The good old USA! 1st stop: Idaho

We had a fantastic trip to the USofA in July. Our first stop was Idaho for Kari and Jeff's elopement party. We had a great time celebrating and seeing all the family. It's not often the Lasco-Vail family is all together! What a great time to be together. Congratulations again to Jeff and Kari!

Jeff & Kari also took us to their wonderful cabin up in Island Park for a night (only about 90 miles away from IF). It was gorgeous and such a nice break to be in the forest with wild animals and fresh air! We made smores, BBQed, hot tubbed, took walks, went off roadin', boating, etc. So much fun!

Sorry for all the duplicates photo's to you avid facebookers!

2nd Stop - Oregon!

We had an awesome trip to Oregon as well. We stayed in Beaverton with grandma Jeri. It was great to see the Sugg-Hinkle side of the family. We also made a trek down to Eugene where Uncle Rick and Aunt Tally threw Chris a HUGE surprise 30th birthday party! They pulled out all the stops - decorations, amazing food, plentiful beverages, great people, good times! They dug a fire pit in their backyard and did an authentic pig roast! It was so delicious! Everything was just wonderful. It was so great to see everyone. Happy early birthday, Christopher!

On the 6th of 7 legs of our journey, we had a hefty layover in San Francisco. Our good friends Amy, Derek, & Michael picked us up from the airport and took us out for drinks and a quick visit. It was much too short, but great to get to catch up with good friends.

And don't worry folks, we did our part to stimulate the US economy. We dropped some major cash shopping at our favorite and missed stores. I wish there was a Target in Hong Kong!!!

I didn't take enough pictures in Oregon. Sorry for the poor showing folks. I'll do better next time.

Misc Photo's

So, it's been awhile since I've published a blog. Here is a hodgepodge of pictures. You'll see our 38th stories high garden. Chris deserves all the credit. He has the green thumb and does all the manual labor. You'll also see some pictures of our friends' going away party - themed "white trash". We had a blast with this one! The rest are misc Hong Kong fun. We hope you enjoy. Thanks for checking out our blog.

Love,
Chris & Margs a.k.a. Maggie