First of all, we apologize for being absent bloggers. It's been a long time. Facebook has kind of taken over as our means of communication as it became easier for us to access the last few months in China. However, we know some of you have been faithful followers of our blog for the last three years and are wondering where we have been since the last posting.
Here is a picture of our last known address in China. Now the fun begins as we attempt to find a new one. That's right, if you haven't heard, we are moving back to the Minneapolis area! In fact, as I write this we are actually on US soil in the comfort of Tony and Sylvia's home for the Easter holiday. There is a tremendous amount of work ahead for us - finding a new home, finding a job for me (Sabrina), moving all of our belongings from numerous locations back into one home, and so forth. For the time being we are in a temporary apartment in Plymouth, MN. We are excited, but as you can imagine there were some tears as we closed the door on the China chapter of our life. As for Tony he closes a successful chapter in placing the Polaris "flag" in China and now he will be taking on new challenges at Polaris that will involve other parts of the world. A next assignment?....let's just focus on today...
A couple of weeks before we left, this guy - the "Mountain Chicken" showed up in our yard. You know him as a ring neck pheasant, but the translation was fuzzy as people in Shanghai aren't really familiar with the bird. Ayi wanted to catch it and take it home as a pet for her son. The driver want to catch it and eat it. We're not really sure what happened to him after we left but he kept us entertained and finished off the rest of our oatmeal for us. In any case, all agreed that his appearance meant "good luck" for the Wixo family in our new life in the US as pheasants are native to China and were brought to the US and have thrived there.
Another chapter in the twin's life began before we left though. Not really as their birthday is not until April 9th, but their friends at school and ayi wanted to celebrate before we left. It has been quite a transformation since the pictures of their 1st birthday with chocolate cake all over their faces as they sat in high chairs. Four birthdays...where did our babies go?
It doesn't suffice to say we miss all of our friends and "family" members in Shanghai. The memories we made will keep us smiling for the rest of our lives. What an amazing adventure. How do you say goodbye to that? Maybe you just say...
Having that much snow also requires some shoveling so I put Ava to work.
With that much snow it also makes snowmobiling a lot of fun.
