Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

It is the holiday season again.  We are sincerely wish you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

In general, we are very happy with our retirement life. Tony's daily routine is working out at 24Hours, and Fei joins him every other day.  Fei is also practicing piano daily. Beside enjoying our family and traveling, we have ongoing ballroom dances when our schedule permits.  Life is good! 

Enjoy our Grandkids

Nowadays, our grandkids are our focus.  They have been growing and learning a lot of great activities.  In 2018, the followings are worth to be noted:

• Benjy continues on soccer and swimming
• Benjy continues on pop dance lessons
• Talia continues on learning piano
• Talia learns rock climbing
• Talia learns to ride bicycle and do cooking
• Lucy learns to ride bicycle
• Lucy learns to swim and play soccer

Some photos to show their successes.

Visited Rockridge, CA to see Jeff’s Family

Fei visited Jeff’s family in February and both of us visited them again around Labor Day.  During our Labor Day's visit, we got an opportunity to take Benjy and Lucy to the nearby Redwood Regional Park and had a lot of fun.

South America Cruise in February

Fei and Tony had a wonderful South America Princess Cruise in February 2018.  We did see a lot of penguins and particularly had fun seeing the King penguins on Forkland Islands. We also had an opportunity to learn the Argentina Tango on the cruise ship.

For more info, you can see it in the following travel blog:

http://2018tarnsacruise.blogspot.com/

Russian Trip in May

We joined a Russia, Poland and Boltic States trip. We visited Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia.  It was a wonderful trip with great sceneries, nice lodgings and meals.  

For more info, you can see it in the following travel blog:

https://2018tarnrussiatirp.blogspot.com/

National Parks in Washington State

In July, we visited 3 national parks in Washington State - North Cascade National Park, Olympic National Park and Mount Rainier National Park.  We also visited Mount Baker Recreation Area in Mount Baker National Forest, several attractions in Okannogan National Forest, Stehekin, and Seattle.  This was a trip to enjoy beauty of natures and we had a wonderful time.  

      

For more info, you can see it in the following travel blog:

http://2018tarnwanps.blogspot.com/

Machu Picchu and Galapagos

We joined a Machu Picchu and Galapagos Tour in July.  These two attractions have been on our bucket list for quite a while and we finally found a tour which covers both attractions. This was another beauty of nature tour and we enjoyed it very much.

For more info, you can see it in the following travel blog:

http://2018tarnmachupicchu.blogspot.com/

Fei's Northeast Fall Foliage tour with her friends

Fei joined her long time friends for a Caravan tour to enjoy the Fall Foliage in Northeast and visited Helen’s house in Boston.  They had a wonderful time and ate a lot of lobsters. 

For more info you can see it in the following photo blog:

https://2018feicaravantour.blogspot.com/