Our New TV

Here is a pic of our new but used TV. Chris sold us his 53" projection screen TV. We love it, it makes our living room look alot smaller. Now I don't have a problem seeing the tv from the dining table, usually the dining chairs or cushions from the couch are in the way. Now it doesn't matter because the TV is so big that I can see over it. The TV is as tall as I am. Anyway here are a few pics.

Christmas Eve and Day

Well Christmas Eve turned out well. Bachi came to stay with us from Sunday before Christmas Eve until Thursday. It was nice to have her help for the party. We had one thing go wrong while preparing for the party. She was making yams using the pyrex dish on the stove and it exploded into pieces. It was a good thing that Greg was home to help here because he said that she was so startled when it happened. Brandon and I were out doing errands. I was definetly tired once the night ended. But everyone had a great time and surprisingly in a smaller house it wasn't as crowded as I thought it would be. There was 12 of us (me, Greg, Brandon, my parents, Auntie Gail, Jill, Bachi, Auntie Lorraine and Uncle Ron, and 2 more including Sparkles and Sweets. Our dinner turned out great, we had a 18lb prime rib that was delicious. We had all the fixings to go with it. Jill brought an apple pie and she made a chocolate pudding pie with cool whip and raspberries. They both were a big hit. I made cranberry-orange biscotti that turned out good too. It was more work then I had anticipated but it tasted really good so it was worth it. After dinner we all opened our gifts and everyone got some really nice stuff. Brandon got the Wii from my parents. Greg bought me a TomTom (GPS), I was so EXCITED. The night before I was guessing what my gift was and I thought he got me an alarm clock so that's what I was expecting when I opened it. Greg got alot of really nice shirts and jacket. I got him a few shirts and a ottoman set that he likes.

Christmas Day, we got up early and Greg and Brandon opened up there santa gifts. There was one gift for the 3 of us, which was Wii games so that was cool. Greg got a Peet's gift card and Brandon got some tech decks (mini skateboards), dvd and magic trick stuff. Later that morning I made fried rice. Jill and Chris came over and we had lots of fried rice to eat. It was delicious, especially with the left over prime rib. After that Brandon, Greg, Jill and Chris went to see the "Golden Compass", they said that movie was good but had a terrible ending. They think there going to have a sequel. I stayed home and took Bachi to see a relative. Once they got home they were playing with the pogo stick outside, that was hilarious. After Christmas Day ended I was pretty exhausted by the last few days to prepare for the party and getting things done but it was all worth it.

Halloween

So this year Brandon decided to dress up for Halloween, he was a devil. Sparkles even got scared when she saw him with his mask on. When I dressed up she got scared when I had my witches hat on also. Brandon and I carved our pumpkins and we had a fun time doing it. I carved a dolphin on my pumpkin and Brandon made a funny face. We had about 60 trick-or-treaters this year, I wasn't sure how many we would have since were in a new neighborhood. It was a good thing that I bought enough candy. Brandon passed out candy again this year and he gave the kids candy based on there costume, if they had a good costume he gave them 3-5 pieces of candy if they had an ok costume then he only gave them 2 pieces. The first 2 girls that came were so adorable I think this was there first time, one was Belle from Beauty and the Beast and the other was Ariel from Little Mermaid. They had the full costume which included the wig and makeup. They were only about 3 or 4 years old. They were to shy to say Trick or Treat but they did say thank you. It was so cute. I took down my Halloween decorations today, I was sad since my decorations were really good this year. I put up a few fall decorations, christmas will be exciting I have a few good ideas.

Sunahara Lunch

So last week we had our Sunahara Lunch get together. We all had a good time. I made some spider devil eggs and graveyard pudding. Pics will be posted. Jill made these cool looking bat sandwiches. It was nice to see everyone that was there. We should have these get togethers more often but it's always hard to get everyone together. Some people were dressed in costumes which was cool. After we had lunch we played bingo to win some nice prizes. Everyone that came had to bring a $5 prize. I won some minature carmel apples and cute earrings. See everyone next year.

Kings Fandemonium

Brandon and I went to the Kings Fandemonium last night. We had a good time, Brandon got to take pics with some of the players. I will post them below. I wish I got to meet Kevin Martin, but we couldn't find him on the concourse. We did meet Ron Artest, Brad Miller, Orien Greene, and Kenny Thomas. They were not signing autographs but we were able to take pictures with the players. Overall it was a good show and we had a great time!

Dixon Corn Maze

Brandon and I went to the Dixon Corn Maze yesterday, which was named the Guinness World Recod Dixon Corn Maze. It was 40 acres long, there were alot more people then last year. It took us about 2 hours to get through the entire maze. They had 2 sets of stairs and 2 bridges to get to, we made it to one stairs and both bridges. We were both starving by the time we got out of the maze, at least we took bottled water in so we weren't thirsty. Since I'm not so good when it comes to directions, I actually did pretty good. I got us to the bridge in the circle of the maze and got us out of the maze. So I guess my sense of direction is getting better. They had alot of pumpkins to choose from alot of things for kids to do. We ended up getting 2 big pumpkins and some gords and little pumpkins. If anyone is debating whether to go to the maze, I would recommend it. I wouldn't recommend it thou if you had young kids, like under 7 because they might get bored. Kids in strollers would definetly not be recommended since walking through the maze it's not an even ground which would make it a very bumpy ride in a stroller. But the young kids would definetly like the pumpkin patch and hay ride. We didn't make it on the hay ride, we were to tired. Hope everyone has a good Halloween!

Bowling

Last night at bowling I bowled my first ALL spare game, YEAH! I only get a patch for it, but it's better then nothing. I'm just happy that I was able to get all spares. Overall my series was 551 (186-168-197). My last game I had 6 strikes for the entire game, to bad I had 2 opens. Hopefully I will bowl just as good tomorrow.