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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Tet Festival

We spent Lunar New Year down in San Diego this year. Auntie Janai has made it a tradition where her family from Hanford comes down to spend this event with our family. It's a great time to learn and see the Vietnamese culture. The festival in San Diego was quite busy and down at Balboa Park. There was lots of food, people, rides and cultural experiences! We got to see a glimpse of the Dragon Dance and many other events throughout the day.

Here's the whole family all getting ready to enter the annual TET festival. The family includes the Ly family, Bui & Watkins Family.
Makayla high up on Uncle Binh's shoulders! She's going to get her traditional red envelope! Hopefully there's some good $$ in it for her piggy bank.
Yum, yum, Makayla eating her big beef stick! Lots of good food at this festival!
Makayla and her buddy Aidan enjoying the Tet festival. They're sitting & standing in front of a traditional Tet flower plant. Pretties!
Alyssa, Makayla & Alexis, the cousins all in their pretty traditional Vietnamese dresses! Such pretty girls!

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