It was a great weekend seen friends and family since we moved to CA in May. It was also an exciting event as it was our little girl’s first time being a flower girl.

Waiting for the show time…

Picture with the beautiful bride

Look! I have a bouquet too!!

final talk before walking down the aisle…

Here comes the bride…..

and the wedding party.

first kiss as husband and wife

happy couple

daddy, when is my turn to be a beautiful bride?

Family picture @ Mars Hill West Seattle Campus

Brother & Sister

family picture @ the banquet

Sisters

Congratulations! Carol & Erwin

We went to strawberry picking last week…

Lia had fun picking the one she liked….

Eli was too little to pick the strawberries so he just watched his sister…

Eli: “can I eat them?”

We came home with this….

The picture doesn’t do the justice of how good they were…

They were perfect size for babies..hehe

Lia:” hmm.. which one should I eat first?”

“this one!!”

Nothing can beat the taste of the strawberries from our own yard…

strawberry art…

Karen, Lia, and myself went to the “Garden d’Light” at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The lights and designs were gorgeous…

Along the way there were many neat patterns, such as these colorful tulips…

Or this spider web…

Unfortunately Lia wasn’t too crazy about being a model…

But nothing a little snack wouldn’t fix…

After that, getting her to smile was a challenge…

Then we visited the cafe, which had a nice aquarium behind a glass…

It was drizzling quite a bit, but I took advantage of what nature provided…

Unfortunately taking pictures of a toddler can be a daunting task, so we only talked through part of the garden before they shut the lights on us.

To see higher quality versions of these photos, go to the Garden d’light section of the photo gallery!

We had a little celebration at Kindermusik in Redmond, where we enjoyed a short musical program involving music, toys, and gymnastics.

It started with some xylophones…

And then moved on to horsey…

And then to ribbons…

And some maracas…

And then some Hula hoops…

A little story time…

And then some bouncy balls…

And then the parachute…

Then we sang the birthday song…

And took group photos…

And that was the end of the fun-filled birthday event. Happy birthday Jujube!

Check out the Jujube 2nd Birthday photo gallery for more photos of Jujube’s Birthday Celebration!

A little birthday celebration yesterday at BluWater…

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It’s that time of the year when everyone gets to assume a different identity. For us this year, the theme is “Greek/Roman”. In the past we’ve purchased pre-made costumes, but the past couple of years we decided to switch it up and make costumes ourselves. So we bought the fabric, cut the gold leafs, and out came the Greek family…  or is it Julius?

Grace, who is expecting in a few weeks, took advantage of her bump…

Eddie and Claire, assuming the role of Doctor and Bunny…

Jun, Christine, and Carolyn being pool, bee, and honey pot.

Angela, Johnny, Toby and Kenzie being various characters…

Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to take pictures of everyone, but hopefully others have pictures of others who attended the party. Have a safe, happy October 31st!

I recall attending a party one year where everyone was counting down to the start of a new year, and the festivities were extravagant, with dancing, cheering, and just a whole lot of fun. I was bringing down the house with all my fancy dance moves with all my friends cheering on as we celebrated the arrival of the new year. I didn’t have any champagne because I didn’t need alcohol to have a great time, and, well, I was also… 10 at the time so it was either Martinelli or Sprite.  Okay, okay, so maybe there wasn’t any fancy dance move either, just a weak version of the Running Man or the Moonwalk, as others laughed on, I’m sure. It is surprising, though, how much of our childhoods we carry with us. To this day the arrival of a new year seems incomplete to me unless a crowd of people celebrating, so we invited a few people over…

Here were some of the family and friends moments after New Year…

and some Happyfish brothers and sisters…

And a video to the countdown…

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Along with a new year, it is also time to set some New Year’s Resolutions.  Some of you may have thought my last year’s resolutions were somewhat weak, so hopefully this year’s will be slightly better.

James Lee’s New Year’s Resolution for 2009:

1. I will be a good daddy to Lia and give her gifts that she would want, such as XBOX 360.  For the record, just because Lia didn’t want me to have one doesn’t mean she doesn’t want one for herself!
2. I will eat healthy and limit fast food, such as KFC, to five times a week.
3. I will try not to scare Lia with the Little Drummer Tigger.
4. I will prevent my house from looking like a Tornado has hit, and keep my yard from resembling the second Amazon Rain Forest.  Hmm… how old does Lia have to be before she can help mow the lawn?
5. I will not jump off Chargers bandwagon even if they start off 4-8, and I will try not to grimace at the thought of the Mariners.
6. I will continue to help Earth (and my wallet) by taking the bus to work everyday, and I will try driving Karen’s car at least once a week so we don’t need to jump it every time Karen needs to go out.
7. I will be a good husband and invest in a Blu-Ray player, such as the PS3, so that we can have quality TV picture for our at-home movie nights.
8. I will start our weekly family devotionals, even if we need to strap Lia to her high-chair to do so.
9. I will have better time management and not be more than 3 hours late to any event.
10. I will post at least one blog a week, even if I have to bore all my faithful readers to death with my stream-of-consciousness babbling about nothing.

Karen, Lia, and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

It was Lia’s first Christmas, a beautiful White Christmas, as the snow was falling the entire morning!

Some people have wondered where these pictures went, so here are the pictures from our Costume party…

Karen and I dressed up as static electricity couple (hard to tell from this picture), and Lia dressed up as a little flower…

Apparently Lia wasn’t the only flower that night, as Caroline and Kirstein joined the fold…

Here’s a picture with Jujube the doctor…

And Maddy the Elephant in David’s Cube…

Finally, a group picture…

Now let’s see where creativity will take us next year!

todays dadys birday.. meee n dady had fun togehter in the 7 months ive been here…

=me n momy brainstormin what to get dady…..

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in the end . we both agee im the best gift he can ever get…

momy said if thats not enuf .. she wll pick up a birday card later tonite

hapy birday deer dady . we love u