Meet the MOH!

• Full name? Mo-Song Marlene Chen
• Were you named after anyone? English name: Marlene Dietrich – German actress. Chinese name: Not anyone, but my grandpa says I’m named after some mountain range in China and it’s the most prominent mountain in the range. My brother is named after some elephant on that mountain range, so I think I got the better deal. Mom also says it’s a very poetic name as it’s quite complicated and not simple like Ming or Jade or Flower. I think she says that because I don’t appreciate my name and wish it
• Any nicknames? Mar, Marl, Mars Bar, Mar!, Marzipan, Mascarpone, Doof, Butthead (the last two courtesy of my brother)
• Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? No, but potato chips…
• Ever steal any traffic signs? no
• What is your favorite candy? Swedish Fish
• Are you a morning person or a night person? Used to be night, now morning.
• If you were a crayon, what color would you be? What a terrible question! Black!
• Favorite soft drink? Limonata, but water is preferred
• What was your favorite toy as a child? Yes, Barbie and her friends. Or stuffed animals
• Favorite day of the week? Friday!
• Favorite smell? Baked goods!
• Cherry or Blueberry? Both. But only fresh cherries, not cherry flavored stuff.
• Favorite Ice Cream? Varies. Whatever is fresh, but often mint chocolate chip – the green kind. My “fresh and organic” goes out the window with green mint ice cream.
• Red or Pink? Red
• What is on your mouse pad? Don’t have a mouse or a mouse pad.
• How many times you failed your driver’s test? 2 (the written, not the actual! Kendra will corroborate that it was discrimination!)
• Favorite chips? It is a tough call between Cool Ranch Doritos and Jalapeno Potato Chips from Tim’s.
• Who did you see at your first concert? Was it the Go-Go’s at that time or was it Belinda Carlisle then?

Happy New Year!

2009 was a great year for us, capped off with our first holiday season. We are so fortunate to have our families in close proximity to each other so we can easily spend time with both. For Thanksgiving, we spent lunch with Grandpa Homer, then headed over to Tom & Bette’s for dinner.

For Christmas we wandered back & forth across the lake, but ended the days on the Eastside with both families under one roof, a tradition I hope we can continue for many years. More importantly though, check out Brian’s new Sun Devil hat!

and now on to an even more exciting 2010!

Do I have a dress?

Survey says Maybe!

I hadn’t really planned on looking yet but Shelby C and Kate D took me down to Cicada last week to try on a few. They were having a big sale on all their 2009 stuff so I purchased a pretty non-traditional little numberfor $300. I’ll go look a couple other places too, but for now this could be one more thing to knock off the checklist!

Here’s a few that didn’t make the cut:

The white one had weird trim. The brown I liked a lot.

These ones were nice but too white

The blue fit me great, but the off-the-shoulder things drove me nuts. The white one was like a nightgown.

yay for flowers!

Thanks to Bette & Tom for our beautiful new vase. Bette told Brian he has to keep it filled with flowers It’s first set were for my birthday:

Bling Bling!

The week of firsts

What a crazy week as word spread of our engagement.

Thanks to the IT team for my first flowers (Husky purple of course!)

Thanks to Diana & Bryan for our first congratulatory card!

and thanks to Sil & Nadine for our first gift!

We’re engaged!

No bling yet, but we got engaged during our long weekend in Vancouver for the U2 concert.

Along with the life changing decision, we ate great!  We recommend visiting Tojo’s, West, DB Bistro, Kintaro Ramen, Japadog and of course, Tim Horton’s.