Hosive

thanksgiving is usually in maryland while christmas and new year’s is spent in nyc with my parents coming over for a week to spend the sleepy week with us. vision church unlike other churches actually winds down rather than ramps up for the holidays since most of our people are from other places; most of our members are out of town enjoying time with their families.

we usually invite more people over for our annual wholesome new year’s but since the yu’s and chen’s were in taiwan for a wedding we opted to have a quiet new years.

we did have some friends over as well as my parents.

my parents seem to get along well with my friends and vice versa.

as we heard from the dude telling his buddy on his cell phone: we started the year right by watching bolt in 3d. when my parents come over, we try to take them to some show or movie. something special or out of the ordinary for them. imax or in this case, 3d. we end up seeing a lot of kids movies because its easier for my mom to figure out what’s going on. one of her favorite holiday movies is elf.

new years also means berger cookies from baltimore…more like a slab of chocolate with an accidental cookie attached.

then for new year’s day, we headed over to community for brunch….a family tradition. my mom usually gets the seafood eggs benedict. theresa opted for the vegetable bowl because of her aversion to meat during her pregnancy. my dad got the blueberry pancakes. and i went with steak and eggs. juice, coffee and cider flowed freely.

maybe i lied to my boy, q. maybe we do eat like this all the time. definitely during the holidays.

but on the whole, a mellow tsang new year’s. happy 2009.