The Girls 1st Dance Recital, Chinese New Year & John's 41st Birthday

I just realized that it has been almost a month since I posted anything here. Well, we have been sick for the past few weeks and it seems like we just can't get rid of this cough/runny nose illness we all have. I received my new camera and had to turn around and send it back for a replacement but luckily now I think everything is working and I can't wait to use it. I have only had my point and shoot camera to use for the last few weeks and I was able to get a few videos from Sofia & Samantha's 1st dance recital at the YMCA on February 27th. After the dance recital we attended a special birthday party at our friend Robin's house. It was not only Robin's birthday but also her son Ty and daughter Helena's birthday. We had a lot of fun. The weekend before we attended a Chinese New Year party at our friend's house. On March 2nd John turned 41 and we went to our favorite Japanese Steakhouse to celebrate. Okay, I think that's it for now (lol).

Part 1 - Ballet

Part 2 - Tap

The girls after their dance recital.

Before we left the house to attend the CNY Party at our friend's house.

My friend Erin took this photo and sent it to me. It was at the CNY party at her house.
We had such a fun time getting together with our friends.

At the Japanese Steakhouse on John's 41st Birthday.

Just a random pic of the girls sitting with Ronald McDonald.

Chinese New Year Party Snapshots at Our Friends' Home

Saturday evening we attended a fun get-together at our good friends' home. We had a blast at their CNY party and the kids had a blast as well. Our hostess Jean made homemade eggrolls, soup and rice. We also got to see our friends Robin and John and their family too. Here's a few shots from the night. The quality isn't so great since the light was low and I accidentally put the camera on Av instead of Tv. A lot of the pics are out of focus but I wanted to share them. I was downstairs most of the time and Sofia and some of the other kids came down to play and Samantha was upstairs playing Guitar Hero with the big kids, so unfortunately I don't have many pics of Samantha. I need to make sure to wrangle Sammy and get more pics of her next time.

2010 is the Year of the Tiger. I have a feeling it is going to be a lucky year.

Beautiful Helena and her new glasses.

Beautiful Aleina in her Chinese dress

Sofia and Ty. Sofia and Ty are from the same SWI and Robin received Ty when we received Sofia. We always joke that they are going to get married. I sure hope they do since we ♥ Ty and his family.

Sofia strumming a song.

Ty strumming a song too.

Unfortunately I really messed up a lot of the group shots. I had the wrong camera setting and had the aperture way too low which resulted in Sofia being out of focus in the shot above and the shot below was out of focus as well but I did the best I could to make them somewhat salvageable.

Samantha loved the cute little stuffed dog she was holding.

Hmmm...

I am sitting here filling out Vday cards and am I just old school (read between the lines, I mean old) but aren't the kiddie Valentine's Day cards supposed to come with envelopes?

For Sale: Canon 7D

I am selling my Canon 7D (body only) that I bought new on 11/18/09. I am selling it for $1,500 shipped, it retails for about $1,700 ($1,699.95) and you will also save approx. another $150 by not having to pay tax. I will also pay PayPal fees and shipping and insurance (US addresses only). It is in pristine condition. Here is a link to the 7D, it was a brand new addition to the Canon line-up when it came out in 2009 and this camera rocks but I just purchased the full frame 5D Mark II so I don't need two cameras. This camera also includes HD video. If you are interested please let me know and if you have any questions you can email me or leave a comment below. Thanks.

UPDATE: SOLD!