THE HOLIDAYS ALREADY?

Gosh, I can't believe how long it has been since I last checked in here...and now it is the holiday season? Wow. How did that happen??? We had a great Thanksgiving. Emma made this beautiful turkey hat at 'preschool' on the day we had it at our house (once a week, 4 little friends do preschool at one of their houses), it was just a few days before Thanksgiving...so hence, the 'turkey theme': On Tuesday, Me, Emma, Aunt Jan, Grandma and Grandpa all piled into the car and headed to Karen & Matt's house. The Campbells have been working on their new house for like three year...that they built themselves (they totally rock!)... And it is now finished and we went to enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend there at Campbell Manor. It is just such a gorgeous home and I am so happy for them. We had a wonderful time just sitting around, watching movies in their 'theater' room, being cozy by the fire and, of course, having a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. Here are a couple of pictures of the event: Emma and Paige even took a dip in the hot tub... What would a Broberg family holiday be without singing together around the piano? And of course there was lots of Christmas decorating to do. The master at work:

Les Misbarack

I Love This! Especially the Javert/Mdme Thenardier...McCain/Palin.

How I wish we were in Beijing!!!

Olympic Fever!

We have been watching the Olympics in China with great joy. Not only because the Olympics seem to bring out the most remarkable spirit amongst all people, but also because we are seeing 'our' beautiful China. And we are so grateful that the world is getting to know a little bit more about China, its remarkable country and wonderful people. How proud we are of our Chinese and American heritage and history. Emma was way into the gymnastics...but now that we are into the diving...she is into that too. She watches very closely to how they start, put their arms up and hop...then how the arms and hands come back together to finish it off...then she does it too. I just hope she doesn't try it into the bathtub sometime when I'm not watching!

Family Trip & Reunion

We had a great time in Yellowstone with the Campbells and Grandma & Grandpa. And we had a fun Broberg family reunion in Pocatello...it was so great, especially because we got to meet our 'new' cousin Linda (and her family - Drew, Abby and Ashley)...how happy we are that they are part of our family!!

Sing Sweet Nightingale

Here is Emma singing a tune from one of her favorite movies...Cinderella. Hmmm...a future in vocal performance...? Well....maybe not...we are still searching for the tune. I think we will stick with dancing (notice the flashy "move" she gives near the end!) She sure sings with gusto and confidence though! I think it is adorable!

Lovin' L.A. - a quick, spur of the moment trip

Here's a 45 second recap of little trip we took to L.A. over the 4th of July. We took in some of our favorite places from the 'good old days' - like the L.A. Zoo, the Long Beach Acquarium, Universal CityWalk and the beach! We enjoyed a good, old fashioned 4th of July BBQ and then watched fire works across the harbor from the Queen Mary - it was a lovely, fun quick trip...too short, not enough time to see many friends...but still great fun.

Oh how we miss Los Angeles....(sigh)