Colleen's Room

This is Colleen's room. The color is lavender with butterflies on ceiling fan, door and dresser.

Colleen's referral party!

This is our group we meet with every Thursday night to learn Chinese and about China. The people are (from left to right) Nixy and his wife Kim, our picture of Colleen, Dallas (son of Nixy and Kim), Leaf (our teacher), me, Brendan, and (in front) Isaac and Amy Glover. Jake Glover was out-of-town.

More Pictures of Colleen

More Pictures of Colleen

Guilin: Colleen's Home Town

Location: located between 109 east longitude and 24 north latitude in the northeastern corner of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; in the southwest of the Five Ridges and the west bank of Li River
Neighboring Areas: Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong provinces
Physical Features: the typical Karst formation
Population: 1.34 million
Urban Population: 600,000
Area: 27,809 sq km
Nationalities: Zhuang, Yao, Hui, Miao, Han and Dong

History: founded during the Qin dynasty over 2,000 years ago, prospered in Tang and song, flourished in Ming and Qing; used to be the provincial capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Climatic Features: located in mid-subtropical area with damp monsoon climate; warm and rainy; long frost-free period, plenty of sunshine and clear division of four seasons
Average Temperature: 19 C annually

Mountains: Diecai Hill, Elephant Trunk Hill, Seven-star Cave, Wave-subduing Hill, Lipu and Yaoshan Mountain
Rivers: Li River
Products: Shatian Pomelo, summer orange, fructus momordicae, gingko, moon persimmon, Lipu Tara, Sanhua Alcohol, pepper sauce, fermerted bean curd, Guilin Rice Noodle, water-chestnut, grain fish and dried bean milk cream in tight rolls

Our Baby Girl!

Our Baby Girl!
Originally uploaded by brenjanaco.

Here's our new baby. Her name is Yang Jing Quan, she was born Feb 2, 2004 in Guilin in Guangxi province in China. We'll be going to China in 6-9 weeks to pick her up.

Brendan & Jana

Practice Baby

Parenting Practice
Originally uploaded by brenjanaco.