Happy Birthday, My Love.

Gotta Think Twice.

Goodbye Bike.

Yama is gone.

We shall miss you. Ye shall dwell in Santino's dreams for a long time.

Just For Fun.

Eli has so many first try recently.

p.s. the bike is up for sale (or free if willing to take everything in the picture minus the grass, the tree and the fence in the background).

Eli's First Firework Show.

We have a marvelous firework technician in our Stake who turned his job into a hobby. Every year around this time he would invite everyone to watch his spectacular firework show in his backyard. They also make some wonderful homemade potato chips. We are glad that we were able to come to this event one more time before we leave Central Texas.

So, this was Eli's first time watching firework in live (not that he has ever seen any fireworks.) It was quite loud because we were so close, and we already inserted some cotton balls in his ears and covered his ears with our hands. We would like to convinced ourselves that Eli was just amazed and admiring the firework instead after seeing his reaction on his face.

Spring Comes In No Time.

There is one interesting phenomenon in Central Texas: In winter time everywhere is brown and ugly, but all in a sudden by the spring time, all shades of green show up just like that. It's beautiful. This was taken at the Stillhouse Hollow Lake. It was a cloudy day, so the color of the trees were even more vibrant. It was quite breathtaking.

Newborns Are So Special.

Congratulations Amanda and David! Little Teague is so precious and handsome! I miss Eli being a freshly newborn already.

Our Future New Home.

No more apartments for us!

This is going to be our home for the next 5 years! It is a 3 bedrooms and a loft with 2 1/2 baths. Plenty big for us. At first we we felt so spoiled to have a new house, but after looking at 40+ homes in the Phoenix area, we were disappointed and tired of waiting. Our new home is not yet finished but will be ready in a month, so we only have pictures for the outside but not the interior. We are looking forward for the move, but sad to part with our friends in Texas.

For some reason, I am really excited about the yellow flower tree in front of our house.

Santino the "House Hugger".

The Train Park.

We went to visit the Train Park in town with our friends the Hadley's for some family pictures.

This mother & daughter one is one of my favorites.

I love the rustic colors of the trains,

or black and white.I love the sweet genuine smiles on each of their faces.

We are going to miss seeing them everyday...

A Few Asian Snacks.

Living in this little town I don't have the luxury to get a taste of my favorite Asian snacks whenever I want, so every time we go to Austin we head to Chinatown to stock up. Here's a few of the cool snacks I got recently:

Korean toasted Seaweed.

Thai Coconut Gel.

Japanese Meiji Brand Chocolate covered fruit gummies.

Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes.