2008 Chen Family BBQ

I know I have been delinquent in updating my blog, so sorry, it's been crazy busy these days. My annoying friend who wants to be referred to in my blog asked 'what's up with your lack of blog updates'? I don't know why he cares if I update my blog or not, I already tell him what's going on in my life. But anyway, here I am, updating.

Work has been good, I've been there for about a month now, crazy how the time flies! I love the people that I work with, I've gotten to spend some quality time with the girl who started with me. When we're not too busy, we'd take our lunches outside and sit in the sun while we eat and chat. The commute is still a bit tiring but I've gotten used to it and it's not so bad. I started going to the gym 3 times a week, including twice during the weekdays. So I'd buy a pretzel at Auntie Anne's at Port Authority and eat it while I wait for the bus, so I have some food to hold me over at the gym. By the time I get home from the gym, it's about 9:30 and I shower, eat a little bit and go to bed. I like that I never have to cook, and can bring lunches to work to save money :) On the days that I don't go to the gym, I can have dinner with my dad or meet up with friends, which is nice.

This past Saturday I went food shopping with my mom for the annual BBQ at my parents' house the next day. Then we spent over 5 hours chopping, cooking, marinating and preparing. It was tiring but I learned a lot from my mom! And what do you know, it rained pretty much the entire day on Sunday, ack! But my parents are so awesome at improvising that they rearranged our furniture at the last minute so that we had tables and chairs set up inside and they moved the grill into the garage! I don't know what I would have done without them in the house! So with that, the food fest and mingling of nearly 40 of our guests began. I had SO much fun! Here are some of the highlights!

People hanging out in the basement




















































People hanging out in the family room

















Stella with her beautiful blue eyes

















What are you doing, Colin?!

















My favorite natural mingling picture, didn't realize how many people could fit in one room


















































































































































I love this picture

















We ran out of gas towards the end, they're trying to start a fire, hahaha






















After the rain stopped, we were able to sit outside and hang out













































































































































So it was a fun filled weekend but very exhausting. I still haven't fully recovered yet because it's Restaurant Week in NYC and I've been eating out a lot :) This weekend is pretty packed with events too. We got a family beach day planned for Saturday, and I am helping my parents host a baby shower for a couple at church on Sunday! I will write more soon!