Jody on drums

We all got to play Guitar Hero World Tour (video game version of a real rock band) at Stan's house yesterday. FUN! Jody played the drums while Mia sang on the mic. I was on guitar :)

Solar science project

Kathryn and Kelly working on their solar science project! They will be working on it all day today!

Relaxing

Jody, Megan, and Jamie relaxing on the couch.

Raining Thanksgiving Day!

This morning, I went to Dana Point Harbor and ran a 10k Turkey Trot race in the pouring rain.... And I really mean POURING RAIN!!! Fortunately, the weather was around 60 degrees and not any colder. I had fun!

After I got back, the rain had subsided a little bit. Jamie decided that she wanted to go out and play in the rain. Here's a short video clip. We are getting ready to head out to my brother's house in Carlsbad :)

Belated Halloween photo

Late Halloween photo of our girls and friends. Kelly was Clifford the big red dog, Jody was an elf, and Jamie was a cowgirl.

Skippy's new doggy door

Ok, I am late in posting this. Several weeks ago, I installed a new dual-layer doggy door in the wall for Skippy. This looks much better than our old single-pane doggy door that was in the slider door. This new door is not only better looking but also provides better insulation for our kitchen :)

Dinner with Shaun

Shaun came to visit us after work this evening. He's enjoying his bucket of KFC chicken while Christine ate some chocolate chip cookies the girls made this evening. Shaun will spend Thanksgiving at Linda's house while we head down to Carlsbad.

Pastry Chefs in the making

We have been making fresh bread via our breadmaker every evening for breakfast the next morning. Jody and Jamie are really into it! If you got some good recipes (and easy too), please share with us!

Jody's 50m race

Jody is in the White shirt (3rd from the left in the video). She placed 2nd in her 50 meter race.

Exciting and unfortunate 4 x 50meter race

Here's Jamie and Christine running the first 2 legs of the 4 x 50m race. Jamie is the first runner in a white T-shirt in the 2nd lane from the inside track. She hands off the baton to Christine wearing Orange shirt(2nd runner). Christine ran so fast that she flew by the 3rd runner (6 year old girl) through the baton transition area and had to run back to tell the little girl to start running. Unfortunately, they finished 4th. You can also see another mom on the inside lane behind Christine take a bad tumble :(

Kelly at Tug-Of-War

Today was a fun day! All the girls participated in several events. One specifically was Tug-Of-War. Here's a picture of Kelly before their class victory. Even Christine ran three 4 x 50m races to win a medal.

Jamie's class

Jamie's class photo on Sports Day.

Sports Day

This is the annual sports day for Irvine Chinese School. The girls ran 50 meter races, 4 x 50m relays, and parent/child relays with Christine. Jody and Jamie proudly posing with their medals.

Bubble buddies

Enjoying some bubbles on a Saturday afternoon.

USA Flag!

We now have an American flag for our house! We were the last house on our block to put up a flag. Our patriotic neighbors wondered why we took so long?

Jazzy Kelly

Practice music... We couldn't get her to play for us during dinner :(

Waveboarding in Irvine

Christine, Kelly, and Jody waveboarding in the street!!