
Yumiko Kono all dressed up for the Junior Prom. I had way too much fun taking pictures of her and all her friends. Julia Gong and Lewis Esser Julia Gallagher Aubrey Bang Guerin and Tommy Redmund Jonathan Dietz and Katie Horner Sonia Zohrabian From Left: Andrew Chen, Lewis Esser, Julia Gong, Phoebe Cai, Shefain…

We celebrated the New Year today as we have every New Year’s Day since I met Ken 19 years ago. Ken makes a wonderful Japanese soup called Zoni – broth with mochi (rice cake), mushrooms and green onion. This year we celebrated with our good friends Hans and Margaret and daughter Michelle Van Naerssen…

Yumiko had her violin recital today and made both Ken and me cry. She was so so good and was given the “Outstanding Performance” Award. Here she is practicing at home, just before we went to the program. (Oh those bragging old parents.)

We had a little New Year’s Eve party Saturday night. It was a wonderful time with lots of great food and good, good friends. Everybody humored me by sitting in our old basement and having their picture taken. From top to bottom – our wonderful neighbors Sharon and Pepe and new little Toto; The…