A big thank you to my sister-in-law, Mary, for including our girls in her photoshoot with Ong Ngoai (Jenny’s dad) and Ba Ngoai (Jenny’s mom). Our girls definitely enjoyed the time, attention and costume and scene changes. We enjoyed the watching and, equally important, we love the pictures.
We hope you enjoy a snapshot of our family! Here are the photos from March 2014: [Read more…]
Memorial Day in Vegas anyone? The girls, Jenny, Aunt Mary, Ong Ngoai (Jenny’s dad) and Ba Ngoai (Jenny’s mom) headed to Vegas for a long weekend. The girls had a blast as we explored the more kid-friendly areas of Vegas while the rest of our family enjoyed the adult entertainment.
Here’s a list of few places we visited: [Read more…]
Kate and Sophie love playing together, so we organized a joint birthday party for the girls. Together with their friends, the parents and family, we packed eighty people into Wonderwild in The Woodlands. Everyone seemed to have a great time catching air on the kangaroo jumper, dropping out of the crocodile slide and climbing through the playscape.
Happy birthday Kate and Sophie. You’re really growing up quickly. I cannot believe Kate is four and Sophie is now two. It’s amazing to see our girls grow up so fast. Kate is adding numbers, sounding words and excelling in school. Sophie is starting to talk in sentences and is almost potty trained. Both girls are in gymnastics, ballet, swim lessons, music and art classes.
A special thanks to grandma for the tasty cupcakes, to Uncle John for the pictures, to Holly & Vi for helping the girls run the gauntlet and to Ong Ngoai & Ba Ngoai for the delicious after-party dinner.
Here are some party pictures: [Read more…]
Merry Christmas!
We hope everyone had an eventful, relaxing and fun holiday. From our house, 2013 has been a great year and we have much for which to be thankful. 
The girls woke up at the usual time on Christmas and were ready to go open presents. Our house is usually filled with guests on holidays, but our out-of-towners are coming this weekend. So, Jenny, Kate, Sophie and I had a relaxing morning opening gifts and hanging out. The girls had a great time and received lots of great gifts. Thanks to everyone to who sent/brought gifts.
This year, the girls found themselves with an entirely new kitchen set from Pottery Barn, pots and pans, hundreds of pieces of toy food, place setting and so much more. They’ve been planning non-stop with their toys. I’m pretty confident Jenny and I will soon be invited to a Kate & Sophie tea and food party. Speaking of parties, we’re about to have 20 friends and family over for turkey, steak and lobster. Sound good? RSVP for next year’s feast.
Here are just a few pictures of Christmas at our house: [Read more…]
We invited all of Kate’s schoolmates, our friends and family to a little party at Zunan (kid-friendly restaurant & playhouse) in The Woodlands. Kate had a blast and Sophie loved the attention of all the mommy’s who played and tickled her. Auntie spent at least 20 minutes helping Sophie play on the slide while Kate chased her classmates and climbed the rock walls and played video games.
Here are some pictures of the party: [Read more…]
Merry Christmas. Our girls aren’t old enough to wake us early to open presents. Sadly, they are young enough to simply wake us early! So, on this beautiful Christmas morning, Jenny and I witnessed the shear excitement our children gleam from ripping open gift wrap. I’m not sure they even care about the gifts inside, but they certainly love the opening process.
Our friends and family overdid it this year too. Kate and Sophie have more books, animals, toys to chew on, some to ride, others that play music and a few that require assembly. Here are some pictures of our morning: [Read more…]
Today, we celebrated Kate’s 2nd birthday and Sophia’s 1-month birthday with forty of our closest family and friends from all over the country. A special thanks to Jenny’s parents, aunt and uncle and our close friends for bringing all the wonderful food…including a fully roasted pig! Further, a big thank you to everyone who attended. It’s great to have so many people invested in our lives. They say it takes a village to raise a child, and that’s why we keep inviting you to our parties! 🙂
Here are a few snapshots of the party, our guests and the birthday girls: [Read more…]
Today, our little Katherine Thuy Pozadzides was baptized at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Houston, TX. Uncle John (Godfather) and Aunt Mary (Godmother) came as witnesses along with many of our close friends and family. Father Ross (the same priest from our wedding) delivered a wonderful opening and blessing. Kate was fine with the ceremony up to the point where the Holy Water and sacred oil came out. She certainly didn’t like getting wet and contributed to the baptismal font with plenty of her own tears.
Afterwards, friends and family headed back to our house. There was plenty of food to feed everyone including a full roasted pig and beautiful cakes to celebrate the event. Above all, we’re blessed to have Kate, our family and friends in our lives.
A special thanks to Father Rossi and the St. Michael’s church for bending the rules and allowing a private baptism. Here are a few pictures of the festivities. [Read more…]
This year, we celebrated Christmas Dinner ’10 with family and friends at our house. After our two Thanksgiving dinners, we were pretty tired of Turkey, Ham and Brisket, so we opted for Steak, Scallops, Shrimp and Fish. It was good and we have plenty of left overs to munch on for the next few days.
Joining us this year, was our grandmother (Ba Noi), Anthony, Marie and Mary (Jenny’s parents and sister), John Sr. and Tilda (my father and step-mother), Co Hong and Tam (our aunt and cousin) and Michael and Henry (our good friends). We had a great time and I’ve not received any calls alerting me of food poisoning (thank goodness). [Read more…]
We have a tremendous amount to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season: a precious daughter, a loving family, health, fantastic friends, challenging jobs and so much more… With so much to be thankful for, we’ve hosted a few parties for which the pilgrims would have been proud!
Jenny, Kate and I hosted two big Thanksgiving dinners this year and it is safe to say, we’re tired of Turkey & the “fixins.” However, we’ve had a blast entertaining and hope our friends and family have enjoyed the feast. To put it into perspective, here’s what we cooked for the forty plus (40+) people who attended one of our two Thanksgiving parties (one for our MD Anderson friends and the others for family): [Read more…]