Let's go hunting for raccoons and ghosts!
Had an amusing conversation with Dawn about complaints and rules, haha. You can't muzzle people's thoughts, and the person does have a right to be cynical about recent events in his life! Also fielded emails from various people about ideas - so cool, haha. Went to the townhouse, where Grandma gave me some Kwan Loong Double Lion trademark medicated pain-relieving aromatic oil - sweet! ("for fast and effective relief of dizziness, headaches, stuffy nose, stomachache, travel sickness, sprains, rheumatic pains, and insect bites - menthol, camphor, eucalyptus oil, chloroform, menthol salicylate, spike lavender oil, light liquid paraffin") Mom also gave me a soup spoon with a dragon on it, yay!
Had spaghetti / tomato sauce, clams, teriyaki chicken, potato salad, broccoli, strawberries, and more with Pastor John and his family. Noah is shy, but he asks interesting questions, such as whether there were ghosts on the third floor: "Can I see a picture of the ghost?" This almost makes me want to bring my GHOSTS book on Sunday so he can see ghost pictures, but that wouldn't really be age-appropriate. Hannah asked who Alex Rios was, Noah commented on various things he saw during the sports highlights / overheard during conversation, and Josiah talked about hockey a bit. Karmie and Mom shared childbirth stories, while Pastor John quizzed his kids about their own birth weights. (two days early, seven pounds, etc.) Steph had to clean her room before the family could see it, so we gave them a house tour afterwards. They'd seen Jon's room when they'd come in, of course - collecting CDs and books is a good use of space, sorta!
Mom commented on the raccoons who had just walked into the strata meeting yesterday, and quickly proved herself to be an unreliable witness as far as raccoon height was concerned. Steph had to look it up on Wikipedia, and we saw some crazy pictures! For some reason, she also had to play Korey's favorite "singing" video for them. *rolleyes* She says it doesn't matter because Karmie knows some stories about me. I should have shown them the "underwear in toilet" picture, haha. (no, I will NOT upload that one to Facebook... but maybe I will since she uploaded that video!) Talked about Eugene Peterson, Marva Dawn, Metrotown, cruises, camping, deacons, 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa, World Vision exhibits, being featured in the newspapers, Moscow, youth orchestra, scrapbooks, and more!
I recommended that Steph take out photo albums - this distracted us from walking to Steveston to get some frozen yogurt from Timothy's, haha. The kids asked who various people were: they were AMAZED when Steph said that those were Phil, Melia, Dad, me, uncles and aunties, a plastic surgeon family friend, Jon, herself, Fidela, Erin, Megan, Michelle, Dawn, and others! Mosquito bite stories, sleeping, family vacations, ballet recitals, being strong-willed, small oyster and pearls, Eric looking the same in kindergarten as he does now, baby pictures, Jon dressed up as a little girl (we have dresses we can lend Noah... *evil grin*), church camps, the checkered floor of the church basement, handwritten OLD church bulletins, etc. - very interesting to look into the past! Man, Steph had HUGE hair back in high school! (it's the FRO, man!) Good times, and definitely a highlight - Noah was quite good at recognizing Pastor Edward!
Mom, on Korey's trip to Victoria: "Of COURSE it's your business if he goes every weekend to Victoria! [he doesn't, as far as I know] You're the boyfriend!" Me: ".... sure...."
BOOBIES! (Thanks, Diane...)
Had spaghetti / tomato sauce, clams, teriyaki chicken, potato salad, broccoli, strawberries, and more with Pastor John and his family. Noah is shy, but he asks interesting questions, such as whether there were ghosts on the third floor: "Can I see a picture of the ghost?" This almost makes me want to bring my GHOSTS book on Sunday so he can see ghost pictures, but that wouldn't really be age-appropriate. Hannah asked who Alex Rios was, Noah commented on various things he saw during the sports highlights / overheard during conversation, and Josiah talked about hockey a bit. Karmie and Mom shared childbirth stories, while Pastor John quizzed his kids about their own birth weights. (two days early, seven pounds, etc.) Steph had to clean her room before the family could see it, so we gave them a house tour afterwards. They'd seen Jon's room when they'd come in, of course - collecting CDs and books is a good use of space, sorta!
Mom commented on the raccoons who had just walked into the strata meeting yesterday, and quickly proved herself to be an unreliable witness as far as raccoon height was concerned. Steph had to look it up on Wikipedia, and we saw some crazy pictures! For some reason, she also had to play Korey's favorite "singing" video for them. *rolleyes* She says it doesn't matter because Karmie knows some stories about me. I should have shown them the "underwear in toilet" picture, haha. (no, I will NOT upload that one to Facebook... but maybe I will since she uploaded that video!) Talked about Eugene Peterson, Marva Dawn, Metrotown, cruises, camping, deacons, 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa, World Vision exhibits, being featured in the newspapers, Moscow, youth orchestra, scrapbooks, and more!
I recommended that Steph take out photo albums - this distracted us from walking to Steveston to get some frozen yogurt from Timothy's, haha. The kids asked who various people were: they were AMAZED when Steph said that those were Phil, Melia, Dad, me, uncles and aunties, a plastic surgeon family friend, Jon, herself, Fidela, Erin, Megan, Michelle, Dawn, and others! Mosquito bite stories, sleeping, family vacations, ballet recitals, being strong-willed, small oyster and pearls, Eric looking the same in kindergarten as he does now, baby pictures, Jon dressed up as a little girl (we have dresses we can lend Noah... *evil grin*), church camps, the checkered floor of the church basement, handwritten OLD church bulletins, etc. - very interesting to look into the past! Man, Steph had HUGE hair back in high school! (it's the FRO, man!) Good times, and definitely a highlight - Noah was quite good at recognizing Pastor Edward!
Mom, on Korey's trip to Victoria: "Of COURSE it's your business if he goes every weekend to Victoria! [he doesn't, as far as I know] You're the boyfriend!" Me: ".... sure...."
BOOBIES! (Thanks, Diane...)
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