We had a wonderful potluck party at our house with some close friends. I made:

roasted beet, grapefruit and arugula salad topped with toasted pistachios and feta cheese.

Our guests brought some yummy side dishes!

The Wei’s family brought the main dish~~~ a whole roasted 40 lbs+ pig!!

It was soooo good. Crunchy outside and soft and tender inside. Um um good…

The next day, I tried making a ramen broth with the leftovers.

Perfect meal for the rainy Sunday afternoon.

We got up bright and early this morning to have a breakfast at the Plaza.

Chloe took most of the photos today with her new ipod.

We check out the Eloise shop.

Chloe’s been so into body lotions, perfumes and anything that’s related to personal care lately. All she wanted from this really cute shop was just a hand lotion.

Afterwards, we enjoyed holiday window displays on fifth avenue.

Gorgeous….

We had fun trying some accessories at Henri Bendel.

We also did our annual shopping at the American Girl place.

Then we headed over to Bryant Park to eat. We tried Chimney cake,

and Toparepa’s goat cheese, pesto and sun-dried tomato arepa. So yummy!

Today was simply perfect. We had the best girls day ever!

We had a quite Christmas day and let me tell you, it was the longest day. After opening the gifts and playing them for a while, then what? So we ate and ate and ate all day long. This morning we tried going skiing but that didn’t work out too well because we didn’t have the proper outfits… So we came back and ate some more.

I made smores for everyone after dinner tonight but no one was interested. I even put crushed peppermint candy to be creative.

So I ate them all. Like four of them. Then I was really done.

Chloe wanted to do an arts and craft project so I bought her a jello pack so she can make gum drops. It was actually her idea and she was so excited about it. When I saw her making little gum drops, I thought it would be fun to make hats for the marshmallows and that’s how these marshmallow family happened.

Priceless…

Andrew got me a silk pillow case for me. But the highlight was his creative wrapping. What the.

Whoa, I’ve been such a good girl, Santa even got me a present…

My mischievous look.

I surprised Andrew with not one but two gifts. All day yesterday, he’s been calling me out for not getting him anything. How do you feel now?

Gifts for Chloe

Shane’s gifts

I got my initial mug and a candle from my Sunday school student. How precious! Thank you Matthew!

After breakfast, I noticed the house was shockingly quiet. Not a peep. What’s going on?

I found this scene.

One of my favorite things I look forward to during Christmas is our Christmas service at GRC. Nothing like dressing up in fancy clothes, singing carols, and celebrating my savior baby Jesus’s birth with friends and family. I especially enjoy all the beautiful performances by our church family.

Thanks to our awesome friends who took our kids for a playdate, Andrew and I had a precious mid-morning date. Can’t remember the last time we were out and about during the day by ourselves. We had cornuts and other pastries at Sook‘s for brunch {so yummy!} then we went Christmas shopping for kids.

Thank you Chung family!

at the company holiday party