Thursday, January 7, 2016

Visit from Parents

My husband's parents came to Singapore for the last two weeks of 2015.  The time flew by, but we had so much fun with them!


Walking in West Coast Park


At Gardens by the Bay


Family game night

A couple from church took us ice skating one day at a huge ice rink inside a mall.  It was the first time we'd dressed in jeans and sweatshirts since the plane ride back to Singapore in August 2014!



One of my favorite activities was biking at East Coast Park.  We rented bikes, including a family bike that worked really well for our younger kids (the adults and older kids took turns pedaling it), and we had two hours to bike along the coast and towards downtown.





We also hiked on the island of Pulau Ubin on a rainy day--but nice and cool for hiking!  We reached the Chek Jawa Wetlands area at low tide and spent a lot of time looking at the sea creatures there.


Yoon Chuan and Megan running along the path


Anemone


A couple of crabs


Walking past mangroves


Inside a temple on the island


On the boat ride back


Our tiny boat went right alongside this enormous ship.

We spent another rainy day at the zoo with Kong Wee & Dorcas's family.


Megan, Jael, Noah, Jason, Elijah




Jason and Elijah in the zoo's water play area



By the time we left it was pouring rain, but all the trams were full, 
so we had a long, wet walk back to the zoo entrance!

Another day we went down to the Singapore River and Marina Bay area.




Inside a mall on Marina Bay!!


Megan by Clarke Quay on the river

One of the families from church had us over for swimming and dinner at their condo one day.






The family of the kids' "Singapore grandma" and their Michigan grandparents

A Bible study group from church hosted a dinner for us another night.




Seafood salad one of the women made for Dad


We visited in another family's home for lunch one day.



Rambutan (fruit)


Mom also got to sit in the youngest Sunday School class with Megan and Jason.


One of the men whose home we visited led a very nice devotions on Psalm 133.  Mom & Dad had a great time with our family, but also with many of God's people here in Singapore.  "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!"







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