Season's greetings from the Kiang Family.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Introducing McKayla Wai Ling Lee
Introducing the newest addition to the Lee Family, at 6 lbs 0.4 oz and 17 inches, McKayla Wai Ling Lee. Seems like Mckenna is already being a great older sister.
The Lee Family Report 2008
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our families and friends!!
2008 has been a great and exciting year for the Lees. In April, Solomon and Tiffany graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo and we were there for their graduation; a week later Tiffany married Mark Shinoda in Newport Beach, California and we welcomed Mark into our family. And a few days ago, on Dec 20th, we welcomed another addition, McKayla Wai Ning Lee into our family; she was 6 lbs 0.4 oz, 17 inches with a beautiful smile. Both Jenny and McKayla are doing fine.
2008 has been a challenging year financially for many people in the United States with the unstable economy and the threat of a global recession; we count our blessings that all of us are fortunate enough to hang on to our jobs and are still employed.
David and Grace are still working at BYUH, looking forward to retirement in a next few years. Jared is working with a private company which specializes in Hospice care. He has had great success working with the patients and their families who require this sort of care. Joshua is working and living in New York City and loving the “Big Apple”. He was accepted to a MBA program in BYU Provo and was supposed to move from NY to Provo to start school in Sept. However due to the recent downturn of the economy, he decided to stay in NY to continue working and do an executive MBA program instead. We thought that was a really smart move and supported him wholeheartedly. He will be home to spend the New Year’s with us. Rachel is still working at Kamehameha Schools and drives to town everyday to work; she has been a great aunt to McKenna and now has a new niece to attend to. Simon is working as an Assistant Manager and a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness in Mililani. He now has a big family to take care of. Jenny is taking a 3 month break from the bank to stay home to take care of the new born. We are grateful that her sister, Stephanie, is staying with us. She works part time at the Gift Shop at PCC in the evenings and watches McKenna while Jenny and Simon are at work. Solomon is working for Clearwater Advisors, a finance company in Idaho. He travels a lot and really appreciates the trust and faith that the company has in him in his a position when he has very little experience as a recent graduate. Tiffany and Mark still live in Provo but are home in Hawaii for the holidays. Tiff is working in the accounting department in the APEX Alarm Company and Mark works part time at their Call Center. Mark will graduate next June from Utah Valley University with a degree in Finance and they will most likely move to San Diego to work for his family business after graduation.
David and Grace are still working at BYUH, looking forward to retirement in a next few years. Jared is working with a private company which specializes in Hospice care. He has had great success working with the patients and their families who require this sort of care. Joshua is working and living in New York City and loving the “Big Apple”. He was accepted to a MBA program in BYU Provo and was supposed to move from NY to Provo to start school in Sept. However due to the recent downturn of the economy, he decided to stay in NY to continue working and do an executive MBA program instead. We thought that was a really smart move and supported him wholeheartedly. He will be home to spend the New Year’s with us. Rachel is still working at Kamehameha Schools and drives to town everyday to work; she has been a great aunt to McKenna and now has a new niece to attend to. Simon is working as an Assistant Manager and a personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness in Mililani. He now has a big family to take care of. Jenny is taking a 3 month break from the bank to stay home to take care of the new born. We are grateful that her sister, Stephanie, is staying with us. She works part time at the Gift Shop at PCC in the evenings and watches McKenna while Jenny and Simon are at work. Solomon is working for Clearwater Advisors, a finance company in Idaho. He travels a lot and really appreciates the trust and faith that the company has in him in his a position when he has very little experience as a recent graduate. Tiffany and Mark still live in Provo but are home in Hawaii for the holidays. Tiff is working in the accounting department in the APEX Alarm Company and Mark works part time at their Call Center. Mark will graduate next June from Utah Valley University with a degree in Finance and they will most likely move to San Diego to work for his family business after graduation.
Our family is growing and our home is filled with love, joy, happiness and challenges. We are grateful to all of you and especially to the love and support you gave us over the years. Have a great and wonderful new year. And may the Lord bless you with peace, love, harmony, and good health in the coming year. We love and appreciate you. Aloha and Mahalo from the Lee’s.
No Presents For You!
Jared, Tiffany, McKenna will have to wait for their presents as I did not send them. I only realized a couple of days ago that I would have to send Tiffany's present to Utah, so I'll do that right away. Here is the present that I hand made for McKayla. It is a polar fleece blanket with a Winnie the Pooh design. Blood and sweat, quite literally-as I pricked my finger a number of times in the process. Look at the exquisite detail in the stiches. Oh la la is correct.
Welcome to the Internet
Hi mom and dad! Welcome to the internet. Hehehehehehe Mark and I are just boring everyday workers. He's working on a business plan with his friend Tim (which might be something that he'll actually want to start depending on them getting financial backers) and I'm just working my 9-5 at APX. The only thing that we've been excited about since Thanksgiving has been coming to Hawaii for Christmas to see all of you and our new niece! Hope your lives are more exciting than ours. -Mark and Tiffany"
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Can you hear me?
Its been snowing about 8 inches in the last couple of days here. White Christmases are great for a couple of days, but scrapping off your car and driving on ice gets old after a while. Hope you guys are doing well and I will call later today to wish you all a Merry Christmas!
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