February

Josh going for his Sunset interview!

A yummy dinner I made.

Josh's surprise birthday party at Eric and Lilian's house

The birthday boy and me!

January

A New Year's kiss

With our friends Eric and Lilian at the Brazilian church party

My parents in Highland Park after a snow storm


A special lunch with Grandma Avi

December

Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, compliments of my aunt. I made most of the ornaments.


Josh with the loot.



Excited about Christmas morning!

My parents flew out on Christmas! Here we are at Grandma Avi's house.

28 and feeling great

I turned 28 this month and feel as full of life as ever. It's nice having a spouse--a built-in somebody to care that it's your special day. I also got lots of email notes from friends, which was a pleasant surprise. Thanks, everyone.

Fall in IL was delayed this year, I assume in honor of our arrival here in the midwest, which I appreciate greatly. On my birthday I took a walk around and took photos of trees in their various stages of color. I am employed now, which some of you may know. I am an English Language Learners (ELL) paraprofessional (school staff without a credential). Sounds fancy, but it's not really. I am very thankful to have a job and will be even more thankful when I get paid later this month! Woohoo. Josh is still waiting on his greencard; it's a slow and painful process, but we have hope that we may be nearing the end of it. While here we have been well taken care of by family (my dad's side of the family lives out here). On Thanksgiving we are going to my Aunt Francine's place, which I'm excited about. My sister, Jenni, also just came for a visit. I'll try to post pics of that soon--had technical difficulties last time I tried. Well, thanks for reading my blog--sorry I haven't been keeping it up as well. I post many pictures on facebook for those of you out there. God bless you, and Happy Thanksgiving!

We made it to the mid-west!

Here's some photos of life in the mid-west:
Josh and I on our roadtrip out here. Yes, I drove the WHOLE way to IL



















Josh and I on our day out in Chicago with Robert and Julie











With Uncle Ron at Cubs Game--yes, they won!











Josh with Uncle Ron and Aunt Terry in Chinatown











At Grandma Avi's 86th Birthday Party.










My dad with his mom

Life in America

Life is sweet here at my old home sweet home in CA. Here are a few pics
Josh with Avery, age 4

Josh with my newest niece, Brylie, age 6 mos. So nice to meet her finally!

Avery pushing my other niece, Kloe. Kloe is turning two Sep. 9th

A Ba-De-Lu (8th Street our old home in Kaohsiung) reunion. Rebecca, Ilene and I. We do our own stunts.

Josh and I showing off

Lots of adventures

Sorry for the long pause between blogs--I have been having lots of adventures! My mom came to Taiwan at the end of July and I quit my job and we headed to Taipei for a weekend with my BFF Beth (to see pics of that weekend in Jiufen and Yeliu look at Beth's blog: www.grapefruitgreentea.blogspot.com). Then the real adventures began--My Mom and I headed to China on an insane 2+ week trip planned by yours truly in which we saw all the major sights in fast motion. I won't post many pictures on here because it takes so long but I put up some highlights. I will post more on facebook soon too. (If you don't have facebook just go to www.facebook.com, sign in, and then look up Paula Hong). Josh and I are almost going to America and bound to have more adventures there. Check back for updates!