Fall is Here!!!

This is our first fall back in NC in four years. We love all the colors!! Milly, Wade, Hunter, and Levi enjoyed picking out pumpkins at a local pumpkin patch.

Wade's Soccer Team in Championship!!!

Wade's soccer team advanced to the championship game on Thursday. The HPCA middle school team has had a great season. They have won 8 straight games and their overall record is 11-3. They play Greensboro Academy on Thursday for the conference championship. They split during the regular season. It should be a great game. Pictured above is Wade and a couple of his teammates walking off the field after their semi-final victory.

We are COLD!!!

After living in Taiwan for 4 years we became quite content with the sub-tropical climate. In fact, according to the Central Weather Bureau in Taiwan it was around 88 degrees today. Well, here in NC it is a different story. Tonight it is supposed to get down to 33 degrees. Our kids were amazed to see frost on the ground this morning and even more amazed that they could blow smoke from their mouths!! We have been cold these last couple of days BUT at least we have heat inside here in NC.

Football Stars!!

Well, not really but Hunter and Levi are having a great time playing upward flag football this fall. Both have scored numerous TD's and have had a few interceptions as well. They have a couple more weeks left in the season.

Back from VA.

We had a good week in Va. Although it was fun we were all glad to get back to our home in NC. It was rough for a family of 6 with a teenage daughter sharing one bathroom!!

A highlight for the kids was playing football after school let out each day. The place that we went to had a lot of open fields for football. A highlight for Page (and the rest of us) was going to a Travis Cottrell concert. (See picture).

Headed to Virginia

Our family is headed to Va. for some training. We are excited to go back to the place that we lived for 10 weeks in 2005 before we headed to Asia. We will be back in NC late Friday night.

Slides and Music

Labor Day in the Mountains

We enjoyed spending labor day weekend in the mountains with Page's folks. We enjoyed the cooler weather, fishing, climbing rocks, gem mining and all the other things that we did. However, the best part was spending time with Nana and Papa (along with Henry).

Keith and Wade go to State game

Keith and Wade went to the South Carolina at NC State game. It was the first game since 2005 that they had seen live. Although South Carolina won 7 to 3 it was great to be there!!!

Next week the whole family will see NC State play Murray State!!! We are hoping for better results.

Wade's soccer team

Wade made the HPCA middle school soccer team and is enjoying playing. They have had two games so far and are 1 - 1. Wade is a defender. Above is a picture of the team at halftime. Wade is #11.

Slideshow of Morrison

This is a slideshow that we put together to show as we go around to speak to people about Taiwan. It is mostly of our kids and their activities at MCA the past two years. We hope you enjoy.

Keith Turns 43!!

Keith celebrated his 43rd birthday by going out to one of his favorite places -- a Japanese restaurant called Fire and Stix. Keith's mom, step-father, grandmother, and aunt along with Page and the kids went along. It was a great night of fun. Above is the birthday boy being song to.

First Day of School at HPCA!!

Today was the kids first day of school at High Point Christian Academy. All of them had a good day and we are so very thankful that HPCA is here and our kids are attending. Above is the annual group photo of the 1st day. Hunter and Levi are also pictured in their respective classrooms. The camera was not allowed in middle school or high school -- according to Wade and Milly.

Settling In!!

We have been in our new/old house for over a week. As many of you know, we moved back in our house that we lived in over 4 years ago. While we lived in Taiwan, we rented out our house and it was in really good shape when we moved back in. It took us a day or two to find everything but Page has put everything back in the same place as it was.

Also pictured above are our cars that we will use for the next 10 months. Our home church is allowing us to use the sedan pictured while a church in SC is letting us use the white van. We have been very blessed.

The kids begin school next week. They will be at High Point Christian Academy (the school where Keith used to work). We have had a great time reconnecting with friends and family!!

In America!!!

We arrived in North Carolina last Saturday night. Our trip was great -- no long layovers in the airports, etc. However, our luggage did not arrive when we did. It arrived a day later.

We spent a few days with Page's folks and now are getting settled in our High Point house. We will post some pictures soon of our "new/old" home. All the kids seem to be doing well.

Headed Back to America!!

Today, August 1, we head back to North Carolina. We will leave our home here in Taichung at 10:00am. We are scheduled to land in Charlotte, NC at 10:30 Saturday night. So, a little more than 24 hours. We will post once we get to America.

Page's Thoughts on Taiwan vs. America

Page will miss several things about Taiwan. Below are listed a few.

1. Good and very inexpensive medical care
2. Taiwan open markets -- with fresh vegetables and fruit.
3. Delicious mango's!!
4. Morrison/missionary community here in Taiwan.

Although Page is going to miss Taiwan, she is really looking forward to these things in America.

1. Seeing people she loves.
2. SHOPPING!!!
3. Living in our old Parkway house.

Packing Up!!

We are packing our bags for America!! In December 2005 we headed to Asia with 19 bags (weighing 75 pounds each). We will come back to America with 11 to 12 bags (weighing 50 pounds each). So, we are bringing a lot less back. However, we do have a lot of stuff we will be leaving in our house here in Taiwan.

Hiking in Da Keng

Last Friday we went hiking with some good friends of ours. The Enochs, co-workers with us, and their son Peter. Nick and Gloria (the two Taiwanese along with Zach and Amelia) also went with us. This was our goodbye to Nick and Gloria. They have become good friends to us and have a precious family. The bottom picture is how we looked before the hike. (We were too tired and hot to take a picture of how we looked when we finished). The top picture is the city of Taichung -- where we live among the other millions of people.

Milly's List

Below is Milly's list of the good and bad of leaving Taiwan and going to America.

Things Milly will miss about Taiwan...

• She has freedom to walk everywhere here in Taiwan.
• Taiwan has amazing, cheap teas that she loves!!
• Her entire life!!!

Things Milly is looking forward to about America...

• America has Taylor Swift clothes
• She will get to buy a laptop
• Seeing people BUT this is hard because she will have to tell them goodbye next June.