ICS 5th Anniversary Celebration

For the second year in a row we were a part of the anniversary celebration for our church - International Church of Shanghai (ICS).  Like last year we continued the with the carnival and talent contest theme.

However, this year our family participated in the talent contest with a puppet show to the Journey song "Faithfully".  Here is the video of our family's puppet show.

Before the performance we took a family picture.

The kids enjoyed the games and candy from the carnival area of the celebration.

Miriam and Asa enjoyed the Angry Bird themed game

Asa loved the cotton candy

Silas had a blast on the bouncy castle

The girls loved getting their faces painted

We were also excited to see local charity organizations had booths at the fair - including a group selling cookies made by children from Huge Grace Orphanages, which cares for about 20 disabled orphans in suburban Shanghai.

Here is a copy of the brochure they handed out.  For those who live in China you can
order cookies and other goods to benefit the children at the orphanage through this website.  

Easter 2013

A quick post to share highlights from our Easter weekend.

What is an Easter morning without a new family picture!
Here is the latest Six Meyers picture.

Backyard Fun: Our Easter Saturday was a lot of fun as our neighbors had an Easter Egg hunt in their back yard.

Salome was so cute showing off her eggs, which were plastic and filled with candy.

Asa made sure to get every egg, even those perched high in the trees!

Miriam was well pleased with the bountiful amount of eggs she found.

Easter Sunday: On Sunday we enjoyed another egg hunt a variety of outdoor activities sponsored by our church - The International Church of Shanghai.

Asa enjoyed making a little pig out of a plastic egg.

Miriam braved the rock climbing wall

I wasn't able to capture Salome enjoying the jumpy castle slide,

but when she fell asleep on my lap on the way home I knew she had a good time!

ICS Carnival - 4th Anniversary Celebration

Today was memorable as I (Joab) took our three older kids to a special community party- a Carnival to celebrate the 4th anniversary of International Church of Shanghai (ICS). 

It has been a gift for our family to be part of this multi-cultural international church that today has over 600 people in attendance each Sunday that come from nations around the world.  As you can see from the pictures below, the kids had a grand time (and so did I)!   

Miriam enjoys a horse ride

Asa enjoys his first cotten candy

Salome and her good friend Ava enjoy some popcorn

 

 

A Chinese acroebat balances a large pot on his head

The street filled with booths where the kids played games and win prizes