eleven on the 22nd

My little sister Beth is turning 11 tomorrow. She is definitely happy and she might just be bouncing off the walls. Her mood is 100% and I for one, know I'm going to miss my ten year old sister. Love you Bethy! Try to sleep well.

Oh and here is a new song that I really like. Oh, oh man.

Oh and Mat Kearney's wife is named Annie. Really sweet eh?

She's a really good ballerina.

Love, a

just look

1) Excited to be doing this soon! Flying across the world to my "home" for a long visit.

2) Love this Ferris Wheel right across the canal from me. Suzhou rocks.

3) Looking forward to Spring. That's all.

4) Crazy hill covered in pink flowers. Really crazy huh?

Love you all! I hope you enjoy your Saturday like I'm mine.

Love, a

thank you/black and white

Here are a couple black and white shots I've taken over the the months.

How are you?

I really haven't said thank you to you yet, so here goes.
Thanks so much for following me. It means a lot and I hope that the stuff that I write and the pictures I take or rather just this blog of mine, brings you some sort of
joy.

Love you all.
Love, a

Thankfulness in advance

I have so much to be thankful for... and so much to look forward to. These next six weeks are occupied, filled up to the brim. "It's the most wonderful time of the year..."

Here's what I'm thankful for and what the end of November/December brings.

>> Tonight my cousin Hannah is arriving in Shanghai! We're going to see her on Thursday when we head down to Shanghai for Thanksgiving. I can't wait! <<

>> Going to Shanghai to spend Thanksgiving with my family and staying there for a couple of days. <<

>> Hannah is bringing some new clothes I ordered from the U.S. <<

>> Thanksgiving dinner and turkey ... the turkey is really expensive here so we might not have had one if we were staying in Suzhou for thanksgiving, but we are going to Shanghai so we're covered. And I haven't really had much Turkey for the last year. <<

>> December 8th, Matt, William and Malachi arrive and won't leave until the end of December! Yes we are very, very blessed. <<

>> December in general. Christmas season! I've already told you how much I love Christmas. <<

>> December 18th Ben arrives! <<

>> Chocolate and Coldplay while I write. <<

*And lots more squished in between*

Cold, wet day. One of the pictures from the photo shoot I did with Bethy a couple of days ago.

      Love, a

p.s. This video really blessed me!

Oh such bright bubbly balloons!

Here are some more pictures of balloons I took. I do love balloons right now (there really pretty in (pictures). If you keep up with my blog, thanks! I enjoy writing and posting pictures! Wo Ai Ni! (a.k.a I love you)

My house, which is becoming quite a home actually.

Listening to: Saltwater room by Owl City (love this whole CD!) Idea from Katie Bennett~


I thought that you should see my house. Its 5 story's tall.... yes, Wow!
I love it and now that we've been here for a long time we know everything around us and the buses, and our sweet guards. We have a small kitchen but its cozy. Floor heating is also really great! You can lie on the floor when its clean, its nice. Please continue to read all the past post's because I do posts about everyday but I still want you to read the recent ones :) Thanks, and love from Annie Rose.

Also my house ends after that window on the right but goes straight up :)
Oh and by the way Happy March 1st!

Lights, Ferris Wheel, Suzhou at night!

Finally!!! Some fun pictures that I took with Andrews nice camera.

A couple are edited the slightest bit but otherwise just sharpened.

My Dad and and Ben and Beth headed out into the COLD with me to get some pictures of the lights so here they are!

                                                        

                         So how do you like Suzhou at night? Its really pretty! January 9th 2011