sunny days

"Today is a beautiful day to be a college student", I find myself thinking as I walk across campus, passing crowds of other college kids doing the same. The sky is blue with just a few puffy clouds, the sun is shining, the birds are singing and there is a gentle spring-like breeze. And while I am working on just a measly nap (less than six hours of sleep since yesterday), I have finally sent off my applicaiton for Big Sky Expeditions' summer missions trip to Eastern Europe. Ahh, it feels good to get something done. Now where's that cheap caffeine in the form of 25 cent can of Shasta Cola...

Gatherings - Part I

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, and my blog isn't going to die out, either. Guess I have been experiencing a posting dry spell. Anyway, I'm back, and here is the second installment in "what I did over my winter vacation". I'll try to finish it before June. :)


Decmeber 25th is Happy Christmas and Merry Birthday for my dad. In the evening, after finishing the traditional Christmas stuff, we do Dad's B-day and, inevitably, there is a "surprise cake". Here he is with his 61st.


My sister Therese and her fiance Chris, aka, "Chrese and Tris, I mean Chris and Therese."




It was great to see Nate and Tina and the new addition, Anastasia, as they visited friends and family across the US during their summer break from work and school in New Zealand.


My favorite "expecting" couple, at a cafe in Central Square, Cambridge.


For a family outing, we drove to Fitchburg and then to... some other Massachusetts town where we ate supper at this buffet. Favorite part: singing Christmas carols all the way as we drove through the dark, pointing out impressive Christmas light displays every now and then.