beijing part 2

summer palace

dawson's new girlfriends. ^^ at first i was a little jealous, but then i though hey, these ladies look like just the type of women i would want to be sister wives with.

jade factory lunch

this eagle is impressive, isn't it? we were THIS >< close to buying it, but then he rang up at $120,000.

i better start saving up for dawson's christmas present next year!

ming tombs

it was after the ming tombs that dawson decided i took too many pictures.  we were in a fight for the whole ride to the great wall of china.  thank goodness we made up or you wouldn't be seeing these next 20 pictures of virtually the same thing:

the great wall of china

best 2 weeks of the year

after china we decided to have a smaller "14 days of birthday" than last year.
we may dream of having a money tree in our backyard, but i keep checking and it never seems to be there.

so this year involved a few less pricey activities and A LOT more food and treat eating.    

trust me, i'm not complaining. 

so here is some of what this year involved..

 half-off sushi:

^^^ i thought a mullet was a good look for a date

 movie night:

nielsens:

catching up on downton abbey:

making daw's favorite cookies:

daw showed me what he ate for 2 years,

at this authentic peruvian restaurant:

exploring ikea:

celebrating both our bdays with friends:

yay for both being 24 for two weeks!  and yay for being 25 now so i can boss dawson around again!