I’ve become the unofficial family photographer for my friends up here and it’s so much fun. This morning, I took a few photos of Vivian and her parents before Sophie’s birthday party. The overcast lighting was perfect!!
At the end of the party, I got a cute shot of Sophie with her parents.
It’s been raining since last weekend and has been such a nice change. Fortunately, it seems to rain most at night while we’re sleeping and during the middle of the day while I’m indoors at work. The commute has been relatively easy and I have no complaints. On Thursday, the rain stopped for a bit and I was able to go outside for a solo run for the first time in about a month. There was a full moon that night, which made it an even more pleasant run.
On Friday evening, we thought the rain had stopped for a while but as we were out at Union Square, it started to rain again. I still got to see the tree lit up and there were lots of people still on the ice rink.
Before heading home, we went all the way up to the top floor of macy’s to get a better view of the tree and rink from The Cheesecake Factory bar area (we were standing behind the “m” on the macy’s sign. Christmastime in SF is really pretty.
What once was an innocent trip to the pet store for a couple pet fish for KK has now turned into a full-blown project. It looks like we have unearthed Jes’ long-lost hobby from college: fishkeeping. Dum dum DUUUUUM!!! On Tuesday, the bigger tank arrived from Amazon and the two adult fish were put into their new home.
Meanwhile, the baby fish were having a party in their tank. With the adults nowhere to be found, they all emerged from their hiding places and we counted up to 20 baby fish!!!
http://youtu.be/4z0IkbkbX00
Where did they all come from?! We only counted 12 the other day. Now they’re all swimming freely around the tank and having a blast. Each day they seem to get a little bigger and they all now have black markings on their tails. This is so fun!!
The next step is to find some more plants for the big tank and it sound like Jes has big plans for it. I guess we’ll be spending more time (and money) at fish stores this coming year. It’ll be just like college all over again.
I came home this evening and all 12 baby fish were still accounted for. They’re also getting pretty brave venturing up out of the plants. In this picture alone, you can see about 9 of them. You can click on the photo to get a slightly bigger image.
Last night we went to the store to buy some fish. 
We came home with two sunburst wag platys and they adjusted well to our little 5-gallon tank.
This afternoon, I was checking on them and found a tiny little baby fish!!! I had a feeling one of the fish we bought was preggo because her belly was so big and round! FYI, baby fish are called “fry”. Haha.
When I looked closer, I saw two more, then a fourth…wait, there were at least 7 baby fishies!! Here is a picture of two on the leaf and two more (blurry) down below. Aren’t they so cute?!
http://youtu.be/sC1Gf1A-CLc
Here is a video of them hanging out.
We made sure to keep the adults fed so that they wouldn’t be tempted to eat the babies. We also added more plants so that the babies had more places to hide. Hopefully they will survive the next few days and grow up big enough to fend for themselves.
Update!! I just checked again and counted ELEVEN of those little guys!!
Another Update: I just counted TWELVE! These guys are sneaky.
This year, my parents came up for Thanksgiving. The Masayas were out of town so it was just the 5 of us with a 22-pound turkey. Heh heh.
In the morning, we went to the zoo. It was fun to be there on a holiday because all the animals got special treats and for some reason, a lot of the animals were awake and active this morning. I had never seen a hippo so up-close! They’re actually kinda scary when they’re not sleeping underwater.
Once we got home, the cooking started. Thankfully we had my parents around to keep KK company.
The turkey came out perfectly and we also had a HoneyBaked ham that my mom brought up from Cerritos. 
As usual, we ate until we were overstuffed and there were plenty of leftovers for sandwiches for the next several days. I love Thanksgiving!!!
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