~~Rooster~~

Back in July when we went to that Taste of Utah Valley Festival, we discovered a new Chinese (Asian) restaurant called Rooster. Their Thai Basil Rice won my heart at the festival. So for our anniversary dinner, we decided to try it out.
It didn't disappoint us. It's a little on the pricy side, but it's just right for special occasions. We sat outside for the main course, and then it started raining so we had to move inside for the dessert. What with us and the rain this year?! John said it's a good sign; that means we are very fertile :-) Silly John~~
John's Ginger chicken stir-fry. Isn't that a cute bowl?
My Thai Basil Rice

Anyway, the best part for me was the drink: Taro flavored Boba Smoothie.
Boba balls are made from a mixture of tapioca and carrageenan powder.

When we were in China, my favorite drink was Boba Tea, which in Chinese translated as Pearl Milk Tea. It has different flavors and my favorite is MoCha (green tea).

Then comes John's favorite part of the meal: dessert! We had Chocolate Lava Cake with cream! Yum~~
Please ignore the hairy arm of my husband~~Happy Anniversary~~

2 years down, an eternity to go~~

Butterfly Lake

Today (August 24th) is our two years' anniversary. I can't believe we already left two years behind us. I can still see the day when we got engaged! Time flies. It's been two amazing years! I love John and I'm so grateful that he feels the same way about me~~

For celebration, we went to Mirror Lake for a camping trip. We envisioned a beautiful, quiet camp ground with only us and the deer. However, when we drove in the camp ground, we found the opposite, only people, no deer! Someday we're gonna make it to Max and Deanna's cabin in the wilderness in Alaska where there're only bears!

So we drove down a little and found Butterfly Lake. Luckily it was a lot more private. Even though we could still hear our neighbor's dog, it's not like Cancun any more.

We spent the afternoon there exploring the woods. John chopped us firewood (with rocks). We walked around the lake and talked about our future. When the sun went down, John made campfire and we ate hotdogs and smores.

So it rained on us at 4am. We had to get up and put the rainfly on. It was fun though.

I love my life and I wouldn't want it any other way.

Neil is here~~

Neil landed in Las Vagas on the 19th of August. Neil is my cousin Megan's boy friend. They've been dating for at least 5 years, which is very common in China. My in-laws were kind enough to pick him up from Vegas and bring him up the next day. He's going to Selnate, a private language school to study English to get ready for BYU Business school.

We've had some time showing him around Provo. It happens to be our anniversary weekend, so we haven't had time to do much with him yet.

We went to Jamba Juice, where Megan started her first job EVER. John had a coupon from a research study he participated in. So he decided to use his money to add the grass drink he's been so curious about. It turns out, they don't blend it in your drink. They give you a separate shot of pure wheat grass drink. It's so strong that you have to drink another shot of orange juice to get over the taste~~ Anyway it was fun!
John's 2 dollar grass drink~~

@Macaroni Grill

We went to the Hinckley Visitor Center

On top of the JFSB

We went to IKEA to get Neil set up for his new apt

John's must-eat @ IKEA: Swedish meat balls

Neil's been having a hard time adjusting to American soil. He's had nose bleeding and fever for three days.As Chinese as my food can be, but I'm sure he misses REAL Chinese food. Poor guy. Hopefully he'll soon get over the fact that you can't just go on the street, spend a quarter, and get some GOOD Chinese any more~~

~~A Beautiful Sunday~~

This time last year, we were sweating like pigs in Shanghai, a city with a 100% humidity! That was not fun. So we're especially grateful for the beautiful weather lately! I can't believe I had to wear long-sleeves at night in the middle of August!! Love it~~

This Sunday, Megan came over for her missionary discussion as usual. We had dinner and a lesson on Testimony. John shared his testimony about how important it was to have a testimony. He's great!

Then we decided to have a walk around the beautiful BYU campus. We had some fun taking pictures under the big BYU Bell. That's where I had my graduation pictures taken in 2006. Good memories~~
Me and my parents in 2006~~

Fighting, Megan~~

Megan took the GMAT on Monday. BYU business school requires 680, and she got 630 :-( She has to take it again in a month. She's pretty disappointment. I felt bad for her but didn't know what to do other than giving her encouragement. Maybe I'll study the GMAT and figure out some strategies to help her. I wish she's taking the TOEFL.

Anyway, John and I decided to take her for some icecream and get her mind off the test for a while. So we went to Cold Stone. She seemed to like it.

In order to work off our calories, John and I walked to the cougar statue outside the stadium and had fun playing with the cougar.

They just put a new bench outside our window for the bus stop. My hot hubby :-)
I hope Megan will feel better soon and ace the test next time :-) I know she will! Fighting~~