Thursday, December 26, 2002

Cars, trucks and SUVs are what I see as I sit waiting for a green light at the corner of Brea and Lambert.

If you take the First Avenue exit from the 101 and drive into LA, you will cross this bridge and get a nice view of the buildings downtown.

Whenever we go into Little Tokyo, we must pick up some Pocky at the grocery store. They have so many flavors!

With the sun just behind the hills, a sunset seen on the southbound 57 is a beautiful sight.

Mom's side of the family, the cousins pose for a picture.

Aaron reads his typography book on the couch at Uncle Brad's house.

Laurel makes crazy faces.

Micah makes crazy faces too.

The girls were excited and intrigued by the CDs they got from Aaron for Christmas.

We all get excited opening each others' presents, because we are very thoughtful.

Saturday, December 21, 2002

Annie twirls in a mad frenzy in grandma's kitchen.

Grandma says goodbye to us in her kitchen.

Grandma browses the menu at Islands, a tropical themed restaurant.

Thursday, December 19, 2002

Two boys play finger games at the lunchtables on the playground.

Saturday, December 14, 2002

Good students write their names on pieces of paper and drop them into the basket, hoping to win the prize today.

Annie watches over Omar's shoulder as he counts dog for sale on the old Mac 2's

Thursday, December 12, 2002

Today's lunch: peanut butter and rasberry jelly on wheat bread.

Students in Mrs Sittig's class sit on the rug and listen to stories.

Two students hard at work, copying their ABCs.

The wide window out of the living room frames red, yellow and orange leaves of the sugar maple in our backyard.

Parked out in front of the house, a view of the Volvo through the kitchen screen window.

Annie's two suitcases stand unopened on the floor of her room. We're happy to have her home from her semester abroad.

Sunday, December 08, 2002

Viewed from a tabletop perspective, our Christmas tree towers over the living room. In fact, it was so tall that my dad had to cut off a piece so that it would fit under the ceiling.

This is a picture of dad righting the Christmas tree as it tilts precariously.

Thursday, December 05, 2002

Eva and Shanina come into the library for calculus help on my Tuesday and Thursday shifts.

Monday, December 02, 2002

This is me hanging out on the side porch, holding up a banana. In the background, you can see my Volvo parked out on the street.

More than 50% of Sunny Hills high school's students are of Asian decent, so you can expect to see some pretty cool cars in the parking lot. Here is the tail end of a Mitsubishi Eclipse as seen from the door of my car parked next to it.

Sunday, December 01, 2002

A vent stands sentry to a view from the roof. Behind a screen of roofs and trees lie the mountains that divide Orange County from Los Angeles County.

To put up the lights, we had to tear out some failing shingles and re-nail new ones in place.