Additions to the Family

I forgot to mention the newest additions to the Sandness family. Craig and I had promised the kids that they could get pet fish once we got to Hong Kong. We decided we would do that as a family outing yesterday before Craig left on his trip. As we were waiting for a taxi in the lobby of the apartment building, Craig inquired with the front desk on where to go to find a fish for a pet. It was obvious there was some miscommunication going on, so we stressed that we were looking for fish that were still alive and NOT to eat.

So, we think we've now been understood and the front desk person tells the taxi driver (in Chinese) where we want to go. Well...after a half hour drive to the city, we get to a very busy corner where there is plenty of food places including some fish to eat and the taxi driver is encouraging us to get out of his taxi and pay. Right on the corner is Billy's Bakery...pretty much sure we are in the wrong place, but Craig insists we get out and at least check it out. As it turns out, if you go two floors down underneath Billy's Bakery, there is a whole bunch of fish...IN AQUARIUMS! Persistence prevailed despite my skepticism :)

An hour or more later, we became the proud owners of our very first aquarium with three new fish. Kyra decided to get a baby turtle instead of a fish. Keely named her fish Maddie, Tyson named his fish Carl, and Trey named his fish Boris. Kyra named her baby turtle Flippers.

You had to figure the Sandness family couldn't go very long without a pet in the house...