Brittany loves to draw on me with pen. She used Henna paste on herself in this picture. This Chinese character means "love."
This is another Henna design (just words) that she put on her arm. Don't you think she also has artistic writing? 
Brittany's friend gave her a Henna kit and she spent 6 hrs on this design. She likes her palm design better.
Logan bought a Hibiscus flower the other day. We found out that Hibiscus flower only blooms for less than 48 hrs; how sad! It sure is pretty when it's blooming.
I was baking the cupcakes for one of the committees for the high school. I was in the mood for cupcake lately. How do you like it?
One day, when Brittany and I parked the car in front of our house, I saw this cloud and decided to take a photo of it because it looked interesting. Do you like it?
I love it when the Spring is coming. I went to Half Moon Bay to buy some crabs and eat some famous lobster sandwiches. Then I stopped by this big nursery for some flower/plant. I bought the miniature rose and magnolia plant. They look so pretty and make me start everyday with a wonderful mood.
The other night, Brittany asked me if she could give me a tattoo on the back of my hand. I asked what she meant, and she said she just wanted to draw something with her super fine pen. I okayed it and went on with my reading. 5 min later, I looked my hand, and I was like "wow, that was really good!" 
We love olive oil. Every time we finished the oil, I would save the bottle for other use. One day I asked Brittany to reface the bottle. She used the gum wrapper foil to give the bottle some make over. This is before.
And of course this is the "after".
Before Kristina's Australian trip, she was cooking and baking a lot, especially on the cheesecakes. The 1st one is triple chocolate cheesecake. It is a very dense cake.
This is a citrus kind. Very good on the taste.
This strawberry cheesecake is everyone's favorite. After this one, I think we all gained 5 lbs. All the grocery stores love Kristina.
I was on the phone with my cousin's wife for quite a long time. Krisitna said that she was hungry and wanted to eat out. I asked her to write down where she wanted to eat. This is how she expressed herself. She drew herself eating happily at "Maruichi Ramen". To me, sometimes she is still a kid in heart.
On a sunny afternoon in early December, Brittany finally took her first driving lesson. The lady sitting next to her is her instructor, Andrea. When Brittany got back, she told me that something bad had happened. 
It was a warm day for the California winter, and Kristina looked up online for a chicken kebab recipe and she wanted to try it out. 
This is the chicken pieces slathered in some marinade. 
The refreshing chickpea salad with purple onion and parsley.
Here are the result of kebabs. Quite tasty.
Kristina decided to make pumpkin pie inside the cupcake. This is the pumpkin pie mixture.
The mini pumpkin pies are ready for the oven.
She put the baked pumpkin pie inside the cupcake batter.
She decorated the cupcakes with buttercream frosting and mini sugar cookies.
Once you bite into it, it looks like this inside.
During Kristina's winter break before her study abroad program in Australia, she wants to do some cooking and baking. She decided to make cinnamon rolls first. She made them before at school and her friends
She had the dough raised and rolled up with all the goodies. 
During the baking, they smelled SO good. But.... they need the sugar glaze.
Voila! They are all ready for me. Thanks, Kristina.
My brothers visited SF summer last year. We used to be playful during the childhood. We would think of tricks to trick/torture our house maid or each other. So we thought it would be fun to take some sibling pictures over my apple laptop camera.
At the beginning, we were just warming up. Then....
It seems like that we are getting ready to goof off.
Bob's face got distorted....:]
This one is my favorite one.
Merry Christmas of 2010!
I can't even count how many ornaments there are on the tree. There are way too many! But I love it.
I haven't made homemade cards for a long time. This year I decided to make 2 kinds and send them only to out-of-country friends. Sorry! I started late and couldn't find much supplies to make more. I hope you enjoyed the cards; I wish everyone a happy holiday season.
Kristina took a biological class about insects during the fall semester. One of the class projects is to collect 18 (I think) different types, species, or families of insects and then label them. They are very cool to look at. Some are so tiny, you can't see them with your bare eyes; I wondered how she actually caught them and pinned them down. 
It is always great to see some friends you haven't seen for a while. I used to live with 2 Chinese girls while I was in the grad school. Everyone is busy now and hardly have any chance to visit one another. Tina (on the Left) was one of my roommates during those years. Her daughter, Sarah(on the right), is a UCLA graduate. Sarah is trying to get in the Law school and I wish her all the luck.
From L to R: Tina, Sarah, myself, Alexandria (my other roommate who now is working in Taiwan) and Alex's cousin. Alex has been in Taiwan for years and she visits USA whenever she can. It was fun to talk about the old time. There were some fun and good memories of 3 single girls. 
Here are some Alex's relatives who are really nice and fun. 
Hope everyone had a fun Halloween. This was the 4th year for us to be on "Safe Street" in our city. It gets "crazy" every year. The weather was really nice for trick-or-treating this time. I like to try new things a lot and this year I made these small pumpkin bread cupcakes. Thanks to my photographer, Brittany, it looks very delicious. 
Since we live on one of the "Safe Streets", we feel that it is mandatory to decorate the house. This is our homemade tombstone for the front yard.
If you know Brittany enough, then you'll probably know what "H.W." stands for. Here's a hint: something teachers give students everyday.
The scarecrow and the giant spider are the usual occupants in the attic until October 15th. Then they go back up to the attic to rest for another 11 1/2 months. We usually carve and light up the pumpkins, but this year I didn't have time to do that. 
Our homemade spiders crawl on the garage door.
We made a fresh brain with blood. Later, we arranged some dry ice around the brain to make it more spooky. Trick-or-treaters always like to stop by and touch the brain, saying "ewwww!" If you also feel that this brain is disgusting, then thank Brittany for successfully making it look more gross with photo touch ups. 
These are the window decorations in Kristina's room.
These are the window decorations in the living room.
Here are all ages and sizes of goblins coming to get treats before it gets really busy and crazy. The 40-50 lbs of candy from the Rotary Club were gone by 8PM. That is the time I ate my yummy dinner. This year some parents passing by were able to keep me updated about the Giants game. 
