Josephine, Grace and Charles

Welcome Josie!

At exactly 12 Noon today (February 1, 2007) our fourth child was born. Her name is Josephine Claire Hunter and her details at birth were:

Weight: 3.75 kg (7 pounds and 14 ounces)
Height: 51 cm
Hair: A little, black
Health: Very good
Voice: Alto
Interests: Sleeping, eating, being held by siblings

Laura is tired but feeling well. All went well with the labour and delivery. Thanks all, for your well wishes, meals, phone calls, emails and prayers. We are very happy and grateful to have this precious new daughter join our clan - and also deeply appreciative that she is coming into a family that is blessed with such a wonderful extended circle of kith and kin.

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Jane's First Day in Nursery

Grace graduated from Nursery at Church, the same day that Jane started. Jane loved it and didn't bat an eye. Grace is now in the sunbeams class and has a lovely teacher from Scotland via South Africa, named Carol.

Laura and Rich

Hayley at the Hong Kong Temple

Another shot of Hayley in Hong Kong.

Hayley and Laura

Our niece Hayley is visiting us here in Hong Kong for a few days. Grace thinks she is luverly - and for more reasons than her long, beautiful hair. We are having a great time. Last night we haggled at the Mong Kok Ladies Markets (Laura bought torches, towels; Hayley bargued her way into a pair of 120 HKD shoes for 60). This shot is taken in front of the Hong Kong Temple in Kowloon Tong.

Christmas Friends

Our friends the Burninghams (from Idaho and New York), the Chengs (from Hong Kong and Uruguay) and Sisters Iqbal and Mubarak (from Pakistan) shared Christmas lunch with our family. It was lovely.

Christmas presents

Miss Katie

Here is Grace with her pre-school teacher, Miss Katie. She is also an Aussie and a terrific teacher.

Woodlands School Christmas Extravaganza

Here is Grace performing with her fellow Penguins (pre-schoolers) at their Christmas concert. She performed 'I'm a little Snowman' and 'Rocking around the Christmas Tree' with great gusto.

Big sister

Eyes on the ball

Look at the concentration, the racquet preparation and the footwork!

Hong Kong Tennis Centre

Charlie has a tennis lesson each Saturday. His coach is from the Philippines and is called DJ, Ben, John, Phil and Tommy. We have a suspicion that it might be a different person each week.

Hong Kong at Christmas-time

Our friends, the Garns, invited us to their home to see the sights and lights of Hong Kong at Christmas-time from their balcony.

Gifts of Christmas

The theme for the Christmas open house this year was 'the Gifts of Christmas'. One of the rooms of our church was set up for visitors to pack personal care packages for refugees in Hong Kong.

Christmas Open House

This picture was taken in December, 2006 in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Behind us is a display of Nativity scenes from around the world.

Nativity

Here we are with some missionaries from the US Malaysia and Pakistan, at the Christmas open house in Wan Chai.

Father Christmas

The kids met Santa at the Victoria First Branch Christmas do.

Holiday Farm - New Territories

Here's Charlie on a school excursion. We thought it was a bit much that he was assigned to carry everyone's lunch and water bottles.