Tsai Family of the Parklands

Our lives changed again in a major way on April 29, 2013.  This was a tsunami event.  While at church, I received a call from my son-in-law announcing that our daughter was in the hospital two weeks early.  We could hardly concentrate on anything at church, for our hearts were filled with so much excitement.  The next morning at around 4am, we were awoken to a phone call from our son, announcing the arrival of our new grandson, Blake Lin.  And that's the way it began. Being a father is a momentous event in one's life, and I still remember the 5:30am wake up from my wife when our oldest was born.  From that time forward for the next 20 years, I never quite caught up on sleep or privacy or anything else.  But today is another monumental event.  I did not lose sleep, but I can feel something different in my life.  This event has made all of my efforts in life worth living.  All of my energy and strength and love I have invested in my family has now taken fruit in the next genera

In our first semester  in the Mormon Choir, we were privileged to participate in 4 concerts: the Service Fireside at the Annandale Stake Center on January 20, the Black History Concert on February 23 at the Visitor Center, the Easter Concert at the Washington DC Temple Visitor Center on April 13, and the Easter Concert at the Fairfax Baptist Church on April 14.  On March 23, we also sang a couple of songs for the BYU Management Society Dinner at the Crystal Gateway Marriot in Arlington, VA.  Although we will miss the next 3 Independence Day concerts, these 4 concerts have been a great baptismal experience learning fromm and singing with this amazing choir.

From oyster pies to egg omelets to little cute baby Rachel, homeschooling this year has taken on new meaning.  Megan toured NIST with a son of Elder Hanks, when they came into town. At NIST, they learned about metal detection at airport scanners, a Michelsen interferometer in action, semiconductor clean rooms, and why zebras have stripes.  She also viewed and breathed in the smell of the cherry blossoms in DC.  She made fish pancakes, a decorative birthday cake for a friend, and a white-feathered peacock.  For her studies, she has an electronic globe and a microscope.