Merry Christmas & A Happy Reunion

We have been separated for a while now but Joanne finally graduated from BYU and has joined the Daniel and his parents in Houston, TX. This is the first warm Christmas. We are now attending the Chinese Branch since Daniel's parents do not speak English very well. We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Party organized by the Chinese Branch where Daniel's Dad acted as Angel Gabriel and Daniel was one of Herod's soldier. It was pretty funny. Merry Christmas to all our dear friends and Happy Holidays.

Trip to San Francisco and Hawaii

After our last post, we got bored in Provo. We had a month before school started so we decided one day that we were going to drive to San Francisco and fly from there to Hawaii. We packed and left the next day. We drove for a day to Sacramento, after making a stop for a buffet dinner in Reno. The next day, we met up with Sharn and Eric for the Sacramento Open House. Joanne had never been to a temple open house so she was extremely excited. The Sacramento Temple is very beautiful, standing up on a hill. We got a tour of inside the temple. They have 7000+ visitors a day! After the tour, there were cookies and drinks for everyone. Imagine how many cookies they bake a day. (The cookies were good...)

From Sacramento, we drove to San Francisco where we stayed at Daniel's sister's place. We spent a few days there before flying to Honolulu, HI. We had a great time in Hawaii, it was a lot of fun. We went to PCC, Laie Temple, Waikiki beach, Hanauma Bay, Pearl Habor and visited with friends there. We were there for 6 days and the weather was so good throughout the 6 days. We really enjoyed the beaches. It was hard to leave Hawaii.

Now Joanne is back in school and Daniel will be leaving in a week to go to Chicago for training before heading down to Houston for his full time job. We are going to be apart for a few months...

Up on Sandia Peaks.

On our way to Dallas, we stopped by Fort Worth. We found a Livestock Exchange. At the back, they have cattles sitting there, waiting to be sold. Fort Worth is a real cowboy western town.

We are HOME!

It is hard to accept the truth that we couldn't go to Taiwan and Singapore to attend our wedding receptions. So, we made a sudden decision to drive home from Houston to Utah. Since we gonna drive home anyways, we took a road trip and visited some interesting places along the way. I don't wish to take the same trip way back again, but it was a fun trip. Joanne's internship ended and the company compensated for the all expenses on the journey. It was a free road trip. We stopped by Dallas, TX and visited with Aya and Russell and their cute baby girl. She was so sociable and was always smiling. We are so glad that they are doing well in Dallas. The next stop was at Albuquerque, NM. We didn't know what to see there but the weather was awesome!!! It was cool and dry, better than Provo. We visited the Albuquerque Temple and also the Sandia Peaks which gave a very panoramic view of Albuquerque. After Albuquerque, it was a long and boring drive into Utah. We did stop by the Arches since Daniel has not been there but the weather was not very good that day, so we did not stay too long. So that was our short road trip, now were are back in Utah waiting for Joanne to head back to school and Daniel to start work.

San Antonio Trip

The long-waited trip has finally come true today.

We went to San Marcos for the outlet center. It is probably the most beautiful outlet I have even been to. Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel have their outlet store there too. We bought a beautiful plate home. I guess we will be going back often.

San Antonio's Riverwalk is amazing. Alamo is only for history majors. Well...you heard our opinion. You got to go to Riverwalk once in your lifetime. IT IS AMAZING. YES... IT IS THAT GOOD!!!

Indepedence Day

We went to Chinese branch's president house for a BBQ. The BBQ was so good because it is Singapore style. We luv the food, and Daniel got to play with the new camera. Man..did he spend a couple hundreds on that SLR camera or what.

We then watched the firework by the ocean. AND...this is our first time celebrating July 4 together. There will be many more to come :)

To the world you may be just one person... Not Today

We were sealed in the Mount Timpanogas Temple on May 27th, 2006. Daniel's family flew in from Taiwan and SF to attend the wedding. That afternoon, we had a simple reception at a Stake Center. We really appreciate all those who helped out.

Finally this blog is launched from the Shire of the South. You will see some updates of what is happening with Daniel & Joanne as they start a family in Houston.

Welcome to the shire.