CNY Eve

Chinese New year eve dinner. We had Roast goose, cabbage stewed with mushroom and Sea cucumber with Black Fungus!!!

The tradition is 1st day morning we go back, The extended family come. Then we go over to Connie's parents for Lunch - We eat and eat there till 5pm. We are going back at 8pm to continue the feast!!!

Chinese New Year

Talking to you guys this morning!!

It's quite amazing - I think it wud have been even better if we got the camera going!!! Thats the next step!

Kong Hee Fatt Choy!

We had a little surprise today when we went to celebrate Chinese New Year at the Fortune Restaurant in Reston. We've been going there for 6 years to celebrate CNY. They usually have a Lion Dance while you eat your dim sum. Today, we were surprised to find out that it had closed down...the restaurant is gone!

We were disappointed, not only because we lost a dim sum place close by but also because it has been part of our CNY tradition. So we went to the sister restaurant, also called Fortune in Falls Church...but it's much farther and takes about 35-40 minutes to get to.

Anyway, we didn't get to really enjoy the Lion Dance this year. The Lion Dance was leaving as we got there but at least we got to enjoy a little dim sum.

Hope all of you are enjoying a wonderful Chinese New Year!

KONG HEE FATT CHOY!

Even More Snow...

We've been under even more snow. It snowed this past Tuesday, followed by a little bit of sleet. Since it's been cold...still below freezing...11 days straight of below-freezing weather, the snow didn't melt but instead it's packed in and become icy on top. Not good for walking, driving anything involving motion.

We're also a little tired of being cooped up. The kids made a little fort or igloo of snow and ice.

But the good news is that it went to 37 degrees today and began melting the snow...and Tuesday, it'll be 47 degrees so I expect that most of this will be gone by Wednesday.

Its blistering hot here...

Yesterday the boys had a hot Sunday out on the football field. Here are the pics. Bryan at the goal mouth and Justin tuning off to the coach!!!

They both played a good game although Bryan lost 6-1 and Justin's team won 7-2.

It's Freezing Here!

Just want you all to know that those of us in the Washington DC area have been freezing for the past week. Brrrrrrr!

Just to give you an idea, the temperature on Monday morning was 11 degrees Fahrenheit! With wind chill factor, it was at 0 degrees F or even a little lower. We did get another couple inches of snow yesterday with low temps but today seems a little bit warmer...but still below freezing.

Well, think of us as you're enjoying the warmth, or despising the heat in Malaysia!