Garage sale!

After a very unsuccessful garage sale on Sunday the 11th, we had another garage sale yesterday. We started at around 7:30am. We are mainly trying to get rid of some electronics and the kids' stuff. Lots of customers came but very few people actually bought stuff from us, I think people mainly wanted to buy very cheap stuff at the garage sales and our electronics are on the expensive side, we still managed to sell a car seat, scooter and some toys. It was getting hot after 9:30am so we closed down at 10:00am. With couple items that we sold during the week on the Craigslist, we have made $179! The girls pocketed $50 a piece, not bad for hosting 2.5 hours of garage sale!

A hot day at Raging Waters

We went with Chen's family on last Saturday to the Raging Waters, San Dimas. It was a very hot day, we arrived there at around 10:00am, parked at a remote parking lot and took the shuttle to the park, we didn't get in until around 10:45am. The place was already packed, we were lucky to be able to find a spot under the tree to set up our gathering place. The girls went wild at the park for the entire day. The only thing bad about Raging Waters was the place was that they let as many people into the park as possible, the park was just way too crowded; for example, thousands people were packed and walking in the Lazy River instead of riding on the floaties, it was horrible! We stayed till around 5:30pm before going to dinner together at U2. It was a very fun day after all!

Our next door neighbor's puppy "Remy"

The girls spent an entire hour playing with our next door neighbor's new puppy named "Remy" after coming home from summer camp!

Santa Paula Citrus Balloon Festival

It's the annual Santa Paula Citrus Balloon Festival over the weekend. We drove the van took Grace & Ricky's family with us to visit the event. It's a great family event with all kinds of entertainment: Live music, rides, mini air show, car show, vendors and of course the hot air balloons. We met Chen & Dudee's family there too and all 4 girls had a great fun day over there. Here are some pictures to share with you.

Removal of Gazebo & Jacuzzi

It's been 9 months since we moved in, it's time to get rid of the ugly gazebo and jacuzzi that came with our house in the backyard. Three Spa Removers workers came in at 10am, two hours later, the whole thing was gone! $475 was very well spent. We will spend tomorrow morning cleaning up the dangling plants on the wall, then we want to start thinking what to build on that empty spot.

Swimming lessons

Two more lessons left and the girls are swimming very well, I asked the Erica & Vivan's instructors and they said both girls will be promoted to the next level.  We will enroll them for another two weeks session after this session is over. Vivian will be in Otter class and Erica will be in Stingray class in the next session After they've mastered their swimming skills a little better, we will take them to the waterparks for some fun time before the school starts.

Saturday afternoon fun at the pool

It's a typical Southern California Saturday afternoon in the summer, 19 degrees C and sunny. Took the girls to the Newbury Park high school swimming pool. The pool is open to the community every Saturday from 12:30pm - 3:30pm, $2 per person to get in. We are going to sign the girls up for summer swimming lessons from next Monday, 2 weeks 8 classes from 5:55pm to 6:30pm, Monday through Thursday, only $62 per person. Erica will be enrolled to the Otter class and Vivian will be enrolled to the Dolphin class.