Out with old In with the New

Year in Review - 2010

• Mason was born after giving us a little scare. I was on bedrest about 4-5 weeks before the due date, but he ended up arriving a less than a week from his due date. 
• Family from Japan visited to meet Mason
• Peter's brother got married. Yeah!
• Our friend Jocelyn got married. Yeah!
• One of our friends announced that they were expecting their first child. And it's a boy. 
• A few new additions to our circle of friends. Welcome Baby Mia, Lucas, and Baby Aly. (Hopefully I didn't miss any)
• I ran and finished my first half marathon. The training helped me lose all of Baby Mason's baby weight. Yippee! Now if only I can lose Maddie's last 10 lbs that I gained during his pregnancy. 
• Hubby ran his first two 10K race events in 2010. 
• We started buying/eating organic veggies and fruits. 
• The acquisition of Sun Microsystems (where I worked) by Oracle finally went through in Feb. 
• I officially became a stay at home mom on Dec 1st due to Oracle finally laying me off. 
• Peter's company formally announced they are moving their company to Houston. Booooooo
• Maddie started preschool which accelerated his learning and independence. Unfortunately we had to pull him out when I was laid off. 

What's in store for 2011?

• Received my first unemployment check. Whoo hooo
• Run a couple of half marathons (Peter's first half marathon)
• Continue working out and running
• Continue to buy/eat organic food and start introducing more and more organic items. 
• I will cut out all meats from my diet (chicken, beef, pork, etc) for the year. 

Starting out in 2011 there are already many unknowns (ie. job/career, relocate or not), but we know we will always end up where we need to be. With lots of diamoku (prayer) we'll always end up on top no matter what. =)
We're just grateful that we're all healthy, have two great kids, have a roof over our heads, and at least one of us is employed. 


Here's wishing everyone a prosperous and memorable 2011. 

Happy New Year!

Happy 2011. Hope everyone is getting off to a good start in the new year.

The Bubbas rang in the new year in Reno. We stayed at a the Grand Sierra Resort hotel because they had a bunch of things the kids could do. They have bowling, arcade, outdoor go-kart and bumper cars, and miniature golfing. On NYE day we took Maddie bowling for the first time. He was excited at first but lost interest pretty fast. Probably because he had to wait for his turn. We spent $5 at the arcade room, which was a bit disappointing. It was smaller than what we had imagined. Nothing like the one at Circus Circus.

At night we were planning on joining in on the countdown at our hotel/casino, but at the last minute decided to head to downtown Reno to join the rest of the drunk and crazy people. We figured since it was Mason's first New Year's Eve celebration we should do it right. Boy it was freezing outside. Luckily we brought up snow gear for the kids so they could be warm and bundled up. We on the other hand only had our jackets, scarf, and gloves. We parked on the other side of the river and walked over to the main strip 15 minutes before the countdown. We didn't get right in with the crowd, but close enough to be part of it. They lit the sky with fireworks shooting off from the rooftop of the main hotel/casinos and had a live band playing on the outdoor stage. Towards the end of the fireworks we worked our way back to the car and went back to the hotel to get some shut eye. The kids were knocked out as soon as drove off.


On New Year's day, to our surprise, we woke up to snow. It's so beautiful to watch snow flakes falling, but we also knew we had to get out of there soon before we got stuck.

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