Christmas Newsletter

Five years ago a very confident boy met a dazed 19 year old girl and convinced her that she's the one for him. Now, five years later, they've added to their happiness, a fruit of their love with another one on the way. Now you know the premise of how they met, here is a sketch of their wonderful life together...


This year has been good for us. We have a lot of exciting news, so here it is in 500 words or less. Thuan was in the play Pirates of Penzance and did a great job as one of the General's daughters. Our yard started off as nothing but clay and rocks, but we put in sprinklers; laid sod; planted a garden, some trees and bushes; put in some rock and mulch, and now it looks great, though it's not yet finished. Thuan's sisters, Thanh and Thao, moved in with us in April after their graduation for a couple of months. In July we went on a trip to Sea World, Santa Monica Beach and Six Flags with them and Thuan's brother Michael. We stayed with Dan's Uncle Brad and Aunt Sheri while there and appreciated them letting us do so. On our way back up Reena got to see her cousin Aspen. A couple weeks later Reena turned 2 and had some friends over for a fun party. Then life got busy. In early August Dan was hired by Amazon.com. We went to Philly in late August to celebrate our 5th anniversary. We spent a couple of days with Thuan's family, then left Reena with them while we traveled to Rehoboth Beach and the Washington, DC temple for anniversary pictures. On our way home we were delayed in Chicago for 8 hours, thus missing our connecting flight. When we finally arrived in Vegas, we slept for a few hours at Dan's parent's house then caught the earliest flight home the next day. We got home just before the packers gave up on us. The next day the movers had cleaned out our house and we found renters for it just before we left. Our Fit had been shuttled off to Seattle, and our Toyota was in the shop (we sold it to Thanh later) so Dan's brother Lon let us stay at his house, and drove us to the airport the next day. Once in Seattle, we stayed on the 21st floor overlooking Elliot Bay with a view of the Space Needle behind us.. It was beautiful. While there, we learned that we are expecting our second child and we are very happy. We are now in Issaquah, 15 miles east of Seattle. We became good friends with another recently transplanted family with kids Reena's age. We had Thanksgiving at their house and it was delicious. We also started working out at a local gym. Now, we are settling in and starting to relax. All in all it was an exciting year for us. Reena did a lot of growing up and is quite a talker now. She is adorable. We are happy to be here in the Pacific Northwest but are most excited about the addition coming to our family. We love you all and hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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