baby snow monkeys playing at hotsprings jjohn5 2012-01-29 | Baby Japanese Macaques, the famous snow monkeys, playing at the hot springs.
Snow Polo World Cup at St. Moritz 2011 #2 jjohn5 2011-09-25 | Snow Polo World Cup at St. Moritz 2011 #2
Snow Polo World Cup at St. Moritz 2011 #1 jjohn5 2011-09-25 | Snow Polo World Cup at St. Moritz 2011 #1
Fireworks in the dining room jjohn5 2010-04-03 | Cant remember the festival but the fireworks ran all day long culminating with a parade that ran down the street next to our apartment until 10pm. They seemed to be going off inside the apartment they were so close. We were pretty sick and tired of fireworks by the end of the day.
Ailey writing her Chinese composition jjohn5 2010-04-03 | More homework drudgery...but the progress after 6 months is impressive.
Timberline jjohn5 2010-04-03 | Mihwa and Auntie Kara tearing up the slopes. I tried to get some video of Ailey but she was too darn fast!
Ailey knocks out some homework jjohn5 2010-04-03 | Ailey's Chinese characters are really coming along.
Horseback riding @ Tumalo 2 jjohn5 2010-04-03 | Ailey gets some horseback riding lessons from grandma Jody.
Horsebackriding @ Tumalo jjohn5 2010-04-03 | Ailey rides Chantalle in the snow at grandma and grandpas ranch in Tumalo, Oregon
Ailey upsidedown jjohn5 2010-01-16 | Ailey really enjoy this ride at Leofoo amusement park. It wasnt very fast but it loops you in a complete circle upsidedown. Lots of fun...
Self service cotton candy jjohn5 2010-01-16 | Ailey tries her hand at the u-do-it cotton candy machine at Leofoo amusement park near Taoyuan, Taiwan
Aileys big race jjohn5 2009-12-19 | Looks like a massive false start except for Ailey, who caught 'em in the end anyway.
Ailey warms up for the big race jjohn5 2009-12-19 | Sportsday at Mingdao Bilingual School. Ailey loosens up a bit before her big race...
Ailey sportsday Tire Race jjohn5 2009-12-19 | Ailey's class won the sportsday tire relay race at Mingdao (future heir) Bilingual School
Aileys school performs a group dance part 2 jjohn5 2009-12-19 | Entire school group dance during sports day at Future Heir Bilingual School, Taichung
Aileys story telling project jjohn5 2009-11-25 | Mingdao school is having the kids memorize a story and perform it as part of a school wide competition. This video is from round one. Ailey was the only kid that didnt bring props or a costume. If it were a Chinese speaking competition, we'd put a little more effort into it...
Phuket hot air balloons jjohn5 2009-11-07 | Outside Lotus restaurant, the hawkers sell hot air balloons to the restaurant goers. Pretty cool seeing multitudes of these things taking off into the night sky.
Phuket Laguna Beach Resort water ladder challenge jjohn5 2009-11-07 | Ailey's best effort of the day...
Phuket Laguna Beach Resort waterslide jjohn5 2009-11-07 | Ailey takes a spin down the waterslide with her old man...
Laguna Beach Resort waterslide jjohn5 2009-11-07 | one of Ailey's thousands of trips down the slide...
Lyra Hamsters Crazy Cage jjohn5 2009-11-06 | Ailey's new hamster and secondary play cage, which is one giant wheel with the living quarters in the middle. Eventually we'll connect the main cage to this via the tunnel but need to figure out the connectors.
Ailey recites the Chinese alphabet bo po mo jjohn5 2009-09-26 | Ailey's Chinese is coming along quite well. She's got the alphabet down, is learning the phonetic characters and beginning to build a solid vocabulary. Another month and she just might feel comfortable in class...
Tyson Gay vs. Asafa Powell IAAF 100 meters Daegu, Korea September 2009 jjohn5 2009-09-26 | Tyson vs Asafa in the 2009 prelude to the 2011 World Championships in Daegu
apple bottom jeans jeans ko nichi wa jjohn5 2009-08-26 | Ailey has copyrighted these moves so no stealin', y'all.
Ailey gets her ears pierced jjohn5 2009-05-16 | No guns, no needles...the lady just stretched out Ailey's earlobe, put the end of the earring on the dot and rammed 'er through. Easy peasy japanesey lemon squeezy. Gotta love the facial expressions. Ailey's been dreaming of this day for 4+ years so not too many complaints. No pain, no gain?
Here is Winter jjohn5 2009-04-12 | A little song and skit created by Audrey and Ailey during our stay in Bali
Audrey tumbles jjohn5 2009-04-12 | Audrey is definitely the budding gymnast...at least until her height turns her into a runner.
hongkong ocean park roller coaster jjohn5 2009-04-12 | crazy cliffside rollercoaster at hongkongs ocean park
HongKong Disneyland Zoetrope jjohn5 2009-04-12 | Crazy cool. Amazing zoetrope at HongKong Disneyland.
Oliver jjohn5 2009-03-21 | Ailey plays a supporting role for the bar scene in the 4th and 5th grade production of Oliver.
iceskating at shinsaegae jjohn5 2009-03-21 | Ailey shows her moves at the skating rink in the new mall.
Principals Award! jjohn5 2009-03-21 | Ailey receives the principals award for "showing strong teamwork and cooperation when woking on her environment board game". Congratulations Ailey!
Ailey Piano showdown jjohn5 2009-02-28 | Ailey enters the Busan Last Pianist Standing contest....without enough practice.
