Kai Lin's 29th Birthday!
生日快乐, 凱琳大姐!
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Taipei 2008

Kat and I are in Taipei celebrating Xmas and New Year's. Here is a quick video of this morning - I went to the open market with Grandma and Dad to buy groceries. Our morning started at 7am with a walk at Taipei's "Central Park", breakfast at Mos Burger (Gram's loves the Corn Soup!), and then a walk to the neighborhood open market. Enjoy this video. I will translate.

Me: Where did you go today?
Grams and Dad: We went to buy groceries!
Me: Where did you go buy groceries?
Grams and Dad: The market!
Me: What market?
Grams and Dad: Dong Men Market!
Me: What treasures did you buy?
Grams: We bought every type of treasure!

Gobble Gobble: Thanksgiving 2008 Part 3

Taking pictures is a big deal. And as we know, we should look our best. 45 degree is the best way to go. Here's a video of Training Camp at Thanksgiving.

Gobble Gobble: Thanksgiving 2008 Part 2 Robert Dances!

This video is tooo funny from Thanksgiving to not show the family. Everyone must watch this as Robert dances his heart out to Hip Hop music.

Gobble Gobble: Thanksgiving 2008 - Cheers to New Beginnings!

Thanksgiving at the Hayward House is a BIG BIG BIG DEAL. This year's event was the first gathering at the CHEN HOUSE in YEARS. When I say YEARS I mean it - like, 15-20 years? We finally moved back to Hayward. On this day we not only moved out our of apartment, we moved into the house and cooked Thanksgiving Dinner and ate by 8:30pm. Here's what happened!

8:30am Went to Whole Foods to pick up the prime rib
10:15am Arrived at UHAUL in Hayward to rent a truck
11:00am Started packing the apartment
1:30pm Started packing all the cars and the UHAUL with beds, big items, etc.
3:00pm Arrive at Hayward house and unpack
5:00pm Started to cook the turkey, prime rib, ribs, stuffing, brussel sprouts, mashed potato, etc.
8:30pm EAT!!!

Here are the pictures:

Cousin Albert, Cousin Amanda, their Mom [Cousin's are from our Mom's side of the family]

Chen Sisters: Jessica, Patricia, Katherine - and the delicious Pumpkin Bread Pudding
Our Family acting Funny at Dinner
A much more normal Family Picture

chicken

i just wanted to post a pic of the chicken my dad made last night. it was ridiculous.

Also, mom is doing well after surgery on both feet.

PART 2: A NEW BEGINNING
***PLEASE WATCH THE CLIPS from the PREVIOUS ENTRY before watching the videos in this post***

KAI-LIN welcomes you....



Master Bedroom...



Family Room and Downstairs




Upstairs bedrooms and Bathroom