10K results

No picture to post (we forgot the camera) but the 10K was last Saturday. I finished in 56 minutes, which is good for me and this course-major hills. In three more weeks I have the "10 miler" and I hope to run the course a couple times before the race. Keep on runnin'!

Winter race training series

Training season begins. Today was the first race of the season to prepare for the Ogden marathon in May. Meg and I are signed up for the half so I signed up for the local winter training race series again this year to prepare. Today was a 5K and it went well. It was an unusual warm winter morning and the course was a killer. I'm embarrassed to be posting this picture but oh well.

glad to be done, 26:50 I think was my time

Next up is a 10K in another two weeks with even more hills to train for. Better get running!

Dinner party

Yao and I hosted our dinner group last week. We attempted to do a home version of hot pot - sort of like the Asian version of fondue. It's a soup base that you boil and cook veggies and meat and dip out one at a time. It was pretty successful. We also had lettuce wraps for an appetizer and homemade coconut sorbet with mangoes for dessert.

before the guests arrive

our dinner group friends enjoying the meal

Thanks Mom

Yao holds up his udon noodle bowl Mom got as a gift for his citizenship hoopla. Thanks Mom he loves it! Sid loved the wrapping even more.

He's already had a bowl of noodles in his new bowl.

all wrapped up

Sid played in this for at least 20 minutes

The newest U.S. citizen

Yao was sworn in Wednesday as one of the newest U.S. citizens! There were nearly 150 people being sworn in that day respresenting 63 countries. It was an interesting and memorable experience. Here are some pictures from the ceremony (I forgot to charge the battery for the video camera so these are all the pictures I have.):

Yao taking the oath;

"proud to be an American";

we're going to plan a trip outside the U.S. to celebrate his citizenship!

Christmas 2009

Celebrating Christmas 2009: Adrienne, Adelaide and I went to the Nutcracker Wednesday for a girls day out. It was a lot of fun. Adelaide was practicing dance moves on the stairs. Christmas Eve everyone went to Temple Square to see the lights and nativity. We rode the FrontRunner down, had some hot chocolate and came back to Ogden for some Chinese food. Merry Christmas, farararara, rararara (the Chinese waiters singing in A Christmas Story for those who don't know.)!

Adrienne, Adelaide, and Emilie at the Nutcracker

Davis LOVED Yao's Christmas present (a massager)

Emma & Adrienne on the FrontRunner

Yao & Davis

Everyone at Temple Square

4th Anniversary

Yao and I celebrated our 4th anniversary with cross country skiing at North Fork, dinner at Tepanyaki, and going to see the Blind Side. We both just finished our first semester of grad school so this was our first weekend in months where we could relax and spend some time together. It was a fairly warm winter day, for Utah, and the sun was out so it was a great day for skiing. We look forward to another great year!

Yao and I taking a lunch break

starting out on the trail