Chinese New Year Party

We went to the annual Chinese New Year party that our local Chinese Cultural Association hosts. Kai and Shen performed with their class from the Mei Hua Chinese Language School. We had a great time and saw a lot of friends there, both adoptive families and Chinese American families from the Mei Hua School. They held the event at Sehome High School, so there was a lot more room for people to move around. The kids got to run with their friends and the grown-ups got to visit. There was a TON of excellent Chinese food too!

I took a few pictures, but Kai really wanted to use the camera today. I was a little worried about letting him use our only digital camera, but it has a neck strap and he was being pretty careful with it. Surprisingly, he got a number of really great photos of a bunch of people! Now he clicked off close to 200 shots (thank God for digital!), but that's a strategy I use for getting good photos too! I often will shoot fast and hope to hit something. Anyway, about three of the photos in the slideshow above are ones I shot, the rest are Kai's!