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!

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The Tsai Move To Johnston!

Hey Gang!

The Tsai are a major family in Johnston.  You met a few of them previously.
You might have realized that they were family.

You met Blaine

Blaine is an artist and was an assistant professor of art at N.Y.U.  

He didn't have tenure at N.Y.U.  It was a hard thing to get.  When he

was offered a spot at Johnston University with tenure, he jumped on it!

The rest of his family wasn't far behind.

  

his daughter Willow

 His sister-in-law Kieu

We will hear more about her later.

His other sister-in-law Hae

You remember her from the rehearsal.  She is the one on the
left.  Here is her daughter.

His niece Meadow

His cousin Connie 

We will hear more about her later too.

If you read this post anywhere other than

 I-Luv-Dolls@blogspot.com

It is a fake!!! Run!!

and her children

Bracken and 

 Fern.

I'll try to fill-in the family gaps soon!

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At Least Someone Can Relax!

Hi All!

I know I have posted in a while. This is a crazy time for me and I have more than one person plucking the last nerve! That has kept me from my dolly fun and posting. If you notice I put dolly fun first. I think I am going to put more energy in to the fun and not feel so bad about not always posting. Last year my goal was to post every three days for about a hundred posts a year. I didn’t do too bad last year but that is hard to keep up with all the other things I do. So I will cut back for now. I will try to streamline things to make it easier for me to post and review my blog and make changes. That will allow me more time to read your post..so keep em coming!

I made some time to play with Kieu. I love her on her new body.  It was relaxing spending time with her! I tried outfits on her, worked out some of her story and the story for other dolls too. I find that their fashions and where they live helps to drive the character. I will post of my progress! But for now, at least Kieu is relaxing.

Hi Guys! It me Kieu!

I finally got time to myself

to relax and drink some coco!

I thought I would pamper myself and relax.

I got some of my favorite products out.

I work pretty hard so it really nice to have some down time.

My husband has the kids and they went to the park.  The house is quiet!

I might do some shopping on the computer.

 I might even take a nap!

Tomorrow will be another busy day!

So I'm going to enjoy the day!

See you later!

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Articulated Disney Mulan Part 2!

Hi Gang!

In my first post on the New Disney’s Mulan doll with the new articulated knees, you will remember that I was unsure of how I felt about the new knee.

New Knee!

In my post on Tiana I showed you the Tiana with the new knees as well as the older Barbie type knee. The older knee doll is reminiscent of the articulated SIS dolls and the Barbie 3 click knee that is more familiar. I purchase a few Mulans with this older knee and I planned to show you how that worked out.

So The Knee!

Here is what the knee looks like under the gown.


My Asian Barbie for President Doll, who I am now calling Connie, decided to help me out with the suggestion of doll that could use this body. One of her suggestion is Top Model Summer. Summer is on an old My Scene doll body with her old body up on the Dollpage.

Connie: Mulan , this is Summer.

Summer, who will now be called Shelly Green, thinks this body would be a good match for her.

Look out world her I come!

I feel like a new woman!

Kieu, who happens to be Connie’s best friend, was near by trying on the Mulan gown and nice Mulan’s nice body.  Kieu the dress and the body would work really well for me too!

Yeah, that gown get more wrinkled with each shot!

I like this purple dress too!  It is very ethereal.  I love the silver details too!

I can really pose now!

I can take my rightful place on this blog!

Are there shoes for this dress?

Kieu joins Summer and Akira in the group photo! 

New bodies, New lives!

I got some questions in my last Mulan post about this doll's complexion and my other dolls, so I thought I would answer those too! Does Mulan work well for Bling and Xia?

Why yes she does!

Xia' is still herself but is a little more mature on this body!  Like the difference between 18 and 20.  She is 20. 

Even Bling looks different on this body!

The test will be if Bling can still fit in her car!

Xia is so happy she can dance!

This body works well with her face.  I had thought about a Frank Sinatra body but they cost too much!  This will do just fine!

The girls are dancing! Shelly: is this how you do the new dance?  Xia:  Yeah , kinda! Shelly:I can't wait to show my daughter!

Xia: Do I know your daughter?  Shelly: You might!  She is very popular like her mom!

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