We had a joint baptism with our good friends the Roudy’s sweet Elena.
Signing each other’s sayonara dolls.
It was a beautiful and special baptism. It’s amazing the support that the branch members give, there were so many people there. We are so proud of Aidan. He truly took his decision to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to heart. He has very well though out gospel questions and I can see him developing his very own testimony of our Savior and his gospel. He has a genuine desire to be more Christ-like and prays often for help making good choices. What a blessing he is to our family!
(This is a post I started a couple of months ago-before our world got flipped upside down. Time for me to get back to normal life blogging)
Oh gosh, where do I even begin with this one? We flew to Hong Kong for a quick “little” family trip. Who says that?!?! We do, apparently. So yes, we did and it was amazing! We hopped on a plane on the 6th and took the 2 1/2 hour flight to Hong Kong.
Blurry but here we all are on the plane!
At the Hong Kong airport.
I was completely overwhelmed by the city after we got off of the train and were walking to the condo we would be staying at. The streets were so narrow and cars seemed to not be very aware of pedestrians. I’m pretty sure I was almost hit by a car at least once. I was so focused on making sure we didn’t lose one of the kids and making sure they didn’t get hit by any cars, it was insane! Such a drastic change from our calm little island. By the time we left I was beginning to get a feel for how to get around such a huge city.
First morning
We spent our first two days at Disneyland but that’s a whole other post. We had one day to explore the city and that was not even close to being enough time but it had to do. Our first destination was Victoria’s Peak to get a great view of the city. We made the journey there part of our Hong Kong experience by walking to the ferry.
We finally made it to the Star Ferry. This was right before we boarded.
We got off and then continued towards the Peak Tram. On our way we saw these double decker buses loaded with people.
We made our way to Peak Tram which would take us straight up the mountain.
It was so steep that at one point this lady was standing like this!
We made it up the mountain and headed up this beautiful trail to a gorgeous view of Hong Kong.
After seeing the city we jumped on another tram and headed toward the temple.
Then, once again, we took another tram to these beautiful and peaceful gardens in the middle of the city.
Because it took me so long to get to this post I’ve left out a few of our little Hong Kong experiences. There is just so much to cover! We did have a great 3 day trip and such a cool experience showing our kids another part of the world. They especial loved Disneyland, of course. We can’t wait to take them on more adventures!
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