Peru

Well I just got back from Peru with my sister and brother-in-law for a much needed vacation.  I don't have a ton of time to type out everything, but here are some fun pictures from the trip.

Elephants on parade

Shanghai

Nanjing

Hong KongNanjing

BeijingNanjing

Nanjing
I'm sure you are thinking "why does Jake have a lot of pictures with elephants" Well to tell you the truth, it started out just by me saying, go stand over there and I will take your picture. Then one day we realized that he was always the one standing next to the elephant statues so we have continued to snap a picture anytime we find an elephant. And a little fact you might not know about Jake is he can do an awesome elephant sound. If you don't believe me you will have to ask him to do it the next time you see him. Clara loved Jake's elephant sound.

Terracotta Warriors

So I know it has been awhile since I have updated this blog. These next couple of posts are still from when my parents came over Christmas. We were able to go to Xian and see the Terracotta Warriors. We had a great time seeing this exhibit, but all agreed that Xian is kind of a dirty place where I think every cab driver tried to rip us off. This was our last stop of our excursions so that night we ordered room service and all crashed. It was so much fun.
I made everyone pose as one of the warriors...Jake's pose.

Dad's pose

Mom's pose

My pose...mine didn't turn out that good, oh well.

One of the rooms that they found full of warriors.

Cool looking vase that I made them stand next to.

This picture shows how big of a place this one. They have 3 buildings full of these warriors.

Jake and I with all of the warriors

Mom and Dad

It was seriously crazy how many of these there are and they are still excavating them.

Some of the warriors with their heads still intact.