Merry Christmas

Tonight we took a bunch of photos. Sadly, this is perhaps the best family photo of us. Since there is usually one of us behind the camera, we rarely get a photo of all three of us together. I busted out the tripod tonight and got some pics of us by the tree. Enjoy this photo in all its cheesy glory.

Stocking Hanger

When I was a kid, my brother and I would fight over who got to put our stocking on this Snoopy and Woodstock Sled stocking hanger. It was our favorite. Snoopy is so cute with his ovally face, football shaped nose, circle eyes, and no mouth.

Somehow I got the stocking hanger from my parents' house, but I usually let Tom or Yoshimi use it. I just love the fact that I have it. Take that, Eric!

These snoopy stocking hangers can, of course, be found on eBay aplenty. One of these days I'm going to own three of them so we will all have our own Snoopy on a sled holding our stockings.

Breaks my heart

Searchers find missing dad's body

I don't even know the family, but they still captured a piece of me. Having the commonalities of living in the Bay Area, running a small business, and having such a cute family really bonded me even more to their plight. I've been following the story closely. When it had been over a week since the family was last seen I feared the worst. Then a miracle. Kati and the two girls were found. I was impressed to learn about how resourceful the family was: Kati breastfed both the girls, the family burned their car tires for heat, Kati wrote an SOS sign on an umbrella that she waved around to catch the rescuers' attention. Hearing that the girls were found made me so happy and restored hope and I honestly thought that James would soon be found. Unfortunately it was bitter sweet. He was found, but not alive. Reading the news shattered my heart. I couldn't help buy shed tears for them. It is so hard to lose a loved one and unspeakably horrific to lose one unexpectedly and tragically. I cannot even fathom what this family must be going through.

Donations can be made to the Kim family here:
http://www.jamesandkati.com/