fun. concert

we had fun at fun. concert.  :)  it was my first time at the greek theater in berkeley and i loved the venue.  the weather that night was absolutely perfect - no wind, nothing.  we found a pizza place and had it while we were waiting in line.  people were asking where we got the pizza.  if i was the pizza owner, i would have employees walking up and down the line and sell the pizzas!

greek theater

happy birthdays!

dexter turned 12!

miss piggy turned 8

happy birthday mom, tuan, and tin!

canine companions for independence (cci)

several weeks ago i had the opportunity to go on a cruise around the bay and found out more information on cci.  good thing i had phelps who kept me distracted as i was getting sick with the swaying of the boat.  cci breeds their own dogs (goldens and labs) and train them to become companions for people who needs assistance in their daily life activities.  if you become a volunteer, you get a cci dog when they are 8 weeks old and then you return them when they are 18 months old and they go to "college."  i think i would be heartbroken!  and if the dog doesn't graduate from college, you get first dibs on keeping the dog.

phelps was so darn cute!  i wanted to bring him home with me.

mr. phelps

tokyo, japan - sanrio land

i love cutesy japanese characters - hello kitty and friends.  so of course we had to go to hello kitty's town, also known as sanrio puroland.  

my favorite character is pochaco - a little doggie

pochaco's mailbox

had to take a picture of the seaweed - adorable!

wave your arms and random dresses would pop up on the screen and you can twirl wearing your new dress ;)

tokyo, japan - disneyland

there are some similarities of tokyo disneyland and our disneyland, but i definitely like our disneyland better.  tokyo disneyland is more spaced out and they do not have as many rides and stores.  it was weird going on rides and the songs were mostly in japanese.  some of the rides were similar - space mountain, pirates of the caribbean, peter pan, splash mountain, and big thunder mountain.  

their version of cinderella's castle

they have a pagoda for their tiki room

it's a small world

disneyland hotel and monorail

instead of mickey's face when you first entered disneyland, this is their welcome

getting ready to go on big thunder mountain

inside the castle

isn't this cute???