Asian Family Night!

Last week a friend at work returned from a trip visiting family in Asia including Thailand and Japan. She brought some wonderful treats back with her including a Sun Cake and some pineapple tasty treats! We decided to make a night of it and here are some pics from the night. The kids loved it!

First, Lisa made some tasty Chinese food including rice, egg rolls and orange chicken. We had the kids watch some Chinese cartoons while we ate. Then we talked about different cultures and how we are all children of a loving Heavenly Father.

Then we called Aunt Janis and listened to our cousin Jaydee speak Mandrin over the phone. We taught the kids Wa shir... My name is... Trace or Kendra.

Then we watched clips from Mulan and ate the delicious treats my friend gave us.

Lastly, the kids drew some pictures from Mulan. Here below are their masterpieces.

What started out as a couple fun treats turned into a really memorable night. ;-)

Decision by Richard Franklin

Lisa's Uncle was an extremely talented artist named Richard Franklin. We have a few of his pictures in our home which we love but recently his widow brought us a beautiful print.

We found the perfect frame but it needed to be sanded and restained to restore it. Here are the before and after pictures.

This piece is titled "Decision". There are certainly a lot of life's decisions that are critical in determining our life's paths and future happiness so thinking about its name makes me love it even more.