the wu’s year in photos
Even though I’ve let my blog slip majorly in the past few weeks and months, I couldn’t let my blogaversary and annual tradition of choosing one photo per month slip past.
This will be my fifth year to do this:
2005–was my third year in Taiwan, and I started blogging
2006–my sister got married and my brother came to Taiwan
2007–I moved to a new city, and my cousins came to visit
2008–I met the love of my life; we dated, got engaged, and then married . . . it was perhaps the most perfect year of my entire life. :)
I think I took less photos in all of 2009 than I did in many of the months of 2008. Kinda makes me a little sad, and makes me want to resolve to take more photos in 2010. Anywho, not analyzing anything right now, which I am OH so tempted to do.
Let me get right to the point . . . below you find a month by month look at our 2009 using only one photo per month.
January: We celebrate our first Chinese New Year together in Meinong
February: New Life Bilingual Church in Kaohsiung starts meeting
March: We marry again . . . well, ok, we celebrate our marriage covenant in Taiwan with our Taiwanese friends and family
April: I have my first birthday as a wife (aka, I turn 31)
May: Some of our friends marry . . . and Lawrance is the MC at their wedding banquet
June: We start our summer Sunday afternoon tradition of eating ice after church
July: We go on several dates during the summer . . . Thai food, the beach and more
August: We celebrate our first anniversary in Kenting
September: Sadly Wu Mama is diagnosed with liver cancer 
October: Lawrance is a clown (well, maybe he always is one, but at least he LOOKED like one this time)
November: I start studying Chinese again (This is my awesome Chinese teacher)
December: Law’s parents help us to decorate our tree . . . a Wu family first! 
following an unknown path 
Dare I say it? Okay, I will. Have a baby, and you’ll know what the camera was MEANT for. Seriously. You will be amazed at the number of photos you’ll take of that bundle of joy. Shoot, it starts with the pregnant belly!
I have noticed that you’ve blogged less often as Mrs. Wu. But that’s okay. I know you’re lovin’ life! Enjoy!
Oh, Jimmie! . . . we would LOVE to have a baby in 2010!!
Shoot, we would have loved to have had one in 2009, but we aren’t the only one’s who get to decide whether or not we become parents.
Loved seeing a post pop up today from you and enjoyed the traditional end-of-the-year photo review. It made me realize that I’ve really missed your blog, but I definitely know how it is!
Thank you, Deb. I’ve actually missed blogging and would like to get back to it to some degree.
Happy New Year! amanda :)
Happy New Year Amanda! I love your year-in-review. I hope 2010 is full of blessings and wonderful new memories for you and Lawrance.
Cindy
HAPPY NEW YEAR AMANDA! =) May God bless you and Lawrance even more in 2010! Love all those pictures and how you cherish your time with your hubby everyday. We can always celebrate our anniversaries each year in August! Hope to meet you one day!
Amanda ~ you’ve inspired me to include my in-laws in our Christmas traditions next time. I’ve avoided doing that because they only celebrate it as a religious holiday, and because I assumed it entailed me heading over there. But why not invite them over to help decorate? What a great idea!