Goodbye Sushi

Since we are moving to Indonesia, we had to find a new home for our dog Sushi. Sushi has been a huge part of our lives for the past 3 years. She was always there...always eager to greet us and to shower us with affection. We probably took her for granted. Now that she has gone to a new home, we are left with an obvious void in our family.

The kids have asked about Sushi almost daily. They are wanting to look at pictures or view videos of her. Even our little Nu-Nu asks to see pictures of Sushi. She says, "Sushi went bye bye".

Mommy worried alot about finding Sushi a new home. Through the help of some friends, we found a lovely family to take Sushi. Sushi now has 5 little ones to play with and a new Mommy and Daddy. She seems to have adjusted well. We are all so happy that Sushi has a loving new home.

Mommy put together a slideshow of our time with Sushi. It's our little tribute to a part of our family. Mommy will leave Sushi's picture up on the blog. She'll always be one of Barker's Babies.

Taste of Indonesia

This morning we decided to head out to the Houston Indonesian Consulate. Daddy had heard that on saturdays there are vendors that sell Indonesian food at the Consulate. We got a variety of food to try. It was all very good although the kids thought the food was a little bit too spicy for their tastes. We even got to try some dessert. The people were all so very friendly. Daddy even spoke some Indonesian with the vendors. We also went to Chinatown and looked around for a bit. Joseph said he really liked Chinatown. Mommy thinks the kids will enjoy living in S.E. Asia.

Here are some pics from our little cultural adventure:

New Toys

Daddy bought Mommy a new camera and laptop since we are about to embark on a new adventure overseas. Apparently electronics such as laptops are 30-40% more expensive in Indonesia. Mommy thought they would be less expensive since many electronics are manufactured in S.E. Asia. But, since that is not the case, we decided that we had better make the purchases here in the U.S. Mommy has been wanting a digital slr for a very long time. After looking at a lot of cameras and reading a lot of reviews, Mommy decided on the Nikon d3100. Mommy likes it because 1) it is very light compared to a lot of other digital slr cameras so it would be good for travel 2) the menus and buttons are easy to navigate and very intuitive and 3) the camera records video in HD at 1080p.

The new computer makes uploading the pictures a breeze. Mommy is too spoiled with her new toys. Mommy has snapped one too many pictures over the last few days since our little Nu-Nu told Mommy to "leave her alone" when she saw the camera today...ha ha.

Here are some fun pictures that Mommy took with the new camera.