Tsai Family of the Parklands

This year, the list of concerts and performances seems to have grown longer.  Joshua auditioned and/or participated in the All-State Band, the Lion's Band, the Superintendent Awards performance, and in a competition at the Kennedy Center.  Melinda and Joshua performed in the 3 ASCYO spring concerts and in the DHS Spring Concert.  Melinda performed in the ADI recital.  Melinda and Megan performed in the Gaithersburg Ballet recital.  Mom coordinated her Group Piano recital.

Robert and Lynda Heaton invited some Chinese friends to their home for dinner on April 18.  We were delighted to meet some of our Chinese friends in Virginia. 

On April 12, we welcomed to our home Dylan Landeen and his mom, Jennifer, for the wedding of John Chen and Mary Lambert.  We were delighted to host the four of them in our home this week.  The actual wedding ceremony took place in the Washington DC Temple.  John and Mary were married and sealed by President Earl Tingey at noon on Wednesday.  Jennifer Landeen, Dylan Landeen, Li-Fang, and Meili Shen were also there.  Dylan and I served as witnesses.  That evening, we held a reception for John and Mary.  We ate hotpot and, of course, the wedding cake.  The elders came, along with Andrew & Charlotte Shen, Adam Fugal, and Helen He.  Congratulations to John and Mary on their wedding and starting their new family.

On April 8, we drove our whole family to Williamsburg for the Band Festival there that weekend .  After a good night's rest, at the downtown Williamsburg's Kimball Theater, we watched Joshua accompany three choruses.  He did a fabulous job.  Later that day, Joshua and Melinda participated in their Band Festival.  On Saturday, Joshua and Melinda toured Williamsburg and went to Busch Gardens.  That evening at Busch Gardens, they received their school awards.  Way to go, Joshua and Melinda.