The Crossroads!

Hey Gang!

The park is the middle of town!  You have to cross though it to get from one side of town to the other. The schools, the hospital, the business district, the airport and the train station are one side and residential living is on the other side.

 Coleman and Jayson are on their way to school!

Jayson:  Don’t you feel hot with those long sleeves on!

Coleman: Don’t you feel hot with all that hair?

Jayson: What EVER!

Zeke: Hey Jayson, what's up!  Did you finish the math homework?  What did you
get for number 5?
Jayson: I couldn’t figure that one out?

Zeke: If we get there early we should work on it some more!

Tami: My mom says she is loving it in Luxemburg.  She is sending something from
there in the mail.

Aya: Don’t you miss her?  I can think what would happen if my mom was gone so long!

Mateo: Hey Annyah!

Annyah: Hey Mateo!

Towanda: I think your sister has an admirer!

Mateo: My mom is bringing the snacks today! She bringing flan!

Aya,Tami, Towanda: Hey Valerie! That is a nice outfit!

Valerie: Hi everyone!  Thanks Tami! My mom and me made this shirt!

Jose: Man, these 15 hour shifts are killing me!  I so glad I am off today!

Nykyrian: It is a great day! It really feels like spring is here. I will be glad to
get back to the early shift!

 Delores: Hey Baby!  I was hoping to run into you before you went to the gym! Hi Nyk!

 Nykyrian: Hi Delores, I see you guys later.

I have to bring the snack for Mateo's school.  I need some money.  What do you
have on you?

 Jose: Here, just take all of this!  I see you at home!

The Foster's!

 Can you take your bother the rest of the way to school!

 OK! Come on you!

You have a lot of responsibility being the oldest!

 OK boys, see you later!

Blaise, Zhang and Alix have arrived in town!

 Blaise: This is a nice place!

 Zhang:Yeah it is!

Alix: Are you sure it is OK for us to come with you?  

Zhang: Did you tell your family we are coming too?

  It’s fine! They love me!  If you’re my friends, you’re their friends too!

 Zhang: I feel like a third wheel though!

 You didn't have to come you know!

 I love you bro but mom would be cool with Alix here on her own with you!

Zhang: Lead the way!

Warden: If we are going to start a club, we will need a clubhouse!

 Mal: Yeah but I will need a shop too Grand!

  Warden: So we have your shop next to the club!

 Mal: That will work!

OK, Thanks For Looking!

A Few Outside Things! For My Birthday PT. #3!

Hey Gang!

Since they were on sale, I purchase a few outside things for my birthday!

First is the My Life fountain!

I had my eyes on this thing for a while! Ever since I saw the one that Vanessa of
Van's Dolls Treasures posted I knew I wanted a fountain.  I still miss her and see her posts!

Here are the items that are in the box!

Ten pieces! The fountain really works.  It has a spot on the bottom for batteries 

to pump the water! And a button to start the fountain. I won't be using that! A 

little too messy.  I will use some kinda plastic to make my water!

The flowers are heading 

straight for St. Malcolm . They get used there!

Love birds?I think I'll paint the 

birds  and the shrubs to make them look more realistic. 

 I can see how everything goes together but the drinks?

They can always be used somewhere! 

The coloring could be more staggered the shrubs!

Next up is Lil Woodzeez Garden set!

What is inside the box!

Unless it becomes a toy  for one of the kids around here, the rabbit will go!

I will add this to my Barbie Millicent Roberts Green Thumb outfit once I find
where I put it!

Here is the garden set! Veggies in the garden plot.  I might need two of these.
Gardening will work well at the longhouse.  They can grow their own food!

 Watering can!

 Basket with tools!

 I thing this will be good for everyone here!

Elan and Naira can show what they learned in school around the longhouse.

 Elan: We can make this home for us!

Elan: I going to ride you around in the wheelbarrow! Lift your feet up!

Naira: It is this type of thing that got you in trouble with the Dean!

Elan: It is also why you thought I was soo cute too!

Naira: Cute but trouble!

OK, Thanks For Looking!

More On The Tsai's

Hey Gang!

Three Tsai brothers have moved to Johnston after prodding from their cousin
Connie.

Connie: You guy have to be tire of moving all around!  We need to stick together! 

Besides who other than family is going to sit for our rambunctious kids!

The Tsai family is originally from San Francisco.  Their family originally
came to the United States to build the railroads. Yes, they are Chinese but
they are Americans too!

One branch of the Tsai family moved to Oregon to farm.  The boys are from
that side...Blaine, Blake, Blair and little brother Blaidyn. They lived on an
fruit orchard.Their father grew the fruit and their mother was an artist.
They grown up spending a lot of  time outdoors. They like martial arts and
loved to fight as boys.  Anything was a weapon to them. They still fight as
adults! It is a little different! It is mostly verbal unless they are in the dojo!

Hae is married to Blake Tsai!  They are both teachers. They met while teaching at
the same high school.  He had been teaching longer than she did.  Blake offer to help
her get things organized and show her the ropes.

Blaine and Blair: Yeah, helping the new teacher!
Blair: That's so lame

Blaine and Blair

Blake: OK, You guys want some of this! I didn't think so! Don't make me take my tie
off!

Blake has been named teacher of the year... and met the Present! Hae was a
runner up.

They have moved to Johnston with their daughter.
Hae: Your brothers are just teasing!

Blaine and Blair: Like we would be afraid of him taking his tie off!

Blake and Hae have a daughter Meadow.

Blake and Hae have been taking care of their niece Willow for his brother Blaine 

while he was on a long term teaching job overseas.

His wife died two years ago.  He has moved here for a position as an Art professor.

You have also met Kieu...

but you know her husband, Blair and the other brothers.

Connie introduced them...well kinda.

Connie: I invited her to a party I was giving.  I had invited Blaine and Blake. Let me tell 

you it was really hard to get Blaine to even come!  I really thought that Blake or Blaine 

would have been more her type than the care free Blair. Who knew? I didn't even invite

Blair! He just showed up! The next thing I knew she was moving in with him! Moving In!

Conservative Kieu was moving in before being married! Six months later they were down

the aisle.

Blair: I knew what I wanted her when I saw her! It was seeing her in traditional dress that
did it for him.

And she speaks five languages including Chinese. Blaine and Blake spoke Chinese
better being older. He has since gotten better.

Blaine and Blake: You fell at her feet begging! You followed her around the whole
party!

Ha, ha, ha! She made you get a real job too! No surfing all day!

Blair: What ever!

Blair is a father of three. He and Kieu have a son Blaisden, continuing the the BL names,
his mother calls him Rin, a daughter Mio.

Rin and Mio

 The Tsai men love their hair! It is a part of their mother's culture. 
She was Japanese.

and a daughter Cheri.

Blair has just opened a sporting goods store in Johnston. His love of sports
combined with his love of the outdoors while in college.  He got his degrees
in Phys-ed at West Chester University. The setting and the school let him know
that small town living was the life he wanted!

Youngest brother Blaise is still in college back in Oregon! He hasn't made a visit but
they are expecting him for Easter break!

OK, Thanks For Looking!