Victor's Birthday

Gratitude is the only word to describe the feeling of having attended Victor's birthday party Saturday night. His birthday was actually Friday, and Ethan's is Saturday. Unfortunately for us, Ethan is in San Jose, and we couldn't be there. But we joined Victor, his dad and mom Choung and Liyan, his sister Eva and his little brother Felix for a great party. Others there were Hai, Kyle and Jacob, Mike, Christine and Sam, Cuong, Linh, Kayla and Regan, Chi, Diep, Sara and Alvin, Nic, Hailey, Kennedy, Sierra, Ava and Bree, Hoa, Thuy, Lyann, Vivian, Dillan and Mia, Su Lu, Hui, and Paula and I.




As usual, it was Sierra who provided the dance number. Reminds me so much of Michelle who at that age was virtually oblivious to what ever else was going on around her, and would simply ignore the chaos and be dancing in the corner. CC doesn't worry about corners!



Somebody must have grabbed my camera!


Kayla is really turning into a great older sister/cousin. She is really good about spending time with her family.


Brothers and their toys!


Liyan with a lot of help putting together the gift Victor got.


I was particularly grateful for this gathering. Just hours before we had dealt with the very difficult process of shutting down Vial and Pham, the construction company. This is extremely painful, especially for Hoa and Nic who have sacrificed so much for it. To have all the family together and realize that we are healthy, happy, warm and very blessed is of great comfort. We are family, and that remains the single most important thing in the world.