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Fuhua amusement park Water Palace
We first ran in to the Fuhua amusement park by chance. We were riding around on our E-bike one day and saw roller coaster tracks twisting...
Liz
Feb 16, 20192 min read
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Travel to Jinan, China. Thousand Buddha Cave. Day 2
Our first day in Jinan we explored this beautiful park, but didn't get to see everything the park had to offer, so we decided to come...
Liz
Feb 9, 20191 min read
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Travel to Jinan, China. The Thousand Buddha Mountain. Day 1
We were always on the hunt for new places to travel on the weekends and Jinan came highly recommended by many of our students. It's the...
Liz
Feb 2, 20192 min read
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A lesson to learn from the Chinese
I recently saw a video on facebook of a little boy on an airplane. He was throwing a tantrum that lasted hours, and you could tell the...
Liz
Jan 19, 20193 min read
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A Taste of Home
A recurring difficulty living in China, was food. We are a family of foodies, we love all types of foods which made the first couple...
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Jan 12, 20193 min read
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Jan 5, 20190 min read
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Out to Breakfast
October, 5th 2017 In Weifang, the sun always rose early, some days before 5 am! It made it nearly impossible to sleep past 6, which was a...
Liz
Dec 29, 20181 min read
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Christmas in China 2017
Christmas is such a special time of year! Our family loves Christmas so much, our Christmas decorations are usually up the first day of...
Liz
Dec 15, 20183 min read
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Living in China: The hardest thing we've ever done, and why we would go back!
“You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart always will be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the...
Liz
Dec 4, 20183 min read
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Thanksgiving IN CHINA
Being away from family around Thanksgiving was really hard for me. I didn't realize how sentimental I was towards Thanksgiving, until I...
Liz
Nov 17, 20182 min read
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House Hunters International contacted us!
One night before bed Drew as checking his email, when he noticed one addressed to Misfitfam that we didn't recognize. After opening the...
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Nov 10, 20182 min read
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Oct 27, 20180 min read
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Ellie gives away her toys!
#service
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Aug 25, 20181 min read
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The Misfitfam goes to Qingdao, China
Qingdao is a nearby city in our province on the coast. It was the first trip we took after moving to China. We hopped on the train eager...
Liz
Aug 18, 20183 min read
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May 13, 20180 min read
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Photo Album: September 2017
Our first week in Weifang, Macy, Wade and their friend Jasmin took us around the wetlands. The wetland are a big park in our city, which...
Liz
May 10, 20181 min read
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My 25th Birthday
For my birthday this year, we decided to go to a nice hotel in town. We were going to stay one night and enjoy the hotel buffet for...
Liz
Mar 25, 20182 min read
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Halloween IN CHINA
Ellie's favorite holiday is Halloween! She talks about it constantly! She loves how "spooky"(Ellie's favorite word) it is. I had held off...
Liz
Mar 11, 20183 min read
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Teaching English in China
I can't lie, teaching was the part of moving to China that scared me the most! I could deal with selling everything I owned, packing my...
Liz
Feb 25, 20183 min read
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Sundays IN CHINA
I get many questions about what Sundays are like living in China. It's a question that I have to answer carefully, because in China,...
Liz
Feb 18, 20182 min read
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Oct 19, 20200 min read
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Grants chopstick progress
Two year old Grants progress on using chopsticks after living in China for two months
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Oct 15, 20201 min read
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Oct 7, 20200 min read
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Hanauma Bay, Oahu Hawaii
January 2020 Our second day in Hawaii we knew we had to hit up the beach, but not before getting something delicious to eat! We woke up...
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Sep 30, 20201 min read
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The Polynesian Cultural Center
January 2020 Our first day in Oahu we decided to visit the Polynesian Cultural Center. If you are ever in Oahu this is a MUST SEE! We...
Liz
Sep 23, 20202 min read
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Chinatown in Honolulu
January 2020 Drew had been dying to go to a Hawai’i, he’s heard a lot about it and has always wanted to go. We love the heat, humidity...
Liz
Sep 16, 20201 min read
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Chinatown and thePolynesian Cultural Center Vlog
January 2020
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Sep 9, 20201 min read
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The EASIEST fruit strudel recipe
A lot of you have said you were really interested in a recipe for our fruit strudel I posted on Instagram, so here it is! it’s super easy...
Liz
Sep 2, 20201 min read
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Moving update 8/4/2020
We have A closing date for our house! Woohoo! Things are finally moving forward. The house is looking good, and we can finally get in to...
Liz
Aug 25, 20203 min read
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Going to the Dentist in China!
While we were in China, we had no plans of going to the dentist. We just had to hold out for a year. As long as we just brushed our...
Liz
Aug 19, 20202 min read
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