birthday month 2023

Regis competed in his first speech contest last month and won 2nd place in 7th grade in the school! I was so surprised!

My mom brought us three eggs from her pet hen in the middle of the month and stayed for three days. After my father's cataract surgery on his left eye in Kaohsiung on Nov.27, my mom will have surgery for macular degeneration on Dec.7. Thanks to my sister and brother-in-law for taking care of them.

My sons participated in a piano competition at the end of the month, and my parents came to enjoy their performances.

summer 2023 牛角灣溪溯溪 深澳鐵道自行車 舊草嶺隧道 福山植物園 東港榕樹公園 勝洋休閒農場

Our home is bustling this summer. My dad took my nephew to stay with us at the end of June. My nephew stayed for a month and took 10 day swimming lessons with my sons. We went to see Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One on July 11. My husband's nephew stayed with us for two nights after we came back from a river tracing trip in the south in mid July. Also, my brother stayed for 5 days. My mom took my niece to stay with us on the night of July 22. That night, Felix started to have a fever after swimming and was diagnosed with influenza A the next day. Two days later, Regis, my nephew and I were all diagnosed with influenza A! My brother went home. We stayed in the master bedroom for a few days so that my husband and niece would not get infected. My niece and nephew went home on Aug.4.

I hadn't seen my little aunt and cousin from the US for many years. It's great to finally meet up on Aug.9 before they went back the next day! My sons played chamber music at Dou Kitchen on Aug.20. We visited Yilan again two months later. This time, we visited Fushan Botanical Garden, Donggang Banyan Park and Sheng Yang Farm and had a birthday celebration with my junior high classmate's family. Her daughter and Regis have the same birthday!