News from the Vacation Land

Pancake day

We are making yummy pancakes

I need to mix the ingredients well.

I am doing well with flipping the pancake.

SO AM I!

Yummmm, this pancake tastes good!!

Another week of swimming lessons

Swimming is fun. Just scroll it down to feel our excitment

I am getting ready to "swim" in the deep end of the pool.

I jump in ......

then swim back to the edge of the pool. It was fun.

Look at me jumping. I am brave.

I can float and swim with my kick board.

Watch me, I can float.

Free time after swimming lesson - who shall I play with?

Let's go water sliding. Watch me go!!!


The most exciting part after the swimming lesson is the treats.

July 4th, 2008 Independence Day

We are the true Americans. Let's raise the flag.

The flag is raised. Now what?

Let's go to.......

The Bar Harbor July 4th parade.

Here we are.....

Look at the clown, he has a little lobster behind him.

The Shriner is on the ATV.

This Shriner is in a tiny little car.

Look at this bunch of Shriners. They are driving over the ramp.

These jugglers are good.

A BIG lobster is on the truck.

Another clown!

A somber moment, they carried the names of the many soldiers who died in the wars.

Sand Beach, here we come. This is the best beach ever.

Mama, I don't want to go. The water is scary.

Maybe the water is not too bad after all.

It is cool!!

Look at that wave!

Let's run for our lives.

Sun, Fun, Run, Run, Run.

I am being buried under the sand.

Isaac helps to bury me.



It is hot under the sand

Mama is relaxing on the beach and...

so am I.

We are bringing sand back to make....

a sand castle.

Playing with sand and truck is much more fun.

Let's chase the waves again.

It is soooooo fun. What a day!!!

From Ethan and Isaac: These are our fun days!

Our second day of swimming lesson! We kicked the water, blew bubbles, and swam on our tummy and back. Durimg our free time we did all kind of fun things.

After swimming lesson, we play in the nearby playground.

Friday (6/27/08) - we visited the Bangor Children Museum

It was soooo fun to pump water to turn the red water wheels. We are strong, are we not?

Are we good or what? We hope you enjoy our puppet show.

Look at the patterns we created on the screen.




We won the game. We are number 1.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day, what is that? Since no one is here to cook the dinner, I am rather happy to do my own favorite dish.
This is my famous pot roast dinner

I am proud of my OWN cooking for my mother's day

Yummy, yummy GREAT meal.

109th Husson College Graduation

Another chapter is closed for Husson College. This is the last year we will be called Husson College. As of October 2008, our name will be changed to Husson University. This is also the first year we conferred Doctorial degree to Physical Therapy graduates.



The traditional pageantry with the bagpipers leading the procession.

Since Dr. Tang was one of the professors reading the names of students graduating from one the programs, he was walking in the front of the line up.

Let the ceremony begin. Standing at the podium is our College President, President Beardsley.

Dr. Tang was reading the names of the graduates from the School of Education as they came forth to receive their dioplomas

What is SO different about this home?

On April 19, 2008, the day after Dad became an American citizen, we invited the Hassells, Bernatches, and the Vogels to dinner to send the Hassells away to Oklahoma. The Bernatches found out that we became Americans, a year or so ago for Mom and a day ago for Dad. They brought us a 2x4 feet flag. He couldn't wait for us to put it up ourselves and did it for us before dinner. What a "wicked good" guy.

Yes, the flag was flown at our back door for a few hours and put away. We decided to fly it on spcial occassions only.

One of the newest kids

On April 18, 2008, I, Terry T. Tang has become an American. If you wish, you can send me gifts and/or money to help with my celebration. Now I have the right to vote, to hold passport, to apply for a Government job, and to petition for my CLOSE relative to come live in the USA.

Edward T. Gignoux courthouse is where the ceremony was taken place.

I now pledge of Allegiance "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. " Actually we did it as a group. There were 52 people and it would have taken a lonnnnng time if we did it individually. 

Mom joined me for the celebration. This is another chapter of my life.

Christmas surprise

Christmas 2007
What a surprise!
What an excitement!

When Andrew told us that he was impressed to come to Maine for Christmas, that is where we began our Christmas rush, not for presents but for setting up the environment. You see, we weren't even going to set up the Christmas tree. We barely got it set up before the Andrew Tang family's arrival.

Mom set up the traditional family Christmas tree. We couldn't find the Christmas Star. The hand-made meager was arranged on top of the piano

There is a couple temporarily living in the ward, the Vogels. Noina is from Thailand and Matt is from Texas. At least his parents are now living there. He has lived a number of place in the US and even oversea. Matt served a mission in Thailand. He speaks fluent Thai. They met in Hawaii . They really wanted to meet Liew, Andrew, and Andersen. We invited them over for a "pot luck" dinner. Noina and Liew cooked the Southern Asia food for us to enjoy.

We had our traditional breakfast with our usual except the potato patties or harsh brown potato while we watched the Ann Arbor, Michigan Tangs opening presents through the Webcam. It was a lot of fun watching them. The exitement was certainly in the "air". Ethan, Issac, and Lilly responded well to the camera. They even brought their presents close to the camera to show us what they have got from Santa and their mom and dad. This is for sure the 21 century celebrating Christmas even though we are apart. Where is Andersen? Beddy bed for a nap, like father like son!!!! At least parents can eat in peace.

It took a while for Andersen to catch on what was going on. Once he got into the swing of things, he was excited about opening presents. He has more presents than he could handle. What a spoiled kid. He said, "I don't care. I am happy."

Cooking Christmas dinner was a blast. We got away with our oven cooked turkcy and used the grill on the deck. Guess what we were eating? Beef and scalop wrapped with bacon strips. Andrew was our professional Chinese chef. This is his life dream and the dream has come true.

Yummy beef!! Whose idea is that, breaking away the Christmas tradition.

What kind of chef is that. Can you wait. Customers come first. Besides he was splattering sliver everywhere on the steak. We shuld fire him. Very bad professional conduct.