victory!
it's been a whirlwind since i got back from vegas, but some highlights of vegas:
-winning the game. yeah, winning the game last year would have been nice, too.
-spending time with ma & mel (oh fine, and the guys as well. at the very least they're quite entertaining. ask us about the "5 of us against Marshawn Lynch in a wind tunnel with a sniper" conversation. or ... maybe you shouldn't).
-walking around vegas. hadn't been there since high school.
-our awesome, huge room. it was big. and the best part is it was cheap.
-$79 southwest flight. discovered it was better than sitting in a car for ten hours.
after getting back from vegas, came home to take a nap (or, as tired karen told olivia in the car ride back from the airport: "i need to take a ... sleep."), and then went off to alinna & hideyo's rehearsal & dinner. dinner at kabuls, scrumptious as usual.
spent christmas eve morning doing last minute christmas shopping, wrapping gifts, then headed home to celebrate christmas a day early with my family since my parents were busy on the day of. had hot pot for early dinner before heading to christmas eve service.
spent christmas morning at service, where it was a totally different congregation - almost the entire normal congregation was not around since they went back home to spend time with families, and all the old-school faces showed up again. joined everyone after sunday school for some tea & lunch. was reminded of all the laughter we had as a youth group 10 years ago, and how time spent with carolyn & joyce is always entertaining.
joyce: well, THAT one (in reference to carolyn) frees all the terrorists out onto the street.
carolyn: well, SHE (in reference to joyce) thinks every single chinese person is a terrorist!
can you tell which is an extreme republican and which is an extreme democrat? :)
had christmas dinner with the saratoga girls at a restaurant in san mateo since all of us somehow ended up orphaned on christmas. we also came up with a brilliant idea for al & hideyo's wedding. i hope we don't embarrass ourselves too much.
which leads us to today... alinna's wedding! can't believe it's here!
lots of pictures to be uploaded and posted... at a later time. if i get around to posting it, reflections on 2005 as well. hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas!
-winning the game. yeah, winning the game last year would have been nice, too.
-spending time with ma & mel (oh fine, and the guys as well. at the very least they're quite entertaining. ask us about the "5 of us against Marshawn Lynch in a wind tunnel with a sniper" conversation. or ... maybe you shouldn't).
-walking around vegas. hadn't been there since high school.
-our awesome, huge room. it was big. and the best part is it was cheap.
-$79 southwest flight. discovered it was better than sitting in a car for ten hours.
after getting back from vegas, came home to take a nap (or, as tired karen told olivia in the car ride back from the airport: "i need to take a ... sleep."), and then went off to alinna & hideyo's rehearsal & dinner. dinner at kabuls, scrumptious as usual.
spent christmas eve morning doing last minute christmas shopping, wrapping gifts, then headed home to celebrate christmas a day early with my family since my parents were busy on the day of. had hot pot for early dinner before heading to christmas eve service.
spent christmas morning at service, where it was a totally different congregation - almost the entire normal congregation was not around since they went back home to spend time with families, and all the old-school faces showed up again. joined everyone after sunday school for some tea & lunch. was reminded of all the laughter we had as a youth group 10 years ago, and how time spent with carolyn & joyce is always entertaining.
joyce: well, THAT one (in reference to carolyn) frees all the terrorists out onto the street.
carolyn: well, SHE (in reference to joyce) thinks every single chinese person is a terrorist!
can you tell which is an extreme republican and which is an extreme democrat? :)
had christmas dinner with the saratoga girls at a restaurant in san mateo since all of us somehow ended up orphaned on christmas. we also came up with a brilliant idea for al & hideyo's wedding. i hope we don't embarrass ourselves too much.
which leads us to today... alinna's wedding! can't believe it's here!
lots of pictures to be uploaded and posted... at a later time. if i get around to posting it, reflections on 2005 as well. hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas!
posted by karen at
8:16 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home