11th Wedding Anniversary

Wow, it's been 11 years since Mandy and I got married. We got married in 1997. We tied the knot in the government center on 2/21/97, and we had a wedding ceremony at the restaurant reception on 2/22/97. It's probably easier to remember 2/22 as the wedding date (that's the date Mandy prefers). Now, we've got three kids!

We went out on Saturday to celebrate. We usually meet my parents on Saturday, also. So, we went to Manassas for some Old Country Buffet time. Unfortunately, the restaurant closed! Probably not enough business. That's what I liked about it - no lines. Pretty quite and homey. And that was the cause of its downfall, I suspect.

So, we went to a Chinese buffet restaurant. My parents did not even know it was our anniversary until I told them. They were surprised.

The restaurant really had lots of desserts, especially many assortments of ice cream flavors.

Happy Anniversary!!!

WGMU, Blue and Gold Banquet

We went to George Mason University today for a radio tour of WGMU. We met the other Cub Scouting families at school around 1 PM, and got to the university around 2 PM. The radio station is inside the student union. I was quite impressed with the place, it had a bank, and a food court, as well as the school store. The radio station itself was very small. It consisted of two rooms with radio equipment, computers, and CDs on the walls.

Since it was so small, the group was split into two groups. We were in the first group. The tour person answered our questions, and we all got to announce our pack/den on air! I think it's an Internet broadcast, so the whole world could have heard us.

GMU looks like a nice university I would go to.



The following week we had the Blue and Gold Banquet to celebrate some anniversary for Scouting. Each family brought in food and it was nice. We made our own food mats, and had plenty of food. Dad and mom joined us that day for dinner, which was held in school.

Year of the Rat

Happy Chinese New Year of the Rat! May you all be blessed and have a wonderful year!

Cold February

It's been pretty cold in the early parts of February (2008). One night, it rained and it was so cold that everything froze up in the morning, creating icicles to form. The grass was frozen, as were the trees. The whole car was frozen.

I didn't not like winter before, but now it's OK, and found these pictures to be quite amusing.

I am going to miss winter: the darkness at night, the stillness of the cold air...the warmth of the blankets surrounded by the coldness.