Weekend Update

Well, not a whole lot to report for this past weekend. I started walking in the Park again now that the weather is nicer. It's a lot more scenic than walking through the neighborhood. The King and I took the kids to practice on Saturday and then went shopping at Home Debit. We picked up a nice "Money Tree" for her Dad. After we picked the kids up from practice, we picked up Estella who is Francy's daughter. Francy is the King's best friend in Hong Kong who played our tour guide for the first few days we were in Hong Kong last year. We were taking Estella out for her birthday. We went and had Sushi at our favorite place and then went to the Mall. Elijah took off once we got there and I was left with the girls. All three of them were in their shopping mode. I found myself enjoying having two girls but do not think I could afford it. Estella spent the night and played video games with Elijah most of the evening. On Sunday we took Estella home and the kids to their paternal grandparents which left the King and I a chance to go to Costco. We picked up a few trees to plant out back and then went to Ross. It was a pretty quite weekend. Later!

Happy Birthday Auna

We all want to wish Auna a very happy 18th birthday! Hope you have a wonderful day and can not believe you are already 18. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Clean Up

Well I woke up on Saturday morning and for some reason I decided to clean out the back yard junk. All of the stuff that has been collected over the years sitting on the lower level of the yard. I just started loading it all in a van that I had and took off to the dump. After the first load I was just ready to go back and get some more. Eventually I had completely emptied out all of the junk and now have a spotless backyard. Now all I need to do is get the portable building I want to put down there. After that I finished Crysta's room by putting up her mini blinds and doing a little touch up painting. After that I went outside and pulled weeds from the back yard. Yesterday I came into the office and set all of the clocks. After that is was back home to see what the gang was up to. Not much, we then went to the grocery store picked up a few steaks and grilled the steaks and some lamb chops for dinner with the King's parents. I will go home today and clean out the aquarium. Fun!!!

Catching Up

Last night we went out to dinner with two of the families that we were on the tour to China last year with. The family with the twin girls and everyone's favorite little boy. The King's parents went along with us as well and everyone had a great time. Everyone looked well and the kids picked right back up where they left off. The talk was to go back to China as a group in 2009. They all said to tell Momlls hello! There was a lot of good food but I am trying to eat less. I was very inspired by the news of Greg and Jeanne new slim physiques that I am trying to lose some weight as well. Kudos to both of you! I have been walking as much as I can and I climb the 5 flights of stairs at work 10 times a day. I have lost about 10 pounds in the last month and look to lose a lot more. If nothing else I feel better.

The Celebration has Ended

This past weekend officially ended the New Year's Festivities for another year. The Chinese New Years parade was held on Saturday night with the Street Fair on both Saturday and Sunday. We went out to dinner with some friends on Saturday night for another dinner. We went to a new place fr us and had a very "special" version of the Monk Dinner. It was mostly pretty tasty. We then went to Chinatown for Dim Sum on Sunday morning and then checked out the Street Fair. I was a little disappointed. I had money to buy things, but just didn't see anything that I could live without. We then went out for dinner last night with the King's parents as well as her brother Wing and Ethan and Stephanie. It was fun to hang out with them all. It was a very nice weekend here after it had been raining for a while. I was able to work out back in the yard and wash some cars while the kids were at Dragon Boat practice.

Mother Nature or the King

Last night Crysta and I were in our bedroom watching TV when I noticed a big thud and some rumbling. I said to Crysta that we just had an earthquake. She looked around and said no that was just Mom coming up the stairs. Sure enough about 3 seconds later the King walked into the room and I just thought to myself someones putting on a little weight. But fortunately about 10 minutes later they came out with a news report that we had just had a 4.2 quake or a "Light Quake" This sure made me feel better about the King. Yesterday we also had some snow atop Mount Diablo which is always pretty cool to see, we don't see it very much unless you go to the Sierra's. This weekend will be the Chinese New Year parade and the Street Festival. Not sure we will do the parade, but will probably do the street fair. Hopefully there won't be too much rumblings today from the ground.