Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Buddha, Rockin' Everywhere!!!!

The first week of this New Year, I met my very first Tang cousin!! His name is Andersen, and he's one chunky fellow if you ask me! Daddy calls him little Buddha because he's so chubby and happy. He tips the scales at almost double my weight!! I'm a dainty little 11.5 pounds, while at last I heard Andersen was 20+ pounds! I also met my uncle Andrew and Auntie Liew. They both thought I was such a lightweight when they held me, they said they couldn't even remember Andersen being my size. Uncle Andrew, Auntie Liew and Andersen only stayed for a couple of nights. They were going to a wedding in Salt Lake City, but took some time out of their week to drive down to Junction to visit! We had a good time, even though there's nothing to do in GJ. I guess one cool thing was to go to Daddy's work so they could watch a live newscast. Everybody likes to watch the weatherman point at a green or blue screen in the studio, whereas he looks like he's doing it over weather graphics on TV. Unfortunately all good times have to end, and the new Tang trio I met had to go. We still had a good time, and Andersen did some pretty funny things while he came to visit, like playing with my toys (or trying to), playing with each other, laughing, and he even rolled over right on my living room floor for the first time that anybody has witnessed!! You can watch it all below on the video.



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*I even put on Andersen's helmet, and you can see it in the photo album link!!!

Christmas 2006 - Yucaipa, CA

For this year's Christmas, mom and dad took me to see Grandpa and Grandma Horspool and the rest of my aunts/uncles and cousins in Southern California. Dad saved up all his vacation time and blew it all in one family vacation!! What a guy! No wonder he, I mean people, call him the man. Some of the highlights from my trip was to fly on an airplane for the very first time! I didn't even cry during take off or landing. Just sat there as sweet as can be, because that's how I roll!! Also, despite the fact there was no snow when we arrived, we still tried to do some Christmasy things. We went to the LDS Temple in Los Angeles where they had the whole property lit up. I loved the lights! Daddy thought it was C-R-A-Z-Y that people in California hung lights on palm trees though. Being from Canada, he's used to coniferous trees. It was still cool to see the lights though. I guess it's good that I get an early exposure to these types of things so I'm not as confused as my old man is when I grow up. We also visited Hollywood Boulevard and that was pretty fun as well. On Christmas eve Santa came to visit!! He brought all the little children presents, but didn't bring any of the mommies and daddies gifts. I guess they weren't very good this year, so hopefully they'll learn from this experience. Santa brought me a tan jacket, and if I may, I make that jacket look pretty stinkin' good. When Christmas morning came, dad couldn't get over the fact that it was 85 degrees farenheit at 9am. He didn't know what to do with himself without a white Christmas!! We all helped him pull through his dilemma. I didn't quite get as excited as the other kids about Christmas presents, I pretty much took a nap and woke up after everyone had opened them up. However, I did do something new during our trip. Grandma found out that I'm very ticklish on my thighs. I think she enjoyed tickling me as much as I enjoyed being tickled. Check it out...



Well, in a nutshell that was my 1st Christmas experience. For New Year's I did about the same stuff I did for Christmas. Slept. So did Grandpa. Next Christmas we'll see what happens though. Like always, feel free to check out all the pictures of my 1st Christmas in the Photo Albums link!!!

Knoebel Sweater Party 2006

Though I'm posting it a month later, the 2nd annual sweater party took place in Provo, Utah in December of 2006 and was hosted by the Nate and Mandy Knoebel. Last year 8 of us took place in the festivities, but Nate and Mandy wanted to go big, and recruited 26 people (or something like that) to participate. We began the night by meeting at the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner and then went to Nate and Mandy's where we had cookies, hot chocolate, egg nog (which the Knoebel's accidentally didn't serve) and even had a white elephant gift exchange. Some of those gifts were pretty funny and creative. (Ashlyn gave Molly Thatcher a tortilla warmer and a bag of tortilla's that don't fit in the warmer!). The night also featured a worst joke contest, and you can see them below on the video. Be warned though, it's a bad joke contest. The jokes are bad. Enjoy.


