Chad Vader: Night Shift Manager - Episode 4
A year in review
9 years ago
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Oct. 12 - Snow
So, I mentioned a change in the weather the other day. Well, today Mother Nature decided to remind us where we live, and what we have to look forward to. It snowed. While the white carpet didn’t stick around, it is a harsh reminder that it is getting cold. Time to put an extra blanket on the bed and clean up the grill. Boo hoo.
Oct 11 - Lemongrass!
We went to pull the last few things from our garden as a change in the weather has been forecast. Our garden has taken off on us and has grown into an uncontrollable jungle. The lemongrass plants were no exception. It is hard to believe how big our 3 small lemongrass plants have grown. We have way more than we need to make it until next year, and given the fact that most people don’t know what lemongrass is, it is hard to give away. We have had a lot of fun with our garden this year, and hope to expand it next year. Anyone want some lemongrass?
Friday, October 06, 2006
Fund Raising Time Again!!!
Hello everyone,
It is the time of year where we ask you to buy overpriced foodstuff to support our children. This year Xander is selling Schwan's foodstuffs. If you get a chance please take a look.
To order online, go to www.schwansfundraising.com, click Start Shopping and enter our campaign ID of 1002232. Apparently, you can enter Xander's name at check out so that he is credited with the sale. Let me know if you ordered anything, so we can take it off of our quota.
Thanks everyone!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Sunday, October 01, 2006
September: Xander Back to School
Xander has gone back to school. He is having a lot of fun at pre-school and Chinese school. Khai wants to go to school too. Every day he asks if he can go too. He wants to grow up so quick, but we want them to stay this age forever.
September 2: Michigan Football
My return to school has made me elegable for student tickets to the University of Michigan games. It is a lot of fun to go, and Michigan is playing really good this year. Ranked number 6, and hopefully they are not done yet. GO BLUE!
August 30: Our Garden
We had a lot of fun with our garden this year. We planted tomatoes, beets, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, beans, corn, lemongrass, jalapeno peppers, pumpkins, and squash. It has been a yummy summer!
August 29: Khai Loves to Paint
Both of our kids like to draw, but Khai really enjoys it. Here is Khai putting his painting skills to work, and sharing his art with us. I could see this selling for a few million at a modern art show. But I could be a little biased.
August 26: Toronto Vacation
Our visit to Toronto was a lot of fun! We went to the wonderful Toronto Zoo, the Toronto Science Center, and ate lots of yummy Chinese food. (If you go make sure you eat at Big Mouth Kee). Can't wait for our next trip!
The zoo was really nice, with lots of beautiful paths, and not too many people. We had a nice cool day to walk around too. We saw every animal in the zoo, and we were worn out afterwards. You can see in the picture here, that we got the chance to see a mommy orangutan breast feeding her baby. It was a really special event.
August 13, The Jeffrey's House
We have some friends at church that have some horses, goats, cats, etc. We to out there every once and a while, and the kids really love it there. This last visit, they even got the help feed the baby goats!
If you look at the rest of the pictures, you will see that Khai thinks that he is one of the goats. he really loves hanging out with them. The mama goat is not always as happy about the situation, but she has only butted him once.
August 2: Hot Enough to Cook an Egg
On a hot August day, The kids and I decided to see if it was hot enough to cook an egg outside. With a little bit of prep work, it was indeed hot enough.
Here we lined a class bowl with aluminum foil, and put a smaller bowl in it. We put plastic wrap on top, and in no time, we had a cooked egg.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
July 29 - 24th of July Party
We went to our church's 24th of July party. We did a pioneer walk with our “wagons”, ate a good dinner, and Sean was even on the winning team of a potato peeling contest. Be sure to check out our flickr section for the pictures of our wagon with Khai.
For those of you that don’t know, the 24th of July is, it is our religion’s “Pioneer Day”, which marks the pioneer’s arrival in the Salt Lake Valley: where we remember the sacrifice that the pioneers made in their long trek across the country.
“Let us remember with gratitude and reverent respect those who have gone before us, who paid so dear a price in laying the foundation for that which we enjoy this day.” (Gordon B. Hinkley)
For those of you that don’t know, the 24th of July is, it is our religion’s “Pioneer Day”, which marks the pioneer’s arrival in the Salt Lake Valley: where we remember the sacrifice that the pioneers made in their long trek across the country.
“Let us remember with gratitude and reverent respect those who have gone before us, who paid so dear a price in laying the foundation for that which we enjoy this day.” (Gordon B. Hinkley)
July 27 - Xander Swims!
We are all very proud of Xander, as he has graduated from his current level of swimming class, and is ready to go to the next level. He is the only one in his class to move on. Both of the boys love the water, and go swimming the the back every chance they get.
July 15- Hot Air Balloon09
We woke up super early to go to the hot air balloon festival. Unfortunately, when we got there it was too foggy for the balloons to take off. Luckily they blew up a few balloons and let us go up and look at them, and ask the owner’s question. Then we walked around, saw an old bomber, fed some animals, and went back home to sleep.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager (episode 1)
Hilarious: "Life is hard when you're Darth Vader's less-talented, less-charismatic younger brother and you manage a grocery store."
Hilarious: "Life is hard when you're Darth Vader's less-talented, less-charismatic younger brother and you manage a grocery store."
July 9th: Fowlerville County Fair
We didn't make it camping this weekend because of the threat of weather, but we had already promised the kids that we would do something fun. So we decided to go to the Fowlerville County Fair.
Fairs are great for rides, animals, and food and we took advantage of all of those. We were a little early, but we saw a few horses and cows. We even saw a few sea lions swimming around in a tank. We ate lots of good food like bbq chicken, and funnel cakes. We even tried the deep fried Oreos.
Yummy!
Fairs are great for rides, animals, and food and we took advantage of all of those. We were a little early, but we saw a few horses and cows. We even saw a few sea lions swimming around in a tank. We ate lots of good food like bbq chicken, and funnel cakes. We even tried the deep fried Oreos.
Yummy!
Friday, July 07, 2006
4th of July
We had a great 4th of July! Sunday night we went to a friends house to watch fireworks over the lake by our house, then on the 4th we went to a flag-raising and pancake breakfast at church (yummy!). Then has some fireworks at home that night. A fun time all around!
Monday, July 03, 2006
Sunday, July 02, 2006
July 1: Japanese Dinner
Our Japanese Dinner
Yummy!
Khai Likes Shrimp Tempura!
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