Thanksgiving weekend 2010.....

For the Thanksgiving break we didn't do much at all even though we had day offs for 4 days including the weekend. We attempted to go to diff. places for shopping but usually I would get annoyed by how crowded places were....at the end we would usually just head back home with nothing bought...On Sat we went to the Grove and decorations there actually looked pretty cool cuz it looked like people are ready for X-mas. I didn't bring my camera so the photos here are not with ideal quality....but hey at least we had some photos thanks to Akiang's camera and my low resolution iphone....

That is Santa's house and people line up to go in to take photos with Santa....Of course we didn't get in line.....instead we took photos of the exterior of the house :)


This is actually the entrance....found out after we took bunch of photos at the exit...

Lollipops on the side of the house....and an antic car right at the Farmer's market entrance...

We went to the Farmer's market to have lunch, and had soul food from New Orleans....


Went back to the shopping area and took more photos....Snow man right in front of the Santa house....

Huge ice cream....

Akiang thought taking photos at the rails would be cool....don't ask me why cuz I have no idea...

People probably thought we were nuts....

I wonder the fountain here is also designed by Howard's company cuz the Americana one is...anyway....we headed home after all the photo taking, and basically that is all we really did for the weekend other than eating....oh well...let's see if the next year one will be more interesting then....

Weekend before Thanksgiving 2010

Coming Thurs is Thanksgiving and some companies had already started black Friday deals on line I guess due to the bad economy. I ran into this pretty cool deal that slashed the price of an espresso machine quite a lot (like by 2/3) and got this machine which is a big upgrade from my previous one. I guess I will just keep the old one for spare since it was a birthday gift from one of those years....The new machine at least makes the espressos look like real ones with the creme on the top and everything. The foam making....was actually a lot harder than I thought, but I think I am getting used to that as well....You can see my 1st attempt on making a latte with foam on the top.....not very pretty....lol

Over the weekend there were house updates done. Here are some photos to show the improvements.....Billy did some painting job so now our bonus room door is painted and also the pantry door as well.....The Pantry door is finally put in place but the door knob is not installed yet...but at least we can cover up the messy looking pantry in the laundry room....:)

The little cart with wheels allows us to have a space to put the microwave and cat foods + some paper begs. The counter space is now freed up and looks better....

The stainless legs we got from a sale is finally put into use after we got the table top from Ikea....Now we have a breakfast area which allows us to use the bar stools which we didn't know how to use after we moved here....

So this storage bench is now put together and put in the dining room. Billy wanted one so that cats can sit on the top and look outside from the window. It can also be used if more people need to sit at the dining table...more space to put books and magazines too....

Over the weekend I started the "Cats" wall.....more photos to come after I finish developing the new ones...

Here is the "Us" wall....and the 2nd pic here you can see how the Us wall can link into the Scenery wall if you look from the side of our bedroom....I think we need to go to more places to finish the Us wall since the left hand side still got a lot of space....

Edward's finally married :)

It was Edward's wedding day on Sat. They were actually officially married about 10 months ago, but the ceremony was held this past weekend....Here are some photos of us all dressed up ready for the wedding. Akiang took photos of us right in front of our house...

My favorite photos of the whole day :)

There....the newly wed....

Interesting wedding favor...There are seeds inside of that paper shell...

Holidays are coming I guess....Here are some photos of the food of the banquet...




Some girls I didn't see for a while....Nancy was the bride's maid again...getting professional :)

Ok so I guess Angela had fun trying my camera....but I think my camera didn't really want to cooperate...color turned out weird....


Edward's bro, James, was Billy's high school classmate.....small world I guess....Alfie and his wife are now working at Edward's church. Alfie is the pastor now :)

The wedding party....1st time I know every single person in a wedding party :)

Anyway....I think I need to get a new lens for indoor photos....:p