dumpling party

Thank you all so very much for your kind words
and prayers regarding my great-niece.

The funeral is Wednesday and we'd sure appreciate you to
continue to lift our family up.


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On a much lighter note,
some sweet college students from the Chinese
church invited the girls and me over to make dumplings
last night.

It was SO MUCH fun.

This is Elizabeth who is from Henan, just like Macy!
She was the dumpling expert.

Macy was really good at wrapping them up
beautifully.

Lucy was really good at eating.
Here she was enjoying seaweed.
The girl at her weight in the stuff.
Who knew?

She loved being included with the big girls on
this special night!

Funniness was abundant!

Such a darling group of girls, don't you think?

Elizabeth, Joyce, Joyce, Lucy, Macy

dumpling day

Today was the day.

The day that Macy and I took the plunge and made
our own homemade dumplings.

Chop. Chop. Chop.
And chop some more.

Carefully putting together these delicate delicacies.

Dumpling hot tub.
Par-tay.

And the sauce.
Oh, the sauce.

The best part.

For mine it was
a lovely concoction of two different Chinese vinegars,
soy sauce, and hot chili garlic paste.

Oh so yummy.

And don't you just adore my little sauce cups?
I bought them in Seattle in China Town.
I love them soooo much!

Sorry for no more pics but that's where the photos ended.

The rest is deliciousness history.