Dumpling Party with Old Friends

Daddy's long time buddies drove all the way from San Diego just to visit Erik. It was wonderful!!! Such a happy reunion. Daddy has known them for almost 13 years!! Sigh!! And it has been 3 years since we've last seen them...oh my, how time flies!! They have never seen Erik before and made this special trip just to see him.

We also haven't seen how their daughter, Carmel, has grown. She has grown to be be such a lovely young lady. We even celebrated her 9th birthday with homemade dumplings by Grandma Katy and Great Grandma Lien. It was fantastic. Then Daddy brought out raspberry chocolate cake just for her. It was nice just to celebrate a special occassion with good friends.

Erik warmed up to them very quickly!! He babbled to Monica and Carmel. He showed off how high he could jump in his little jumperoo. Erik also liked sitting and cuddling with Monica and Carmel. Afterwards, we all just caught up in the little details of our lives. A little bit here and a little bit there. But by the end, we promise that the next time we visit, it will be our turn to do the traveling down.