2012 – Silicon Valley Living

2012 Growing With Our Children

Christmas 2012

Christmas Tree Gangnam Style / December 24, 2012/2,637 views/ 1 Comment

2013-1-1 This year we celebrated our New Year In Reno as last year, it’s a white New Year. 2012-12-25 This year Spare The Air Alert was off- We could have our fireplace on, unlike last year, it’s so nice. The cookies were gone and so was the milk, Audie and Brando got their sold out […]

2012 Current Events

Sandy Hook Elementary School

Sandy Hook Elementary School Victims / December 18, 2012/1,293 views/ Leave a comment

Looking at all the kids pictures today, I couldn’t help tears on my eyes. They’re so beautiful and innocent, the school teachers were so heroic and full of energy. RIP

2012 Being Frugal

Tire Insurance Hard Sell At Tire Shop

American Tire save money on tires / October 30, 2012/978 views/ Leave a comment

2012-11-24 I received the $100 VISA from American Tire last week, the last time. So, last Friday and Sat, I received a promotion through email from American Tire, my A6 needs tires badly and I’ve been waited for this sale the whole year (trying to be frugal). There are 1 thing I dislike is the […]

2012 Growing With Our Children Travels

Disneyland CA 2012

Disneyland 2012 / September 15, 2012/519 views/ Leave a comment

So, Audie is 8 and Brando is almost 6 and it’s their first time to Disneyland. I was shocked to see the prices on line. I remembered the last time it was $32-36, it must have been a while then. Brando didn’t make the Indiana Jones ride, it requires 46″ tall and with shoes, he’s […]

2012 Ardenwood Elementary Growing With Our Children

Audie First Star Test

Ardenwood Elementary STAR Test / /629 views/ Leave a comment

Audie took the first STAR (Standardized Testing And Reporting) at the end of her 2nd grade. She was so excited about the results, she checked the mail every week for the whole summer. The reason is that we would reward her with a build-a-bear if her score is over 90%. Actually, she was so sure […]

2012 Travels Travels

Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe-Cancun-Mexico

Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe Cancun Mexico Riviera Maya / July 5, 2012/123 views/ Leave a comment

Our summer vacation this year is in Riviera Maya, and we stayed in Barceló Maya Palace Deluxe resort. It’s huge and beautiful, we have nothing to complain about besides some mosquitoes and no free wifi ($28 for 5 days is not bad). The restaurants are nice and the foods are great, not bad for Mexico. […]

2012 Growing With Our Children

Remodeled Park In Ardenwood

Park In Ardenwood / May 6, 2012/865 views/ Leave a comment

Although we’re so busy every weekend to fix our home, we still have to save sometimes to play with the kids. The park near home just had a face-lift with all new stuff, the kids wanted to try it out, we took a ride with our bicycles to the new park, they love it, and […]

2012 Pink House

Replace Redwood Fence Panels

Fence Replacement / April 30, 2012/2,856 views/ 3 Comments

Our original fence lasted 34 years, thanks to the storm last winter, we have to replace with a new one. We have great neighbor and we decided to share the cost of replacing it. Instead of hiring people to do it, I did it for both of us. Here is the transformation of our fence. […]

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Category: 2012

Christmas 2012

Sandy Hook Elementary School

Tire Insurance Hard Sell At Tire Shop

Disneyland CA 2012

Audie First Star Test

Barcelo Maya Palace Deluxe-Cancun-Mexico

Remodeled Park In Ardenwood

Replace Redwood Fence Panels

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