CNY and Girls Day Out

Boy, it has been a busy weekend! Saturday, we met up with Kathy, Matt and Chani at the County Civic Center to celebrate the Chinese New Year with other FCCA families. There were a number of performances to watch - Chinese dance groups of different ages, Tae Kwon-Do students, etc. It was great because we ran into Cindy, Brent and their daughter Claire and also Ann, John and their daughter Katie. We all ate lunch together and had lots to catch up on. It was great fun!

And a really cool thing happened. Doug, Briana and I were recognized from our blog. Now I know what it feels like to be a celebrity (just kidding)! A fellow blogger (whose blog I am going to follow now!) came up to us and introduced herself and said she had followed our journey to China. It was pretty neat!

Then Sunday was "Girls Day Out!"

Since I missed the last pottery making session, I made sure I was a part of this one! Lisa, Kathy, Trixie and I all met up for lunch at La Parilla (all the daddies were watching the kiddies) and then headed over to the pottery painting place to create works of art (well, we attempted to...). Actually, I was so impressed with the other girls because their pieces came out truly beautiful. I, on the other hand, painted a plate that pretty much looks like a 3rd grader did it (the plate in my imagination is absolutely remarkable - LOL!). But I made it for Briana, so it is still special to me. I guess it is not too bad for my first time painting. It was so fun hanging out with the girls. After several hours of painting and fun conversation, we had to call it a day. It felt strange being without Briana for the afternoon, but it was nice to have an afternoon to myself.

Here are a few pics that I totally swiped from Lisa S...