My "Angeline"

I was at a store and saw this adorable angel sitting on a shelf with a bunch of sale items. She has such a cute smile that I have to take her home even with her missing foot.

So, I fixed her up with some wire and cardboard, and crochet two little boots for her new feet. Her favorite pose now will be standing right next to my lamp.

Evan and Jeannie laughed at me for trying to fix Angeline's foot. They and their dad said my angel looks creepy, but I totally disagree! This angel is to bring joy and blessings to our home.

Aren't we all imperfect in someway? Shouldn't we deserve a chance or more when we make a "boo boo" in life? It's easy to love when life is good, but what if it's going against us? Can we still love unconditionally???

I still believe... LOVE CONQUERS EVERYTHING, and it's the ONLY thing that will make us whole. (A life lesson I am trying to learn!)

Garage Door

Jeannie and Evan had a good laugh after I told them what happened last night.

Our electric garage door has not been working for while, and Mr. Kwan decided to give it a try. It was past midnight when we came home, so he might had it fixed before 1:00am. Everything was fine until...

I heard the garage door opened in the middle of the night (it must be past 2:00am). I was wild awake, frightened, and yelled to my husband of someone getting into our garage. Poor Johnny was trying to figure out what's going on as I rushed to the kitchen and got my knife ready for defense. We walked down the stairs, opened the door to the garage door and found no one.

"What? No one?" I thought. Did I sound disappointed? Crazy me.... Johnny and I had a good laugh at my irrational act and wonder how many brain cells I killed. It's so not fair that I was in total panic while he was insanely calm during the whole time. :D

Apparently, the wire was loose and it lost contact to the main switch. My hubby quickly went back to sleep after fixing the door.

Christmas Day

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the Cheungs, the Chengs and the Martins in Maryland. As usual, we had a wonderful time with good food and funny jokes! The Cheungs were great hosts and the kids had so much fun that they asked if we could leave them there. :) They were very disappointed of us leaving early (Jady and I were still sick and we definitely need some rest).

 

The highlights of the trip has to be the talent show. I was truly impressed with the kids sharing their talent with us.

 

Piano: Aaron, Liz , Laurriza and Skylar
Clarinet: Christopher
Jokes: Christien
Sing: Katie
Recorder: Avery
Gymnastic: Sydney
Violin: Evan
Guitar: Jeannie
Telling color: Jady

They were an amazing group. Not to mention the "Oldest" kid... Dr. Alan Cheung showed off his break dance with the magician moves. That was hilarious!!!! :) Should have took a picture of him!

We also exchange white elephant gifts with a $5 limit, and a visit to one of the famous street with lights sponsored by the city in downtown Maryland. FUN, FUN, FUN...........

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Kids' Birthday Cards

My friends from the card making group are going to laugh at this....

After spending 2-3 hours working on Jady and Jeannie's birthday cards, I pay special respect to people who earn a living with their creative minds. It truly is not easy to come up with a design, and the most frustrating part is that I was not happy with the original cards I made and spent an additional hour redoing a different one for the kids.

The originals:



End Result: I added the kids' pictures on their cards to make it more personal!



Now, it's a card you will never find in the store!

"Jeannie's card needs a border".... got to shake this off my head and sit on my hands coz I am NOT redoing it again! :p

Wood Sign

I learned to make wood sign from the RS craft day two years ago and felt in love with these handmade crafts. So, I decided to make a few for our friends (the Cheungs, the Chengs, the Martins, and the Chois) as Christmas gifts this year. I wish I had kept one to myself. :)

Evan's Concert & Jady's Birthday!!!

It was Evan's Winter Concert last Friday (Dec 19) at Hillside Elementary. Johnny and I had a chance to see how Evan does with his second year in the school orchestra. We were happy to see him on the stage and thought he did fairly well until he told us at the end that he actually messed up in a few places.... Never mind, son! No one notice it. :)