The Zhao Family

As Da's parents are now officially retired and they are usually home. Abbey suggest that we should spend more time with them doing family activities, and not with electronics. Since Mondays through Saturdays are almost always busy, the best time to spend with the grandparents is Sunday. So for this Sunday we decided to play cards, make buns from scratch meaning making the dough from flour, cutting the meats and making the sauces for the buns. It was very well time spent.

Ff is finally finished with her first year of Adventure in Science. She learned a lot but she most when she had to do a presentation at the end of the course. She decided to work on the effects of salt on freezing water. She was really good at conducting her experiment and spent hours on collecting data from water freezing time. She even practiced her presentation several times at home, in front her her dad, siblings, and even cousins to get it down. 

The night before the presentation she was really nervous and was hesitant to go the next morning. With a little encouragement from mom and dad, she went to class and presented her findings. In fact she was very impressive presenting her experiment with a clear loud voice and know her materials. She did much better than some of the older kids 4-5 years older than her.

It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon and when we actually didn't have our schedule filled. So we decided to go biking! Since Da's dad is retired, we brought him along. We even got mom to come along too. We biked this trail many times from our home all the way to Blackhills park with the boys but never with Abbey and Da's dad. It takes about 45 minutes to bike to Blackhills playground. 

Along the way we rested a couple times to get some water and take selfies. Also there's a small creek that runs into the lake. The kids love playing there skipping rocks and it's even better with granpa there.

The last stretch home was a little tough so we took a shortcut home. But the shortcut is a steep uphill but it did save 5-10 minutes of biking. That night mom complained that her legs feel like noodles so dad have her a long massage to help ease the pain.

This map showed how we biked. It says its 5 miles one way, so we biked 10 miles. Our trip lasted two hours. It was a lot of fun!

CC has had a big overbite for some time. He started on an invisiline retainer to help pull his top jaw a little closer to his bottom jaw. As of today, 3/12/18, he has full braces to correct his teeth and align his jaw too.