John and Toni's Blog

First Quarter 2007

Toni was giving a talk about Chinese new year celebration at the Montessori School.

The school had Lions dance
parade around the block

Birthday party with friends and parents at the Monkey Business

In Austin, we helped baby sitting with Stephen, while Jenny was visiting her mom and family in Iowa.

Kelsey took the pictures with "Tai-Ma" at her Aunt Jennifer's birthday celebration.

Aunt Jennifer was feeding Kendell

Our Spring Break at Ma-Ma YA-YA's house. Kara took the sign by the words, and in addition --- more Do-Nuts!

Posted at the entry way

At the front of the Sea Center

At Sea Center we learned different fish names and shapes

We even found NEMO!

We watch birds at the wilderness wetland reserve.

Toni's Mom Passing

A Chinese Poem: The tree wants to be still but the wind keeps blowing; the children want to care for their parents but they are no longer there.

December was a sad month for us. We lost Toni's mom after a lengthy illness. It was hard to grieve our loss during the season for celebration. The only relief was that at the end she suffered no pain.
Mom had a wonderful full life to the 90s. Her love reached four generations. Our fond memories of her as a loving mother, grand, and great grandma are always with us.

Toni's Mom Passing

40th Anniversary and Family Reunion in Austin

Picture taken in St. Marcos

Alessi (1+) surprised us by saying Ma-Ma and Ya-Ya both for the first time

Sunday morning in front of the West Lake Bible Church

Having lunch in the local restaurant

Granddaughters Birthdays and 40th Anniversary Surprise

We celebrated Kelsey(8) and Kara(2)
birthdays together in Austin last week-end. Kara suddenly grew up after Alessi(1+) , her baby cousin, showed up

Ya-Ya tried to make Kara show
her two-year-old sign, she thought that was fun

In the morning, all the kids had a good time at the breakfast table.
Marcus and Alex and the family arrived at mid-night from Denver to surprise us for our 40th anniversary. That was the best gift --- another family reunion; we could hug all the kids again.

The

next day, we went shopping at St. Marcos. The men kept their eyes on the children while the wives went into stores. The children behaved so good and l took this picture. I commented that they were better than the bunch in the "Sound
of Music" !