we have been replenishing our chinese stomachs with food from both spectrums of fanciness. a couple of examples include: a wonderful discovery my mom and i made at the yaohan food court. xi an style lamb noodle and buns stuffed with pork. it was so yummy, all for $13. joe’s parents took my family out read more
we went out for a date on joe’s birthday a few days ago and had dinner at ‘burgoo’. warm stewy comfort food. i liked the colours of this crab bisque. happy birthday hubbie!
we were in need of some lighting, so i recycled one of my mom’s old lamps which i remember using as a kid growing up. the old lampshade actually still had the tacky plastic wrapping on it after 25 years, haha! i found some pretty rice paper from paper-ya and ribbon which i glued onto read more
the last few weeks have been busy with catching up with vancouver friends. first, visiting janet, chris and baby madeleine, along with gina who was in town from california: hanging out with the wongs and the chens on a sunday afternoon. tayden and matia, all grown up! spending a morning with louisa and ichiro at read more
we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary a couple of days ago with a home-cooked meal (courtesy joe), complete with our non-alcoholic drinks and a rose picked from the garden. it’s hard to believe how quickly time has passed. we are thankful for how God leads and protects, and for the big and small blessings we read more
joe’s brother derek and family were visiting for the week from california. one beautiful day we went to granville island and had lunch at “go fish”, the outdoor fish n’ chips shack. i’ve actually been craving it for awhile now. the line up was long, but it was worth it!
as joe is roadtripping with kimu back from chicago to vancouver, i thought i would reminisce a bit and post a blog entry we made years ago when we drove from vancouver to chicago… four years ago! we never did post it though cuz we didn’t have the blog set up properly. it was right read more
yesterday was moving day. or rather, the movers came and took all of our things… we’ll be flying out later in the week. we are very thankful that my parents are here to help, especially in the cleaning and cooking department. in fact, i think the kitchen will be cleaner than when we moved into read more
my wonderful friends at HPAC threw me a baby shower last weekend. i felt very blessed to be able to spend time with them, especially during my last week here in chicago. thank you for all the gifts and adorable outfits… this baby is already getting spoiled. thanks especially to the hostesses lisa and shawna!
my parents are in chicago this week to help us out with the move back to vancouver. we took a break with a nice father’s day brunch at sola, one of our favorite restaurants. my aunt kathleen was also able to drive up from indiana and spend the day with us.