{"id":743,"date":"2007-06-17T21:02:28","date_gmt":"2007-06-18T03:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/blog\/?p=792"},"modified":"2007-06-17T21:02:28","modified_gmt":"2007-06-18T03:02:28","slug":"celebrating-with-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=743","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating with Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some select pictures from our family gathering yesterday.  We were celebrating Brian&#8217;s birthday, his grandmother&#8217;s birthday, and Father&#8217;s Day all in one.  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/chingay\/CelebratingWithFamily\"  TARGET=\"out\">You may view all the photos here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left; padding-right:10px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558517581\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1153\/558517581_b24316c259_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_038\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558516913\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1240\/558516913_a34d5d9254_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_036\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558196694\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1308\/558196694_53162493be_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_041\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558511425\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1331\/558511425_4d5277f500_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_019\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558190330\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1281\/558190330_8adfc7d97d_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_020\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Everyone met up at B&#038;C BBQ for lunch.  Everyone being Brian&#8217;s grandparents, Brian&#8217;s parents, Chad, Brian and I.  Mom and dad came, too.  So that was nice.  It usually takes an act of God to get dad out of the house.  I&#8217;m really glad they could make it.<\/p>\n<p>We gave everyone their gifts which Brian and I purchased and wrapped almost a month ago.  We went the easy route this time and just got movies for all the dads.  We got <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=B00005JPCF%26tag=lifeafter-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/B00005JPCF%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\"  title=\"View product details at Amazon\" target=\"out\">Happy Feet<\/a> for grandpa, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=B000O77SF4%26tag=lifeafter-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/B000O77SF4%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\"  title=\"View product details at Amazon\" target=\"out\">Smokin&#8217; Aces<\/a> for Dave, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=B000CNFC76%26tag=lifeafter-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/B000CNFC76%253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\"  target=\"out\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\">The Greatest Game Ever Played<\/a> for my dad.  Since everyone is getting into golf, Logan and Jen included, we figured it would be appropriate.  Plus, it is such a great movie.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our biggest splurge was our birthday gift for grandma: a large-type keyboard.  Now she doesn&#8217;t have to put her nose against the keyboard to type.  She&#8217;ll be able to see all the keys more easily.  You could tell she really loved her gift.  I think she will make really good use of it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right; padding-left:10px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558184862\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1168\/558184862_5fc9454641_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_002\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558197634\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1314\/558197634_05d855a09a_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_044\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Brian received a couple of new shirts and shorts from his parents, which is great because we were planning on buying him a couple more shorts to take on our trip to Jamaica.  Now we don&#8217;t have to.  Here are some pictures of his gifts..<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left; padding-right:10px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558191980\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1361\/558191980_3179e26a7b_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_025\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558191302\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1389\/558191302_75e8f8c922_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_023\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Before we left, mom gave Brian her gift (a bottle of the red Lucky cologne).  She had left it in their car.  Lunch went pretty well.  I think everyone had a good time.  The performer even played happy birthday on the harmonica for grandma.  She really enjoyed it; so much so that she gave him a hug and a kiss when he finished.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right; padding-left:10px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558196200\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1354\/558196200_7b0f667467_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_039\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After lunch we drove grandma and grandpa home so we could hook the new keyboard up to the computer and also to put up grandpa&#8217;s new flag.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558520437\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1149\/558520437_77cc199611_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_048\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558200994\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1228\/558200994_26c9817bc3_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_056\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558522837\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1145\/558522837_215b5e9710_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_057\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558203684\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1285\/558203684_9e8f3e7cbc_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_066\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558528325\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1272\/558528325_c34ff6a7b3_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_077\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558204822\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1285\/558204822_ad64108cdf_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_070\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558527325\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1152\/558527325_32dfee0e8d_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_073\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/558206538\/\"  title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1425\/558206538_95a1ff954c_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"20070616_075\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>While there, Brian took the time to fix the date and time on the grandparents&#8217; VCR so they could record their favorite shows.  Later that afternoon Chad, Dave, Donna, Brian and I met up with Jan, Rob, and Bree to watch Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.   We pretty much and the entire C-row to ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>The movie was refreshingly short, which is amazing in this day of three-hour long movies.  It wasn&#8217;t bad, though.  The effects were actually really good.<\/p>\n<p>That pretty much concluded our celebration, for the day anyway.  Next week Saturday we are all going to have dinner at Kobe&#8217;s and then maybe going bowling.  So the celebrating continues.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some select pictures from our family gathering yesterday. We were celebrating Brian&#8217;s birthday, his grandmother&#8217;s birthday, and Father&#8217;s Day all in one. You may view all the photos here. Everyone met up at B&#038;C BBQ for lunch. Everyone being Brian&#8217;s grandparents, Brian&#8217;s parents, Chad, Brian and I. Mom and dad came, too. 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