JUNE! Woah.

It's now June. We have about 23 days left in China before summer vacation. The kicker is that we only have 11 days of classes, then a lot of nonsense. May was a crazy, busy, ok month. Nothing really cool, nothing terrible. I'm so ready to get out of Ningbo for a bit. It's going to be GREAT! Ireland, Iceland, Oregon, Indiana, South Africa, and back to work. Heyoo! Life is good. Here are some pictures from the month of May.

We had a mother's day/coworker BBQ in a park.

The dinos came too

A student took us to a rose garden

Maple and I

Sophia and I...we didn't really get married

Sophia, Me, Maple at the rose garden

Sophia, Me, and Maple

Sophia and I got Monday Skirts

 

Shanghai, Field Trip, Mountains for Tomb Sweeping

Wow. I cannot believe it's already mid-April. That's nuts. It's been a crazy 3rd quarter at work. I re-signed my contract and will be returning next year with a raise and a promotion involving less teaching hours and more administrative stuff.  I'm making summer plans: so far Ireland, Iceland, Portland, Indiana, and South Africa are on the table/pseudo-official. Clay and I went to Shanghai for a weekend after a bad week at work, then we had a field trip with the kids on a Friday to kick off a three day weekend for Tomb Sweeping. Clay and I went to a mountain cottage for those three days. I think it's finally spring here, I hope. Things are good. About 2 more months of work, then we're free for two months. Life is good.

Enjoying spring in Ningbo

Rhino in Shanghai

Rhino in Shanghai

Pearl Tower in Shanghai

Don't worry, they came too.

Shanghai.

Temple in Shanghai

Temple in Shanghai

This is me as a teacher on the trip

LeBron

Coco

Teacher Clay caught a giant salamander

Ken and Windy Teacher

Kiddos and Clay

Big ass rock carved to look like a stamp.

Dinos on the field trip

Kids and teachers crossing the bridge

Bobby and a statue of a man who did something cool

Maggie teacher

LeBron and Ken

LeBron, Clay, Ken, Vincent, and Alick Teacher

It rained for the second part of the trip

Beautiful

Adam and William

Lolly, Mark, and Lisa Teacher

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Tomb Sweeping Holiday

ohhhhh

ohhhhh

Top of a mountain

This was at the top of a mountain and symbolizes knowledge

Spring is here!

The cabins

That's me

Clay and I

Hiking

Cabins

PUPPIES!

Easy to forget we were in China

Waterfalls