Amelia Bowling

Hong Kong

I visited an island, Chang Chen, off Hong Kong. It was a little less developed than Hong Kong. In some of the pictures you can see the market where everyone went to buy goods. In one of the stores there are diapers and Colgate toothpaste. The hanging full chickens, ducks, etc were very common throughout the trip. Never could get myself to try to order one.

Towards the top is a picture of a picnic in a local mall in Hong Kong. I stumbled upon the mall and it looked more high end. In the middle, outdoor area, they were having a picnic along with some presentation. They were serving pork, and as you can see, there is no mistaken where the pork is coming from.

One morning I went to a local park in Hong Kong and found people exercising, or doing Tai Chi. That is shown in the picture of the ladies with swords (not real). The park was filled with people doing different exercises like this. Some people were learning and it was a 10-15 minute choreographed movement without instruction. Exercising mind and body.

Mainland China

These are pictures from Mainland China. The picture of farmland is interesting, because a different farmer owns each plot you see, so the areas are very small. No room for large farm equipment. The couple of traffic pictures try to show the chaos of traffic. Bicycles are on the interstate and nobody cares about lanes, even driving on the other side of the street to bypass traffic is not out of the norm.

Hong Kong

These are more pictures from Hong Kong. The top picture is a sampling of food, this happens to be lunch. Next is the Big Buddha we visited. The picture of skyscrapers are apartment buildings and that is referred to as the country side in Hong Kong. The picture at night is just of the Hong Kong business district and lastly a local market.

Sleigh Ride

On a thankfully warmer day (33F) Amelia & Kate went for a horse-drawn sleigh ride with MOMS Club. We had perfect timing as the previous days had been much colder and the next day it rained and all the snow melted.

Christmas Day

We had a great Christmas Day. Amelia got what she asked for from Father Christmas (purple presents) and lots more from the Grandparents. We spent a leisurely day opening gifts and eating. The turkey even managed to get done exactly on time.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Grandma Becky, Grandpa, and Uncle Mark trekked through ice and snow to get to Des Moines in time for the Family Service at Church. We had a lovely meal at Grandma Marilyn's then Amelia left out cookies for Santa and carrots for the reindeer.