Fun in Kaohsiung

Here are the cute boys I was able to travel with to Taiwan and then on to China. Here they are in the Tokyo airport trying to stay awake for one more leg of our journey. We began traveling on Sunday May 1st at 9:00 a.m. and arrived in Taiwan and 7:00 p.m. on Monday night due to the time change. We loved it and had alot of fun.
Our first stop in Taipei was the LDS Temple. It was beautiful and meticulously maintained. We were able to meet the Temple President and one of the couples that served with Daniel and is now on another mission. It was a nice visit.
Another highlight in Taipei is the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial park. It was monstrous and beautiful.
Train ride from Taipei to Kaohsiung. Fast. Fast. Fast.
We went to a great BBQ place our first night in Kaohsiung. This is Daniels friend Torren.
One of the main things to see in Kaohsiung is Budda Land. It is incredible and I am only showing you a very small part of what we saw. Every room in Budda Land came alive when you walked into it. But no picture taking was allowed in most of it. All the rooms were as bright in color as you see here.
This display in Budda Land represents the rebirth after enlightenment.
This was a really amazing display in Budda Land. The entire land was incredible. They gave us blessings to take home and wished us peace and happiness.
This is one of the Chapels where Daniel would meet with people to teach them the Gospel. It is beautifully maintained. We walked much of the city on this day.
This is David, a friend of Daniel's he took us to a wonderful lunch and then to his shop and home. He is a major distributor for NONI JUICE. He was sweet and Daniel was happy to meet up with him. In the background is his Mother's dress shop. Most people live above their businesses.
This is a temple at the Lotus Ponds. Very deceiving. It goes up and up and back and back and becomes more opulent as you go.
Daniel in front of the light house we walked up to. It was a ferry ride across the bay and a beautiful setting.
Our last meal in Kaohsiung with three of Daniel's friends. We had so much fun. You sit down in a pit and have a hot pot which includes a lot of veggies, clumps of duck blood and a lot of stuff you may not want to eat because the duck blood is in there. You grill your meat yourself right in front of you. We loved this city and were grateful to be able to see where Daniel served his mission. We loved every minute meeting people who are important to Daniel. It was an incredible experience. One I will never forget. The people were very proper and polite.

The Boys and Me in China

We were lucky enough to go to China this year. We started out in Taiwan and Kaohsiung specifically. I will blog about that later. We had a great visit with Daniel's friends there.

Here's some of the China part of our trip.

Jingshan Park Beijing. Beautiful park and at the top you overlook the Forbidden City. Awesome.
Lama Temple!!! Our first site in Beijing......Took the Subway and Found it all on our own....
Forbidden City.
Tian an men Square--- Entrance to the Forbidden City.
Daniel eating a fish eye for extra blessings. The blessing was he didn't get ill.
Great Wall of China!!! Life-long Dream of mine. Check!!!
Boys on the Wall!!!
Mark walking along the Sacred Way at the Ming Tombs!!!
A nice looking bird near the nest!!!
Hutong Village Excercise Equipment!!!
The Soldiers!!!!
Riding the old city wall in Xi An.
One of these things is not like the others.....One of these things doesn't belong!!! (Thank You Sesame Street)
China Town in China--- Nicer than any China town I've ever seen. Bargains Galore. Fun way to end the trip!! Thanks Boys!!

HERE'S FOR DANIEL

Okay Daniel!!! Thanks for pushing me a little to blog. It's been since September so here a few of my pictures!!! Alot happens in a few months. This was a fun day!! Evie loved burying me in the leaves and then jumping on me. She is a blast!!!

I just think this is a darling picture of Ellie. Sunny day at the zoo---on the train. Evie was mad when we got off.
Evie loves Disney so much that she will ride with anyone!!! Plus she loves these two (Meg and TT)!!!
Cute Adam holds Ellie a lot!! She loves the way he carries her and he has a special connection with her already!!! I always like having him around with the girls because they love playing with him.
I have quickly gone to fourth place or probably farther on Mark's list of priorities!!! Really!!! Here he is with his two favorites, and Britt is their Mom so she's ahead of me too. I will say that he gets #1 Grandpa award.
Daniel and Step are the best!!! This was Ellie's blessing day. Mark and I love going to dinner about once a week with these guys. They are hard at work at BYU!!! I need more pictures of these two.
I love these towels. Britt traced, cut, and sewed these little handprints on cute spring towels for me. I'll have momentos of Evie and Ellie for a long time. They grow too fast!!! Britt is the cutest Mom.

