First day of school!

The Curlee kids started school this week! This group photo was taken Monday morning before the first day of school. They are now in the following grades: Milly - 7th, Wade - 5th, Hunter - 2nd. Levi will start kindergarten next Friday at his Chinese school, Si Chiang Li. All of the kids have had a really great first week - thank you for your prayers as they have had to adjust to another school.

All three of the older kids are especially excited about all of the extracurricular opportunities they will have at MCA this year. Milly's electives this quarter are band (oboe), math club, mosaic art class, drawing art class, and one on defending your faith. Wade is very excited about his first opportunity to play in the band - he is hoping to play the trumpet. And Hunter will take a beginning violin class two times a week after school! Levi just found out he can play on the elementary tee ball and soccer teams at MCA even though he won't be going to school there yet since he is technically kindergarten age. Please continue to pray for the kids as God brings them to your heart this school year!

The photos below were taken at MCA on Monday morning. The first one is of Hunter and two of his new friends, David and Ivy, outside the second grade classroom. The second is of Wade seated at his 5th grade desk. The boy sitting behind him is Nathan, one of Wade's new friends.

P.S. We obviously survived the typhoon last week! Sorry to not keep you posted. It ended up being just a big rain storm with some wind. Thank you for your prayers!

Typhoon is Approaching

We have been in Taiwan more than a year and a half and have yet to experience a "real" typhoon. Last summer we had a few small ones, but when they hit the island they were downgraded to tropical storms. Tomorrow night a big one is supposed to hit -- see potential track below and satellite above. Usually, not much damage is done -- just a lot of wind and rain. After it is over we will let you know how everything turned out.

The Curlee kids go to basketball camp!

This week is basketball camp at MCA. On Monday, Wade and Hunter put on their new Upward basketball outfits (thanks to the Gables:)) and were all ready to go. Levi put on his Upward outfit to match his brothers. The photo is of the three boys right before I registered them for the camp.

During registration, the camp director commented on how our family was already a team in itself! As I registered the two boys, he asked me, "What about him?" (pointing to Levi) I told him Levi was only five. "He can come too!" was his prompt reply. Levi was very excited!! The only glitch was that he was already signed up for swimming lessons during the same time. So....each day he goes to basketball camp until 10:15, then to swimming until 10:45 then back to basketball.

The same camp director is also holding an afternoon camp for middle and high schoolers. After much agonizing, Milly decided to participate as well. She is on the Cavaliers team. I can't say she loves it as much as the boys do, but she is doing very well and meeting some more people here. She even received the "shooter of the day" award today!

The boys have all gotten awards, too. Wade got "shooter of the day" on Tuesday. He was on the Suns team but was traded today to the Jazz team. Hunter, on the Pistons team, received "passer of the day" on Wednesday. Levi, on the Cavaliers team, received "rebounder of the day" on Wednesday - he set a new record of the youngest ever rebounder of the day.