This year, Xiaoning and I celebrated Christmas eve at home in Flushing by cooking a nice, hearty German dinner. We even made the pasta (in this case called "Spaetzle") ourselves.

Xiaoning and I went to Northern California over Christmas to visit our friend Chingling.

Xiaoning and I went to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year. It was very crowded, but fun. Different groups were performing the lion dance