Both my Maternal Grandparents birthdays are in March, so I spent a day with my Mom and sister, Julie. We went through the Carl Bloch exhibit at BYU. It was fabulous!! I also attended it with Mark. There are beautiful paintings of Christ which usually reside in Chapels around Europe. BYU does an amazing job with their museum. Then we went to lunch at Los Hermanos on the way to the cemetary. My Grandmother's name is Aileen Noble Mills and my Grandfather's is Harold Lucas Mills.

It was a great day!!

Zoo days are a ton of fun!!! It was a little cold and this was April!!! We just have to see the Elephant and Baby Zuri, ride the train, and play on the slide. Evie likes to check out the baby Orangutan named Eve.

Finally one of the best things we do is go to Disneyland!!! A Lot!!! Many people think this is crazy, but we have so much fun there together, and just spend a lot of time talking and just being together. This is Meg, a penguin and Daniel!!! That ones for you Bud!!

I'll try to keep up!!!

California and Dreamin!!!

I always forget that the pictures load backwards from how you want them. So this is my dreamin part!!! I would love to make these dolls I think they are adorable. Also I had the most points this week in Fantasy Football. So I'm dreamin of winning the whole thing!!

This was from our Seattle trip in August!!! We had beautiful weather and a ton of fun walking!!!

Cute picture of the Turley's just before World of Color started!!!
Evie loves Minnie until she actually sees her!!!

We had a blast in Disneyland again. Evie was so cute and loved all the little kid rides and was afraid of all the live charactors. Pretty normal I would say!!!We had a blast in Magic Morning!!! Rode a ton of rides!!! Dumbo four times with Evie!! World of Color was amazing!!! Great food everywhere. It was fun to see Captain EO which they brought back for good memories!! It was weird though!!! Anyway, I have loved our trips this year and we are now awaiting the arrival of Hunsaker girl # 2.

MEXICO JUNE 2010

Going to Mexico is a lot of fun for us and usually a big adventure. This time was no different. Our flight was delayed a little and then we had the pleasure of trying to rent the van. We arrived at the hotel late and then found the great Restaurant Bryan suggested: Cambalache--- YUM. It is an Argentine steak house so we had steak. It was fabulous. Bruno (Our driver Martin's son) joined us halfway through. It was delicious and a lot of fun!!!

We arrived at the dif in Cholula and were disappointed to see the wheelchairs!!! They were all the same and wrong. We get better wheelchairs for our friends and specially made ones for the children. These will be traded out next week!!!! They served us three types of tamales and Thayne was brave enough to eat the hot one. Step likes the one with Mole.
We got delicious Ice cream down the hill from the pyramid in Cholula!!! Mine was pine nut!!! It was awesome.
Up in Xalitzintla our friend Elizabeth (her son Leno was our first student) made us some delicious soy enchiladas verdes. We really enjoyed them. She of course made the tortillas as well. You just can't get tortillas that taste like that here. She is a sweetheart and all of 4 feet and a few inches tall.

This is Step and Momo one of his favorite people. Step baptized Momo and was happy to see him.Step will be mailing the jersey he forgot to him soon. What a happy guy!!
This is the family of Rafa and Christy. We loved visiting with them and were impressed with their enthusiasm. We hope to make it back in November to see their new little baby. It's a boy!!!
The pyramid in the back ground is the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan. Thayne is on top of the Pyramid of the Sun there. We had quite and adventure getting there as we missed the turn off and came in the back way. Luckily!!!
The boys on the walk back to the car. The Pyramid of the Sun is in the background. We hustled to the airport after this and had some good Carls Jr. at the airport!! It was a great trip except for the faulty wheelchairs.