Kristina, the college girl

Aug. 24th was the day we took Kristina to her college, Pomona College in Claremont, California. Logan and I debated with her for days and months about this school, and of course she insisted on her choice. I can see why. She was like this little fish and found the right pond to swim in. She looked right at home with the people, room, and the whole thing.

This is Kristina in front of her dorm building.


This is the dorm building again. Being a 24/7 mother, many people thought that I would cry when we had to say good-bye.
Hey, people out there! I didn't cry at all. How could I? It was very hard to feel sad especially when I saw her so happy and when she couldn't wait to wave goodbye to us with her signature smile.
I'm sure she will have 4 wonderful years ahead of her.




This is inside of the building and right in front of her room. This room was built especially for handicapped people, so it includes a big bathroom. Kristina shares this room with a roommate from NY. Where is Kristina? She went off to socialize with her new friends, of course. That's her!





That day was so boiling hot! (98 F) . Logan got so tired of sweating, so he decided to rest in the car which was luckily parked under the shade. There are tons of big trees in Pomona, and that is a good thing.





Brittany likes her big sister's school, too. Logan was like "ummm....... very expensive, dear." I was like "work as hard as your sister!" and of course Brittany's reaction is :( .

Logan B-day 1

On Aug. 11, Logan's 60th birthday, we went to Half Moon Bay under his request for a relaxing day on the beach. Here is the birthday boy.






The girls love the beach as much as their dad. Kristina really followed the instruction---relax. Brittany was watching the waves and some playful dogs on the beach. Don't let the bright sun fool you, it actually was a little cold. Kristina and Brittany just liked to get some sun tan.




After the beach, we ate at this "Sam's" for dinner. The beets salad was incredibly good. And I love the seafood stew. And the view of beach and ocean was impeccable. I'd love to come back and try their lobster sandwich which is famous there.





This sign is close by the restaurant. We thought it was a funny sign. It really adds some humor to the message. Hope no one wants to kiss raw fish in the middle of the ocean. We actually found many people taking photo of this sign.

Logan B-day 2

After the big yummy dinner, we had to walk off the food by climbing and hopping on the tough rock trail.







Occasionally we paused a little bit to check out the scene.












We "stop & go" on the rock for quite a long time until we got the chance to watch the beautiful summer sunset. It gave a nice finale of this fun and relaxing day.

different is different

The white hamster is named after the movie "Enchanted" character, Gisel. She doesn't like to run on the wheel even she has the bigger wheel. This funny hamster likes to do monkey bar instead. She also likes to stare at the human beings when we are close to her cage. If Gisel gets thirsty, she can drink 1&1/2 minute straight. When Brittany gives her a paper towel tube, Gisel loves to shred through the tube and make a lot of air-conditioned holes. Gisel can't live with Ro and Bo since they are different specie and not getting along well. They are all cute, and Brittany shows unconditional love for them. Brittany is almost a pro when it comes to hamster.

Olympic gold medal runner

These two Roborovski hamster are almost 2 years old. One named Ro, and the other is Bo. They are very tiny even for dwarf hamster. As long as they are awake, they run like Olympic Marathon gold medalist. They are Brittany's pets. It is better off to leave them alone and not trying to catch them. It is nearly impossible to catch them. When Brittany is in school, I occasionally feed them lettuce, which they love as special treat.