Update from Preston

Hello everyone!

Just an update from us, we thought we would include some photos from our recent visit with Grandpa McBride but apparently they are on my work computer and not at home. OOPS! Anyway please take a look at our Easter Morning photos. Take care!

Cloisonne Vase

I purchased this vase 15 years ago at an auction, I never knew much about how it was made just that is was called Cloisonne, in China we visited a Cloisonne factory and watched cloisonne being made. It was very interesting, it is an elaborate and complicated process. So now Bruce can forgive me for getting carried away and buying it at the auction. I've always liked it but now I appreciate it's beauty even more knowing what goes into making it.

China Suit

Doesn't Bruce look handsome in his new suit that he had made in China?

The interview from....well, you know.

So Tuesday I had a very intimidating-and long-interview at Bristol-Myers Squibb in Princeton, New Jersey. The interview was from 9 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. and consisted of 8 individual interviews with the "high-ups", a tour of the laboratory and a business lunch with 4 people I would potentially work with. To sum up how the day went, during one of the mini-interviews with THE group director head lady, a bird ran into the window and killed itself right in front of us. Not a good sign.

I always tend to think things go worse when they've actually gone well, though. Apparently this was another one of these instances, as I received word that I got the job! The official offer will come out next week. And although I will now be driving 87 miles (each way) from home 5 days a week until I can figure things out, this is a HUGE step up for me in the field, financially, and in terms of my personal standards...and sanity. I have heard that these companies take very good care of their employees, and I'm so excited to start!

Anyway, thanks for all your support and prayers and such, because honestly with the flustered interview I needed every bit of it!

Oh, and I don't really ENJOY talking about this nor do I think it's particularly personal to do it online, but I wanted input on an idea I ran across the other day and this is the best way to run it across everyone. Has anyone heard of a living funeral and what's the opinion on doing one for Grandpa McBride?

I know that for me, being so far out here, I can only make it out to Idaho once and I'd rather do it when I can see him, talk to him, and let HIM know how I feel.

I don't mean to throw a wrench into things, as I can presume arrangements may have already been made. Just an idea...let me know what you think.

Kennedy McBride

Baby Quilts

These are the quilts I made for my last 4 Grandchildren, Ethan, Eliza, Kennedy and Liam.

Lynda, Steve, Jan & Bruce in Shanghai. Ethan and Tyler are Terra Cotta Warriors. A great meal in Xian.

China

Ricshaw ride. Melanie and Puyol's beautiful home in China. The Great Wall. Fun Fun Fun

China

Visit to China

We have just returned from a wonderful trip to China. Melanie and Puyol were wonderful hosts. They have a beautiful home and treated us so royally, taking us from place to place via their driver (in traffic even Steve would have a hard time negociating). The places we visited were so amazing. China is such a combination of the old traditional next to the new and modern. We started at the Bang home in Shanghai, shopped, ate at fabulous places and saw the sights, traveled together to Xian to view the terra-cotta warriors and then Bruce and Jan, Steve and I traveled by overnight train to Beijing. We stood on Tiananmen Square, walked miles it seemed through the Forbidden City, drove by the Olympic Stadium, and then the highlight: climbing the great wall of China! It is an unbelieveable feat of the achievement of men and also such an amazing experience. We ate wonderful food everywhere we went, showing only the slightest resemblence to the Chinese food we eat here in the U.S. This was a trip we will always remeber as one of our greatest experiences. It was fun to share it with family.

So fun

Here is what my children have been up to! They got into my powder sugar! What a sticky mess!