Sautéed garlic Shrimp + thai basil + cucumber + lemon juice + fish sauce + avocado + rice noodle = Shane’s fave.

Chloe’s summer camp ended and she couldn’t be sadder. She started bawling this afternoon because she missed her teacher Gabriella. 🙁
Bottom left drawing is a drawing of herself saying Goodbye to the teacher. Can you see where she wrote “the hart brok” { translation: the heart broke }. Awww. I love you Chloe.

Andrew LOVES to golf and he’s been trying to get everyone to get started. So here we are. Taking golf lessons from daddy.

Shane’s been here with his dad a few times but it was Chloe’s first time. You can tell that Shane’s already comfortable with this. I was pretty impressed!

Nice.

We had the pleasure of having the Tan family over here in NJ. Baby Andrew’s so big!

It was so much fun having you guys over!

She started reading books with no pictures this summer. Chloe picked out a bunch of books from our town library three weeks ago and finished reading all of them.

This book was difficult for her. She told me she didn’t understand it but she read out aloud the whole book any way.

This book, Mermaid Tales is her current favorite book.

LOVE that she loves to read.

I love that I get an update from the kids summer camp every day. This note from his teacher made my day. 🙂

For the last couple of weeks, I feel like I’ve been walking around with a cloud over my head. Right after I finished setting up for the party, I found out that my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. When I look back at the pictures, I remember how sad and hard it was just getting through the day…

My first reaction to the news was the worst possible.

However God is so faithful. He’s already planned ahead for her. Last month, she was paired up with a person who has great connections at this cancer hospital in her prayer group.  When she found out about my mom’s condition, she scheduled her for an appointment with the surgeon that same week which is unheard of. She’s having surgery next week and the great news is that the cancer has not spread!

I completely trust God that this is one of His mysterious plans, a great, amazing plan for my mom.

All we need to do is pray continuously and trust…

We were invited to one of Shane’s best friends house for his 4th birthday party. They were so happy to each other. As soon as we walked in to their house, Shane disappeared into the crowd and became one of their families.

Happy birthday buddy!

Smoked salmon sandwich with creamy avocado and cream cheese.

and this is how I like to eat my smoked salmon.

Pesto wheat pasta with grilled shrimp and asparagus.