Chinese New Year - First Coast FCC

We had a blast at CNY!
We did have a few mishaps which included "losing" our kids in the crowd twice! Panic set in but all was soon righted. Even with the crowd, it did seem smaller again this year; it is held at the Marriott Sawgrass and is a fundraiser for FCC, there were about 40 families compared to the first CNY we went to, which I believe had double that many (2005). My family was so good by bidding and winning several of the silent auctions.

Here's some of the family pictures I selected this morning. We actually took more Flip video than digital photos. AIKO, a professional photographer, was available, so we did get one group picture in early; then there was a Dad, Eric Rousseau, who is a professional photographer that we are hoping to find several more photos of our family.......... also, dozens of our families are on FB or have blogs, so it will be fun to review all their pictures.
I know everyone is amazed at the effort to organize and run this event; the families at FCC can rest easy; they did another wonderful job!

My Mom took pictures before leaving the house.....

How many adults does it take to make one Chinese noise maker? Lots of easy crafts for the kids to make:
Lots of smile with her noise maker and ribbon streamers:

Cousin Madelene playing and taking care of the younger children:

Granddaughter Kilee; always in a dance pose!

Coloring crafts at each dining table:

Lovely daughter Leaa with Alivia..... (she is a rambunctious, brave child, but the Lion dance did scare her so lots of hugs from her mommy)....

I don't know how we got this group together.... all five .......two very good photos (when they are not strangling each other!)!


Son Justin with his daughter (our grand), Kilee........

Cousins Sarah with daughter Madelene:

Group photo (we were all included thanks to Melissa S. taking it!).

The End!!

Happy Chinese New Year!