Who knew there were Mormons in China...

We went to The tiger Hill Pagoda today. A beautiful, but tourist filled, park nearby. The pagoda is hundreds of years old and truly amazing to see up close. "They don't make them like they used to" really has new meaning here!
No one tried to give us anything today, but we did have our picture taken many, many times. It's kind of fun being a celebrity! Brody bought some junk from one of the little stands and had a fun time bartering with the lady. As long as you are ready to walk away at any time, they will pretty much give you any price you want. We rode a horse drawn carriage around the outside of the park and Riley spent the whole time looking at the horse and saying, "niiiccceee"! Her word for any animal that she wants to pet. Our driver was telling us a bit about the sights in Chinese and we were able to understand what he was saying, that was really exciting. Mandarin is such a cool language and we are all working hard to learn as much as we can.
We spent the afternoon walking around the lake in our neighborhood and enjoying the gorgeous weather. Riley is having so much fun doggy sitting! She holds the little leash in her hands and this sweet little dog just walks along patiently beside her. She yells at us if anyone else tries to hold the leash.
Yesterday we rode bikes over to this cool part of the lake called Rainbo Walk. You can walk around the lake, play at a little playground and get some interesting things to eat. We aren't brave enough yet to buy food from the street vendors, but i don't think it will be long. I'll have to take some pics of where I get my fruit and veggies, you'll be wondering if I've gone blind, lost my sense of smell -or both! But I digress...
These young men were following us at a respectable distance, they were in white button down shirts and black pants and carrying clipboards and book bags. So Rich pipes up, "I didn't know their were Mormons in China?" This then digressed quickly to, "Do you accept Buddha as your personal savior?" and so on. It's a good thing we find each other so funny...