Gong Xi Fa Chai!

The year of the Ox is here! Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year and a Prosperous 2009. We spent Chinese New Year Eve with our friends Shelley, KL and Kelley at the Royal Palms for Sunday Brunch at T. Cook's restaurant. It was delicious and everyone enjoyed it very much. The weather was beautiful and KL took many great pictures of the kids. I think he should consider being a photographer for his new career! Here are some of my favorites:

Best of Friends

Just had to share this picture...Hayden and Ethan are starting to know each other better and it was so cute when they started to hold hands....such innocence is hard to come by....

It's 2009!

Where did all the time go? It is now 2009....what a year it has been. We look forward to this new year and hope that it will be another great year despite the economy. We wish everyone a healthy new year.

Here is a picture of Ethan in his "sarong"! Thought it would bring a smile to you all. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

Some highlights from Christmas Day....

Santa was here....

But Ethan was still asleep....

Now, everyone is ready for presents!

Ethan was careful with the first present....

Then there was chaos....

Ready for food....

Seafood hotpot for dinner....Yummie!

Tis the Season....Ho Ho Ho...

Daddy and Ethan were at the mall during the weekday last week and there was no line at the Santa Claus picture place, so daddy decided to send Ethan to Santa for a picture. The picture turned out fine except the prints came out a little compressed, so Ethan had a little too round a head.

Then we went to LA middle of last week and Santa visited our hotel lobby every evening, so we got a better picture. What do you think?

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we decided to smoke a turkey and it turned out delicious even though it cooked a lot faster than we thought. We will definitely try it again. We had some friends over and had a great time. Ethan enjoyed his first turkey (last year, he was not eating solids yet) and all the fixings...well, just the mashed potatoes and the rolls. Not too crazy about the stuffing and corn. Oh well, more for us. He did like my pumpkin cheesecake. Yummie....

It's Official!

It was a special day for us today. Mom finally became a US Citizen and the Naturalization Oath Ceremony was held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. A total of 2178 people were sworn in today which is the biggest ceremony to date here in Phoenix. It sure was a memorable day. Congrats mom!