Christmas is Coming!!! And the children went to "Jesus Birthday Celebration" today at Aunt Vicki's church.... Last week we went to our church's "Journey to Bethlehem" where they got to pet a real camel, 2 donkeys, sheep and dog. The kids experienced a true journey through Bethlehem as they saw Roman soldiers on horses. Eliana even got to touch the horse! She loved that part the best!

We hope to capture more moments of Christmas day on video this year. It will be a great one!

Chong's 40th Birthday

Wow! How time flies....!!!! Chong & I have only known each other for 10 years now (I met him when he had just turned 30)... and the past 10years have been very life changing for him, i'm sure. To get married, buy a house, get a dog, have 2 children....

Since we didn't have much time or the dinero to go extravagant on his 40th, Esther & I decided to take him to Fogo de Chao' (thanks Esther for the gift!) we stuffed ourselves full of delicious meat!

Just to say some things about my husband....
- He's the best cook, bbq baby!
- He gives me massages =)
- He is so patient and kind with me & the children, he always has a heart to teach, to love
- He helps others and sacrifices so much of his own pleasure to help someone else
- Has a heart for people
- Multi-tasks things around the house, cooks/cleans and fixes almost everything we break
- Great marksman
- Video/photo guru


The list goes on... and for his birthday, the kids & i made a personal, hand-made scrapbook of "40 reasons why we love you". The kids & I worked on it for over a week! Chong was absolutely thrilled! It was hard getting him something without putting a big dent in our wallet, so we thought this would be better and more meaningful than a tie (it worked!)

Chong has made so many changes in his life the last 10 yrs I've known him.... he is truly a man of God, and a man to be admired. Praise God, and to Him be the glory forever.

FALL IS HERE!

Fall is here! Joshua is now going to pre-pre-k 4 day/wk and Eliana goes 2/wk (thank God for mother's day out programs!). The children love it so much and they are learning, exploring and catching on so quick! Just last week, Joshua's teacher, Ms. Cathy pulled me aside & quietly said, "Joshua is the smartest kid in class,... he is so much more advanced than all the other children! Are you working with him at home?" I was so happy to hear that, and to much praise given to God & Chong's hard work... the summer teaching Chong did paid off! Now if we can only get him to sit still for storytime!!! Eliana is hilarious also. The last 2 weeks, they've been learning the color red, and since she still babbles sounds much of the time, we've noticed a lot of what she says sounds like "red". Everything is red right now! LOL!

Since the weather was so great on Friday, I took the kids to the Houston Zoo (alone) which was quite frightening at first, but after we got there,... they were the perfect kids! We laughed, played and looked at all the wonderful animals. Joshua even noticed the "Mom!, Look, poo-poo!" from the Indonesian, hairless pig.



Chong started his 1st semester in nursing school! So far, all he does is sleep, eat, & study. Not much time for anything else, but we still cherish the moments we have with each other & the children. Please continue to pray for his school, schedule and spiritual walk.

Things to come:

Oct 15 : Airplane Show for Joshua's birthday
Nov 13: Camping trip with the Hung's

Advertures of our Summer 2011

We took our 1st YuShee family road trip to celebrate San Anotonio's version of their "Mardi-Gras" in May. The weather was still cool and got to stroll along the Riverwalk, but quickly realized there were no safety rails to the water so we had to walk up the stairs a little to be on the next level where there were hand rails. Stayed at the Hilton Riverwalk Hotel for 2 nights and got to participate in their nighttime street parade.

Eliana and Joshua had so much fun looking at all the cool hot rod and antique cars driving by, loud tejano music and corner after corner of bbq'd sausage, tacos, tamales and all the other delicious spanish delights! We did stop at McDonalds once for some icecream and french fries, but besides that we were immersing ourselves with the spanish festival and spirits.