Olympic Center & The Great Wall

Olympic Center

We went on the trip with my old mission companion Tanya,

 her daughter Melia, my old mission roommate 

Melinda and her daughter Abby.

 Jade Factory

 A horse made of Jade.

I am the year of the horse.

 Lunch

 Climbing the Great Wall of China

The part of the wall we climbed was 

called Juyong Guan.

Climbing the Wall.

 View from the top.

 We made it!

 The end of the wall.

Hanna's legs shaking after climbing the wall.

 Before the Climb

Foot message after climbing the wall.

 Me and Hanna found Beef Noodle Soup on our own.

Beijing, China

We made it to CHINA!

Tiananmen Square

They just kept pulling us in to take pictures with us.

 Lunch

 With Abby

 Forbidden City

 Temple of Heaven

 Summer Palace

Melinda took the best pictures.

We visited all those places in one day. It was the coldest day 

and we worried that we were going to freeze the entire trip.

That evening we walked to find dinner.

We got a kick out of this tiny "car"

 Our view from our room in Beijing.

Brought the kids to the movies.

 A note from Clark.

 I made Hanna get out of bed and come with us to this jump center.

She was very upset with me.

After being there a little while I went to find her and Van, when I came around 

the corner she was smiling and as soon as she saw me she stopped smiling.

Keeping Max in our prayers, we miss him dearly.