Snowboards and count downs.....

This year we took Nilun to snowboarding....for the first time! He's never been. So we headed out to Findlay to see my husband's good friend and his kids so we can go snowboarding with them. I think Nilun was pretty excited about it.

 It was also nice for us to go too, since we were cooped up in the house since winter break. We NEEDED to be out and it was the perfect time.

Too bad when we got there, there wasn't much snow. In fact there was no snow at all. :(
I added the snow in this picture. :)
But there was enough for them to still snowboard.
Nilun looked like he had fun......
So much fun that he didn't even want to come inside the building when it started raining. They were the only three still out there!
Silly kids! Boys will be boys!




Naree didn't want to do it......probably because she didn't have a friend on do it with her. But i think next time {if there is a next time} she will try with her daddy. :)
He is always up for something. He even offered to go with her if she wanted but she was a little hesitant and then decided against it.
So we just walked around, took some pictures and then hid out in the car when it started raining.....
The boys took a while, they did not want to go home! :)

After hanging out at our friends' house in Findlay for a few hours after snowboarding, we decided to head home that night/morning {1 am} because we wanted to rest before our annual Cleveland Laos Association New Year party.
It was fun even on our way home. We talked and joked..... The family had a conversation about life and responsibilities. It was a nice and productive drive home. :)
We got home at around 3 am. We were pretty tired.

At first we didn't really want to go to the party.....for many reasons. One major reason was that i was still getting contractions once in a while and such and we felt the loud music and excitement might affect the baby. But all in all we decided to go anyways. Simply because Lien needed/wanted to help out {he is to sell tickets for song dedications} and i also didn't want to stay home. :)

It was a good choice. I got to see some people i needed/wanted to see that i haven't seen in a while and Lien was able to hang with his friends whenever he could. The kids hung out in the lobby with their friends, as usual.

I didn't dance like i usual do but i did get one slow dance with my busy hubby. :)
Too bad we couldn't get close.....my tummy is out there!
The baby did, on the other hand, get to dance.......and dance did she do! She did not stop moving. I think we have a dancer here! lol
She's already got 2 dads' reserving her for their son! lol


They didn't do a count down, too busy with the music going on and on and on. :)
But i did get my kiss from Lien.
We had a good time even though i didn't get to spend much time with my hubby....

When we got home we were hungry so we made surf clams and shrimp and then the kids made cupcakes! We ended up sleeping at around 5 am!
We enjoyed our New Years celebration! :)

I am blessed to have such a loving and wonderful family. Even though there were times we struggled with things but we always had each other for support and we manage to get through the tough times. And that's what matters to us.
We might not have much money but we manage to deal with it. And i'm glad/blessed that we have kids who understand that sometimes you can't always get things. I hope that quality will always be with them.

Cheers to a new year! May our lives be blessed with health and wealth throughout. May we always have our laughter, tears, joys and happiness. May we always have our families to give us support and love. May we always have our friendship give us smiles.
May we always have LOVE and HAPPINESS to last us a lifetime!

I am truly blessed and i hope i will continue to be blessed throughout my life.

Happy New Year!