Lee Family

You say its your birthday

Emily — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:12 +0000

I love to read

Emily — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:27:35 +0000

Chinese New Year

Emily — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:04:27 +0000

This is true. Every year my parents throw a Chinese New Year party. This holiday is sometimes in January and sometimes in February. We eat Chinese food in Chinese costumes. We bang pots and pans to scare away “evil spirits” and we give pennies wrapped in red paper for good luck. When I was a young girl my mom decided to start celebrating EVERY holiday. It brought purpose and fun to each month. Now that I am a mom the tradition continues. We have great family memories.

Happy birthday to my little brother, Peter.

Emily — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:31:31 +0000

I love you!

Red Rock

Emily — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:08:46 +0000

On three day weekends our family enjoys hiking. We look up a hike in the Arizona Highways Magazine and go on an adventure. This hike was up near Sedona and although you can’t tell in the picture, we were surrounded by huge walls of red rock. It was so beautiful. We had a great time. Ben made us impromptu walking sticks because in the shade the snow was ice and slippery. Plus we crossed a creek about 5 times, so the sticks helped support us while stepping on stones.

Hmm..pink potatoes?

Emily — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:58:15 +0000

Valentine Traditions

Emily — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:37:06 +0000

My Valentine

Emily — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:43 +0000

I love Valentine’s Day. Each month I can’t wait to change the decorations in our home. This month I bring out the red plates, the valentine books, and hang up this decoration. It is twine that I hang with some IKEA ornaments. I bought them on sale right after Christmas one year, and use them for Valentine’s Day.

Martin Luther King Day

Emily — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:24:50 +0000

For MLK Day we wanted to eat some southern food. We visited Pappadeaux and enjoyed some gumbo and po boys.

Young Indy

Emily — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:15:28 +0000

We held Adam’s birthday party in January so that it didn’t conflict with the holidays. What fun! This was Adam’s first “friend” party and we had a great turn out. We chose an exploration, Indiana Jones type theme. The kids wore hats and ate using old fashion tin cups, plates, and spoons. The tablecloth was burlap. They enjoyed an obstacle course, playing with a parachute, and a rousing game of dodge ball. The chocolate cake had cookie dinosaur bones on it!