"Fishboy" Family Adventures

Should I still blog? - vote via comments please

Okay, with FB and its ease of use for pictures and thoughts, I'm contemplating to move my brand of blog humor to FB instead of using the blog.  I know most of you who reads this are also on FB.  Should I keep on posting here or should I move to FB?  Let me know.

Ashley's 1st Birthday

May has always been a busy month and this year was no exception. Every weekend was booked with events.  Ashley turned one and the families came out to Ashburn, Va to celebrate. Click here to see more pictures

 

Christo-Pho

Charlotte is a hoot. Her sense of humor rivals mine in oddities.  AS you know, both girls love Pho and they have a cousin name Christopher.  Both girls were enjoying their bowls of Pho tonight with Ong and Ba when Charlotte looked up at Ong and laughed.."Ong, Christo-Pho. Christo-Pho. hahahahahahaha. Christo-Pho."

Rain..rain..go away...

It seems like there wasn't a Spring or even Summer this year.  It feels like England here with all the rain. We got our new deck finished on April 1st and there was only 2 weekends where we used it. The rest of the time...bitter cold or rain. boo

Summer Kids

What a great picture huh?

Disney Princesses?

The devotion and love to all thing Princesses are slowly fading away. Disney songs are passe, while songs from that Montana chick are in. Their favorite song now is "Life is a Highway" (or Hallway) and they both rock out to it. Ben 5 is in and so are superheroes.  Little girls are growing up fast.

May 25th - 7 years later

Our anniversary! So what did we do for the big event?  We unpacked our belongings from the long weekend trip to the beach; cleaned out the van; did the the laundry; put away the clothes; had Chinese carryout of fried rice and congee; and put the kids to bed.  Who said romance is dead after kids? Many more to come!!!

The difference between H&C

If you know Hazel and Charlotte, you will instantly know who said what. 

Background:  We were at Fuddruckers for dinner with family last Friday. The girls love the place and their favorite sitting area is the arcade.  That night, they noticed a new hunting game where the object of the game was to shoot deers. The following was their dialogue:

"Ohhh Mommy, why are the shooting at deers?"  - voiced with mix of sadness and confusion

"I want to shoot at the deers!" - voiced with a mix of eagerness and excitement

Ouch! Impact of the bad economy

As a family, we are doing fine with this current economic recession.  Luckily we don't feel the impact much except for the major drop off in our retirement savings.  How bad is that!!!??? 

So today, my company decided to save 2000 jobs by cutting wages by 5% across the board; no matching 401K; and no ESPP.  The news was taken calmly from everyone and I guess that is because we are all happy with having a job.  How times has changed from the roaring IT hires from days before. The positive side is that we all get 5 extra days of vacation. That's great until you realize you dont have the money to go on vacation. :-)

Want to be like mommy...

A regular towel to dry their hair does not cut it anymore. They now want a hair towel like their mom: