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All right people, this is it!

We're comin' to America!

Merry Christmas!!!

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I'm old!!! er!!! ;)

Yesterday was my twenty-sixth birthday!  Crazy!  Somehow twenty-six seems massively older than twenty-five.

We had quite an adventure yesterday.  Mitch decided that we would try and go skiing for my birthday!  We got up early, put on many layers of clothing and took a taxi to the mountain.  There still isn't any real snow on the ground but this little ski resort had made some fake snow and had been open for a couple of weeks.  We had to be completely outfitted by them and we looked sooo good!  Whoo!  Like something out of the eighties!  Then we headed out onto the slopes.....slope.  Yeah, only one hill.  It didn't have a chairlift either just this rope tow with a bar that you put between your legs.  I had a LITTLE bit of trouble the first go-round and ended up just holding on with my hands which--let me tell you--became very difficult to do after ten minutes!  It was basically all lame but we managed to have fun filming ourselves and laughing at the skiers around us.  They were great!  Either they were terrible and completely yardsaled when they were barely moving or they thought they were good and bombed the hill and THEN completely yardsaled!

The temperature dropped yesterday back into single digits with a strong wind so we didn't last too long before we decided to call it quits and head back home.  We ended up paying sixty bucks for an hour and a half of "skiing" which in China is quite expensive.  We were a little surprised that they get so much business.

That night for dinner we went to my favorite restaurant (Pizza Hut) and got their famous sauceless Hawaiian pizza(YUM)!  When we got home a pile of presents sat at the foot of our door!  The kids had made a stack while we were away.  They have limited access so the cards and gifts were all basically the same but it really was the thought that counted.

So all in all it was a pretty good day!  Thanks to all of you who thought of me and sent me well-wished even if I didn't technically receive them!!  I hope your holidays are happy!!

-Ev

ps 16 days!!!

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