happy to have you and meimei for two months in Taipei

We treasure every moment with two of you

12/25/2023 went to Austin for Christmas vacation

Having famous TX BBQ for Christmas feast

Derek Jeter was baba and shushu's most loved Yankee baseball palyer

Your swing must impressed shushu a lot

12/29/2023  From Dallas Perry's parents took 3 of them to Austin, all of you had good time!

On New Year's Day of 2024 we greeted one another to be healthy and happy as always!

You all went to these 4 San Antonio Missions plus Alamo on the day before

You've been to all 5 on this trip!

Baba and mama took you and meimei to watch a couple of shows at Zach Theater near shushu's condo.

Your  Christmas vacation to Austin/San Antonio had been very entertaining and educational

1/27/2024 Baba took you and meimei to hit the slopes, it seems father and daughters ski weekend became your family's tradition!

3/24/2024 At Loon, after a whole day of heavy snowing....

Baba must be very tired from shoveling his car out of snow!

Facetime with you and meimei always made us happy!

6/6/2024 You played recorder at school's concert

Baba said you even had a solo with the other boy, Bravo

6/9/2024 Sunday yeye nainai arrived in Boston

After 10 months we finally got together again

You and meimie grew a lot

You took a picture of us with the small camera that Penny's mom gave last Christmas 

I like the special effect of black and white image

You and meimei prepared handmade brancets for yeye and nainai 

Thank you, our sweetest grand-daughters

Showed yeye nainai the trophy you won last Nov.

You won 4th grade girl 1st place of Turkey Trol Race

You certainly can run fast

6/19/2024 we visited your classroom 

You and meimei went to Krav Maga class every Saturday

Baba trained you two into superwomen 

Your arm around baba's shoulder

Together you two watched a TV show

Very sweet!

You and meimei love the Pokemon Cards yeye nainai bought

6/29/2024 

All of us arrived in Taipei

This time baba was able to come back too, everybody happy

To visit 97 year old tai-a-po was the first thing to do

7/3/2024 we went to 小人國 

Himeiji Castle where we visited on 12/29/2022

Last time nainai went to 小人國 was almost 36 years ago

 With baba shushu and uncle Tim and uncle Ted

 12/12/1988 baba and uncle Tim were in front of Beijing Forbidden City 

 After 小人國 We stayed at Leofoo Resort

From our room we can see two rhino happily wallowing in water especially after a rain

We had a light meal at hotel restaurant

You really enjoyed the massage by yeye

7/4/2024 on our way back to Taipei

We vistied New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum

While meimei went to piano lesson, baba took you to 鼎泰豐 enjoyed 小籠包

You said you only ate 7 and baba ate 3, not enough

So yeye nainai took you and meimei again

You ate 20

You and 4 cousins, Karrisa and Skyla from Seoul, Maddy and Mia from LA

Six of you had chance to get together in Taipei

7/8/2024 at National Taiwan Science Education Center 台灣科學教育館

You tried to experience how difficult mommy was when you were in her belly

So, being nice to mama is a must

7/8/2024 the day before your 10th birthday

yeye nainai gave you the present

We're happy that you love it

Our most precious grand-daughter 小小

Today is your 10th birthday

We are so happy and pround that you have grown into a sensible, thoughtful and clever girl

Yeye nainai love you so so much

May God bless you and keep you always