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
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