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*As always, please check "Our Family & Friends album" to see the pictures of the whole shindig!

Who Do I Look Like?

Me at 9 Weeks

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Recently there has been a "minor" debate about who I really look like. Many people say I am a spitting image of my daddy. A lot of other people say they can see a lot of mommy in me as well. My MaMa (Grandma Tang) says I don't really resemble her at all, she said she had a big head when she was small. These pictures were taken when (a) MaMa was 6 mos, (b)Daddy was 6 mos, and (c)Mommy was 3 mos. So I'm bringing this to the court of public opinion to decide who I resemble most. Please feel to leave your vote in the comments. One thing I did notice with the 4 of us is that we're all pretty stinkin' cute. But just remember this, who's on top with the biggest picture? Oh yeah!!!!

We Were Born to Rock the 80's!!

Nick Austin, the Sports Director at KJCT, threw an 80's party the first Saturday of December and all I can say is we look good. Nick's rocking out the Motley Crue shirt while I got the Ramones on. It was a good time. Heather and Ashlyn couldn't come though because Ashlyn was a little sick, so Heather told me to go without her. We wanted to dress up Ashlyn up as a KISS doll, that would have been scary though. What you can't see in this picture though is our sweet tight rolled jeans. Party On!!!

Ashlyn's Baby Blessing & Thanksgiving

Check Out My Dress! Mommy was blessed in it 22 years ago!

On Wednesday November 22nd, 2006 mom and dad took me to Park City, Utah so that I could get a name and a blessing. It was the first time I got to meet most of my aunts and uncles on the Horspool side too. It was a great time! First off, that afternoon we had a little birthday party for my little cousin Kira who turned 4, and then in the evening I was the center of attention! About 40-50 people came to a condo that Grandpa owns, and we had Bishop Rich (one of Jason's friend's dad) there to preside over it. Dad got a little emotional, during the blessing, what a wimpo but it was good nonetheless. I think mom got a little nervous when dad said that I would be the first of "many" children to come. Only time will tell what that was all about! I was well behaved the whole time, and just looked at daddy without making a sound. Good for me! I get to wear the dress again when I get pictures taken this week! Yay!!!

My pre-Thanksgiving dinner mishap:

For some reason I have a hard time keeping my milk down, I might be eating it too fast, or gulping too much air. I don't think it's anything to worry about, but mom and dad are sure getting sick of it. The day before Thanksgiving I feasted too much, and here are the results for you to see. Daddy caught it all on tape, because prior to the unfortunate event, all my little cousins were givine me sweet little kisses. Enjoy! HAHA!

As you can see here, it's not the first time I've done this. This happened at the Knoebel's and it got all over mom, even down here back. I also projected my spit up far enough to mess up Nate and Mandy's couches and throw pillows! Good thing it was an easy clean up with no stains!

Uncle Mike pukes easy too:

During the time in Park City, my uncle Bryan wanted to make impressions of people's teeth so he could practice making bleaching trays. Everyone seemed to handle it pretty good, except for my uncle Mike. He gags easy, we're just lucky he didn't spit up like I do all the time!!

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* For your viewing pleasures, there is a new album posted on our imagestation account. Just follow the "Our Friends and Family" link!

And The Winner Is....

JASON MARSHALL TANG!! It's just too bad Dad can only say that once though. However, mom and I are still proud of him. Earlier this year he was selected as the national winner for television sports reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists. He also picked up a silver UBEE award from the Utah Broadcasters Association for sports reporting, and a couple 3rd place awards from the Broadcast Education Association for sports reporting and for sports anchoring. Unfortunately he didn't win the competition that would have given him a cash prize and some editing software, but the one's he won will be more valuable for his resume. And though I will always have a special place in my heart for Grand Junction since it's my birth place, we definitely need his resume to be good so we can move on and move up! Congratulations to dad though, and hopefully this won't be the first and last awards he receives!!!

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* More pictures to come after Turkey Day!! Hooray Turkey!