Mindy's Hand

A few months ago I hit the top of my ring finger knuckle on a cheese grater. (the boys wish that I would come up with a cooler story because the truth is sooo boring) It hurt, but there was no visible injury. It was painful but I thought it was just a bruise. Two months later it still hurt and there was a visible bump on the hand. I complained enough that Christopher finally forced me into the doctor. The doctor decided that I would require surgery. We decided the sooner the better. I was awake for the surgery and got to listen to all the happenings in the Operating Room, including my doctor having to step away from surgery to go and catch a student who was passing out. And for the record you never want to hear your surgeon say, "Hmmm, I wonder what this is?" It turned out that is was scar tissue. So the doctor basically just shaved my tendon done to normal size. I was pretty useless for almost a month. Thanks to my family and friends who stepped in to help out. My hand is still stiff but I am healing bit by bit. I even got back on the tennis court last week.

Jordan's 10th Birthday!

Our Cute Cute Jordan turned 10!! She is such a lovely girl. She is in the 5th grade, doing well. She is a wonderful daughter, great sister, awesome student and has taken up playing the piano. Our family is blessed because we have Jordan as a part of it. Happy Birthday Jordan!

Syndey; Sarah, Libby and Rachel Webb; Jordan

The Webbs made Yummy Cookies for Jords.

Jordan got spoiled with all kinds of 'girly' things from her brothers.



WE LOVE JORDAN!!!

Out and About at the Zoo and the Bird Park

The Zoo is very close to our house. We purchased season passes that are good at the Zoo and also the Jurong Bird park. We have enjoyed visiting both places. Recently while the older boys were in the Philippines we took fields trip to both places.

Jordan and Adam enjoyed getting splashed by the seal. Good thing they were in their swimming suits. They got soaked.

 Waiting for the show to start at the Jurong Bird Park.

 

We have the privilege of hosting Flat Malorie. She likes to go to the zoo with us.

  Adam 'daring' to stick his head in a Crocs Mouth

 Our Zoo has a water feature that the kids LOVE! It is fun to cool down after walking around for a while.

On this visit to the zoo, we had everyone.

Happy 44th Birthday to Christopher!

Happy Birthday to Christopher. I love this guy!

Ethan's 'posse' singing Happy Birthday to Christopher.

Football

This year Spencer and Ethan decided that they would try football. We watched a lot of football! Luckily the fields are close to our house.

Ethan is #21 in theYellow Jersey

 Adam and Sydney loved cooling off in the fans.

 Jordan was the water girl for Ethan's Team.

Spencer is in the Blue Oiler Jersey backing up. He played Cornerback and Safety. He did a great job for his first and only year in Football. They had three teams here in Singapore and then he played on the combined team that traveled to Okinawa, Japan.

Halloween

Halloween in our neighborhood is CRAZY!! There are literally thousands of Trick or Treaters. We gave out 2000+ tattoos. That's right over 2000. Our neighborhood gets so inundated with people that they set up a special neighborhood trick or treating the week before that Jordan, Adam and Sydney participated in. It was very low key and no chance that they would get lost in the crowds on Halloween.

Sydney (Belle), Jordan (Witch), Adam (PowerRanger)

 Carving our VERY EXPENSIVE pumpkins.

... More Carving

 The Finished Products!

 Handing out Candy (tattoos for us)

 The Masses

Our friend Teena Jelsma came by to say 'Hi' and we recruited her to help pass out goodies for a few minutes. Thank you Teena, I was feeling a bit overwhelmed.

Little India

Jordan and I went with a bunch of our girly friends for food and fun in Little India.

Thanks to the Webbs, Stevens and Sorensons

Jordan showing off her Henna

The Monkey Park

We enjoy the playing at the Woodlands Water Front Park or as we call it- The Monkey Park. We had a fun outing with the Coombs Family. They live on our street and have been so welcoming.

Derek and Brianne

 Ethan and Adam

 Marissa and Brianne

 Sydney and her best buddy Megan. These 2 two year olds love to play with each other.

Work Party

Christopher conveniently scheduled his work party for a weekend when he was going to be gone. And then signed us up to be in charge of face painting. Okay to be fair, this is my simplified version of the whole story, not really an accurate interpretation of what happened. None the less, we went to the work party without him. We recruited a few friends to help paint faces and it turned out to be pretty fun.

Ethan



Jordan

Adam

Did I mention that the friends we got to help paint were cute girls? I think that helped the overall attitude- well Preston's attitude.

Adam couldn't wait to try to break a balloon on Preston's head. He begged and begged until Preston agreed.

Preston was a good sport about the whole thing, although he did chase after Adam after the balloon exploded on his head.

 I was the biggest casualty. The water hit the ground causing mud to splash all over my white shirt. :(

Another really fun activity was to paint our own kites. Christopher and I found a really cool shop that came and ran this awesome activity. The boy on the left hand side in the green shirt is Ethan.

Ultimate Frisbee

Spencer and Preston were able to play on the Singapore American School Ultimate Frisbee Club team  last school year even though they had yet to start school at SAS. A big thanks to a kind teacher sponsor who allowed them to play. They are playing again this year, although not as often, but try to fit it in when possible.

Preston throwing and catching. This boy can jump!
(These pictures were taken well before Preston's injury. He was playing in the summer when the injury happened)

Spencer is an Ultimate Frisbee captain this year, although he has been rather absent because he is playing American Football right now.

First Day of School

The Cute Lee Kids

Spencer 12th Grade

Preston 10th Grade

Ethan 7th Grade

Jordan 5th Grade

Sydney 2 and Adam 4

The kids are absolutely loving school. It is challenging, yet fun. They have all made good friends.

Tioman

A few hours drive and then an hour boatride away is Tioman,Malaysia. We have been to this island a couple of times.  It has nice beaches and the snorkeling is great. The boat ride can be a bit rough, but it is worth it to us. On this trip, we were joined by the Webbs and the Adams. It is always fun having friends along.

Jordan and Libby. These two had a great summer together. Most families leave for the summer so it was a great blessing to have the Webb Family here this summer with us.

Cute Preston

Ethan and Rachel

Sydney pondering what she wantsfor lunch

Adam

Christopher

Spencer

Adam and Sarah

 The boat on the return trip was crowded and Christopher ended up missing our boat and caught the next boat. We waved to each other as the kids and I departed. Luckily his boat wasn't far behind ours. Because of the crowds, we were split up all over on the ferry. I was sitting by Sydney and Adam, Spencer was in the row ahead, Ethan and Preston were a few more rows in front of him. Jordan was sitting with her friend Libby on the level above us. We were pretty spread out. Thankfully Spencer was fairly close and could help when Sydney threw up on the return trip. The two young ladies who were sitting next to us probably wished they had let Spencer sit next to us instead.