Monday, January 26th, 2009

So today marks a new lunar year – the year of the ox.  Since the new year started during the week, most of the festivities that accompany the three to seven days of celebration were celebrated during the weekend.  I celebrated the Lunar New Year (Tet, as we call it in Vietnamese) yesterday with my [...]

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

The one thing about kids I have learned is that they love to do anything and everything, even if it is for just a short amount of time. Gavin was just the case, he would play with his toy cars for several minutes, then run to go up and down the slide a couple times, [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009

So during my holiday break, I was fortunate enough to be able to go and watch the Longhorns play Ohio State at the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.   Besides the fact that my family and I had to drive to and from Albuquerque to Phoenix through a snowstorm, the trip to watch the game was [...]