Happy New Year!

Celebrating a Happy 2010 ahead! We all had a champagne glass of ....... Apple Cranberry Cider!

2010 New Year Resolutions

Christine is asking our girls to list 12 things they like to improve on for 2010. Then do one improvement each month. Jody is already stuck on March 2010. Our girls said "We are so good, there's nothing else to improve."

What is your new year resolution for 2010? Please share with us!

Richard Nixon Birthplace.

Visiting the Richard Nixon Library.

Lego Train club display in the background.

More balloon pictures from yesterday

Jamie vs the Lobster

That's the one I want to "Just eat it, just eat it" (parody of Michael Jackson's Beat It song).

Great Bike and Balloon!

Breakfast at the Lin's

The Lee's visiting us.

Out with Skippy at the park

Swing!

New technology: Typewriter

Jody's new toy, "the Typewriter". This is a 20+ years old typewriter that just won't quit!

Xmas eve breakfast

Eggs, fried rice, Portuguese sausage, bananas, fruits, etc...

Twas the night before Christmas...

Christine was busy cooking in the kitchen!!!(wow),
The girls are busy counting all their presents,
Another 1000 piece puzzle was just completed,
What a way to finish the remaining days of 2009!

Christmas Card 2009

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/jf4gm6zX

Bead geckos

J and J's bead geckos.

Magic Santa show!

Kelly's chinese project on cooking

Kelly's fried rice dish for Chinese school. She needed to do a write up and presentation on how to make it. I helped :)

Puzzle of the day (Jody)

Can you spot what's wrong with this picture? First one to get it right will earn bragging rights for the day! Jody said winner can also sleep in late and be late for work :).

Still awake

It is past 9pm and we are still up! We like Xmas break :).

Kelly's Piano Recital on Wed Dec 9.

Warning!!! 5 mins 30 seconds in length.... go get a cup of coffee first. :)
Frederic Chopin, Waltz, Opus 34, No. 2 in a minor.

Marathon weekend!

It's another exciting marathon weekend on Sunday Dec 13, 2009. We have 2 family members and friends running marathons in Hawaii and Arizona.

First let's congratulate Russel and Kathleen Honda for finishing another Honolulu marathon! Nice Job! Click on images below to enlarge.


Also, one of Christine's friend, Julie Ng, originally from CA and now lives in Honolulu ran the Honolulu marathon.


Last but not least, one of my good runner friends, Cindy Croft, ran the Tucson Arizona marathon. From what I heard, she tripped over something around mile 14 and fell hard to the ground. She got back up and couldn't get back on pace. This is my friend Cindy's marathon debut and she did very well still with a finishing time of 3 hrs and 30 mins.

Kelly's science plants (final weekend)

Kelly is nearly done with her tomato plants. Using different types of water, there were different growth rates. She won't know the exact numbers until next week.

Our neighbor Marilyn came over yesterday and thought we were growing MJ in the house!

Sacramento(CIM) Marathon Results

Well, I did it! I ran a 3:10:56 (chip time) marathon in Sacramento this morning! Weather was in the low 30's at the start and perfect condition to run a marathon. Thanks to my friend Ken Chai for running with me and my other friend Ken Webb for providing field support! That helped tremendously! I now have qualified for the Boston Marathon (I needed a 3:20 qualifier) and I plan to go to Boston for 2011 (with my family)!

I came into the race with expectations of running a 3:15. But I PR'd with 3:10:56. I am a very happy guy!